THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. o43 



A NEW ATTID SPIDER FROM JAMAICA. 



BY T. D. A. COCKERELL, N. M. AGR. EXP. STA. 



Saitis A?ince, n. sp. — Length 332 mm.; width of abdomen, i mm. 

 Cephalothorax, about as long as, but perhaps not quite so b-oad as abdo- 

 men. Abdomen broadly oval. Cephalothorax, about i]4. times as long 

 as broad; broadest between 2nd and 3rd rows of eyes. General colour 

 grayish brown, not metallic. 



Cephalothorax with a broad black V, the truncate base of which cor- 

 responds to the base of the cephalothorax ; and the arms extend forwards 

 and outwards to the border between the latitude of the 2nd and 3rd rows 

 of eyes. 



Abdomen above with a black V-shaped mark on its posterior half, 

 pointing towards its tip. In the V-mark of the cephalothorax, the arms 

 become attenuate ; but in this abdominal V-mark, the base is attenuate 

 and the arms become greatly broadend towards their truncate ends. 

 This V is bordered posteriorly on each side by a conspicuous patch of 

 white hairs, and at the truncate ends of the arms, in striking contrast with 

 the black, is on each side a white (or dirty white) patch, surrounded in 

 front by a dark ring. On the side of the abdomen, below this patch, 

 starts a whitish band, running- forwards. Between the arms of the V are 

 obscure markings which faintly indicate the arrow-head marks of such 

 species as JVeon Nellii, Zygoballus Bettinl and Hasarius Hoyi. On the 

 anterior half of the abdomen, the subdorsal region presents a band, bor- 

 dered inwardly (dorsad) by whitish marks. 



Legs ringed at intervals with blackish. 



The terminal portion of the palpi is red-brown, becoming black at the 

 end, but tlie middle portion bears a tuft of very conspicuous shining white 

 hairs, which in certain lights appear yellowish-silvery. The front of the 

 cephalothorax, below the eyes, also bears some silvery hairs ; and there 

 are whitish rings round the anterior eyes. 



Middle eyes almost touching, outer eyes of first row almost touching 

 them. Diameter of outer eyes about half that of middle eyes. Eyes of 

 second row very small. 



Sternum black, oval. Coxae shining, translucent, hind coxte close 

 together. 



Hab.\ Manchester Cottage, Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 26, 1893, among 

 dead leaves. The type specimen is with Mr. Peckham. 



