258 SPECIFIC DESCRIPTIONS OF 



somewhat quadrate in shape, rounded at the apex ; it 

 is furnished with hairs only. 



The stermmi is of a sub-pentagonal form, much 

 broader behind tlian in front ; its colour is dull yel- 

 lowish-brown, and it is furnished with hairs, leaving 

 two largish, bare, round, slightly impressed patches, 

 not far from each other, in a transverse line near the 

 middle. 



The abdomen is short-oval in form, and very convex 

 above ; it j^rojects a little over the base of the cephalo- 

 thorax, and its upper side is of a purplish grey-brown 

 hue, mottled with a pale dull whitish-yellow, and fur- 

 nished sparingly witb hairs. The sides and under 

 side are of a uniform dull whitish-yellow. The 

 spinners (four in number) are, as usual, of very unequal 

 size, those of the superior pair longish, strong, three- 

 jointed, and up-turned, the inferior pair short but 

 stout, consisting of one joint only and pretty close 

 together. 



The female (as it is conjectured to be) of this 

 species was described, in the work to which the 

 present publication is supplementary, from examples 

 found at Mentone. There is little doubt now but 

 that it is not Ct. fodiens, Walck., but whether or not 

 identical with the male above described is not abso- 

 lutely certain. I think myself (with Mr. Moggridge, 

 see p. 195) that it is so, in spite of some difterences 

 in the relative size of the eyes, the toothing of the 

 under side of the falces, and the denticulation of 

 the tarsal claws. With regard to the eyes and 

 falces, I am not inclined to lay special stress upon 

 these differences. It is found that in other groups 

 of spiders whose cephalothorax varies very markedly 



