Pecliliam — Spiders of ilie Family AUidae. 309 



the lateral eyes, and is coiitiniioiis on the hinder part of the 

 cephalothorax. This wide band is connected with the marginal 

 line by a white line at the back part of the thorax. The ab- 

 domen has a white longitudinal band down the middle which 

 forms, at the anterior end, a large spot. Behind this there is 

 an enlargement, and then a narrower part, which is crossed, back 

 of the middle, by a curved transverse white band. The falces 

 are vertical, about as wide as the middle eyes, witli a small fang. 

 Their color is brown, and on the upper half is a bunch of white 

 hairs. The palpus has white scales along the top of the femur 

 and patella, and at the proximal end of the tarsus, and white 

 hairs on the sides of the tibia. The femur and patella are light 

 colored, the tibia and tarsus dark. The first leg has the femur, 

 patella, and tibia brovm, and the metatarsus and tarsus light 

 colored. There are white hairs on the proximal two-thirds of 

 the patella, in a line along the outer upper edge of the tibia 

 (which is covered underneath with short brown hairs), and in a 

 ring around the proximal end of the metatarsus. The other 

 legs have the femur light at the proximal, and dark at the distal 

 end, and the other joints rina'ed with brown and white. 



In the fem.ale the cephalothorax is covered with light bro^vn 

 hairs, with a not very conspicuous tuft on each side below the 

 eye of the second row. The abdomen is covered with gray 

 hairs. On each side are two oblique white bands, and on the 

 hinder part of the dorsum are two pairs of white spots all out- 

 lined in black. The markings are indistinct. The legs are 

 yellow with white hairs. 



We have three males and one female from Madagascar. 



Dendrypli antes (C. K.)? 1S3T. 



For illustration of the type, see AUidae of Central America, 

 Occ. Pap. ISTat. Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin, Vol. Ill, Xo. 1, PI. 

 IV, figs. 3-3b. 



This genus is widely distributed and has many species which 

 resemble each other closely in form, color, and marking. They 

 are usually from four to seven millimeters long. The cephalo- 

 thorax is moderately high. The upper surface varies in its con- 

 tour, but is never flat. Most commonly both cephalic and thor- 



