BY W. J. RAINBOW. 339 



of the series collected. I have dedicated this species to my 

 esteemed correspondent, Mons. E. Simon. 



27. Cyrtophora albo-punctata, sp.nov. 



(Plate VII., fig. 5.) 



2- Cephalothorax 10 3 mm. long, 8 mm. wide ; abdomen 

 16 '8 mm. long, 11-7 mm. wide. 



Cejjltalothorax convex, dark brown, hairy. Caput moderately 

 high, arched, truncated in front, the surface and sides clothed 

 with fine short hoary hairs. Clypeus dark brown, broad, arched, 

 deeply depressed at centre, clothed with moderately long hoary 

 hairs; radial grooves indistinct. Marginal hand pale yellowish. 



Eyes dark brown; those forming the median group are seated 

 on a tubercular eminence, which is nearly twice as long as it is 

 broad; of this group the anterior eyes are separated from each 

 other by a space equal to rather more than twice their individual 

 diameter, and the posterior pair by about two diameters; lateral 

 eyes are seated obliquely upon small tubercles, but are not con- 

 tiguous. 



Legs long, strong, tapering, dark brown, nearly black, and 

 armed with long black spines; trochanters clothed abo^•e and at 

 sides with long, coarse black hairs, and below with short yellowish 

 pubescence; the femurs, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi clothed entirely 

 with black hairs. Relative lengths : 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Palpi yellowish-brown, moderately long, clothed with black 

 hairs, and armed with long dark brown spines. 



Falces moderately long, arched, apices divergent; the prevailing 

 colour is yellow, except at the tips, where the outer margins are 

 nearly black ; the upjDer margin of the furrow of each falx is 

 armed with a series of four teeth, and the lower three; fangs dark 

 brown, wine-red at tips. 



AlaxiUoi short, broad, strong, arched, divergent, clothed with 

 long, coarse black hairs or bristles; black, with exception of inner 

 margins which are pale yellowish. 



Labium short, broad, arched, black, with the exception of the 

 apex which is pale yellowish. 



