34 Mr. J. Blackwall on new species of 



M/oid fiaiwoil^X f "" 5. Lycosa saccata. ^^^^^^ ^^> Jcioxjxii «j 



Ijycosa saccata, Latr. Genera Crust, et Insect, t. 1. p. 120; 



Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. 1. p. 326; Hahn, Die 



Araclin. b. 1. p. 108. tab. 27. fig. 81. 



Lycosa amentata, Sundevall, Vet. Acad. Handl. 1832. p. Vtl* 

 Araneus niger, Lister, De Aran. p. 77, tit. xxv. fig. 25. ' f . ' 



Family SALTiciDiE. 

 Genus Salticus, Latr. '\^' 's' "'C 



6. Salticus scenicus. bmidan'iu^ 



Salticus scenicus, Latr. Genera Crust, et Insect, t. 1'.' pi'128'; 

 Hahn, Die Arachn. b. 1. p. 57. tab. 15. fig. 43, 44. 



Attus scenicus, Walck. Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. 1. p. 406; 

 Sundevall, Vet. Acad. Handl. 1832. p. 202. 



Calliethera scenica, Koch, Uebersicht des Aracbnidensystems, 

 Erstes Heft, p. 30. tab. 4. fig. 56. 



Araneus cinereus, Lister, De Aran. p. 87. tit. xxxi. fig. 31. ^^> 



7. Salticus decorus. jdoiifib 



Length of the male jtb of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 



thorax y ^ ; breadth -^^ ; breadth of the abdomen -^-^ ; length 



of a leg of the third pair /^ ; length of a leg of the second 



pair /(J. 



The legs of this handsome species are robust, and are suppUed 

 with hairs and black sessile spines ; coxae, femora, and tarsi yel- 

 lowish brown ; tibiae and metatarsi brown ; the femora of the 

 first and second pairs have a longitudinal brown streak on the 

 anterior side ; third pair the longest, then the fourth, second 

 pair the shortest ; below the claws is a small scopula or climbing 

 apparatus. Cephalo- thorax large and nearly quadrilateral, sloping 

 abruptly at the posterior part; the anterior part, which is 

 rather prominent, projects a little beyond the mandibles ; its 

 colour is dark brown, with a yellowish brown longitudinal band 

 above the lateral margins, and an obtuse angle of the same hue, 

 whose vertex is directed forwards, immediately behind the pos- 

 terior eyes; it is provided with coarse white haii's which are 

 densest in front, about the region of the eyes. Mandibles small, 

 vertical, dark brown, with white hairs at their base. Maxillae 

 straight, enlarged and rounded at the extremity, of a yellowish 

 brown colour. Lip oval, dark brown, with a yellowish brown 

 apex. Sternum oval, yellowish brown, with dark brown mar- 

 gins. Eyes very unequal in size, disposed in three rows, consti- 

 tuting three sides of a square, in front and on the sides of the 

 cephalo-thorax ; the intermediate eyes of the frontal row are 

 much the largest, and the intermediate eye of each lateral row 



