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die there is a median band of metallic yellow, and on the sides 

 of this, three j^airs of brown spots divided by transverse white 

 bands. The first le2:s are brown with manv white scales. The 

 other legs are j^ellow with black spines. The palpi are lighfc 

 brown with white hairs. The falces are light broAvn and ver- 

 tical. The maxillae are ronnded and about tvvdce as long as 

 the lip. 



We have one female from Brazil. 



Admirala regia, sp. nov. 

 PL XXYIIL fic^s. 12-12a. 



$, Length 5 mm. Le,2:s 1423. The first is much the dark- 

 est, and although not ver^^ long, exceeds the second by the tarsus, 

 metatarsus, and nearly all of the tibia. It is plainly the 

 stoutest. 



The cephalothorax has purplish metallic scales on top, and, on 

 the upper sides, white bands which do not meet behind. The 

 lower sides are brown. The abdomen is entirely encircled by a 

 white band, and has a median longitudinal band of iridescent 

 scales. Between this and the white, on either side, is a dark 

 bro^\TL band, upon which, at the very posterior part, are three 

 blackish spots. The first legs are dark brown with many snow- 

 white scales. The other legs are yellow with black spines. The 

 clypeus is covered with wdiite hairs. The falces are short and 

 nearly vertical ; they are wide at the proximal end and narrow 

 at the tip, the fang being short and crescent shaped. In color 

 they are brown. The palpi are brown with some white hairs. 

 The maxillae are truncated and have a slight projection at the 

 outer corner. The lip is as wide as it is long. 



We have a single male from Rio Janeiro. 



Jotus, L. K. 



For illustration of tj'pe, see Aracliniden AustralienSj Koch 

 and Keyserling, PI. CVI, fig. 1-ld. 



Of the species described under this genus by its author, we 

 have the type, aui^ipes, uUimus and micro pthahnus. Of these 

 we leave only auripes in Jotus, using ultimus as the tyj)e of a 

 new genus, Vircqua, and referring tnicrGpthalmus to a new 



