300 SPECIFIC DESCRIPTIONS OF 



The maonlJ(E are strong, of normal form, but very 

 convex on tlieir outer surface. 



The small tuberculous teeth noticed at the base on 

 the inner side of the maxilla) of all the other species I 

 have examined, were visible (though with difficulty) 

 in this species also. 



The labium is broader than it is high, convex on 

 its face, and rounded at the apex ; it is (as also are 

 the maxillcB and sternum) of the same colour as the 

 legs, and clothed with numerous strong bristly hairs. 



The abdomen is short-oval, and strongly convex 

 above ; it is of a dull clay-coloured brown tinged with 

 chocolate, and along the centre of its upper side is a 

 series of six strong angular bars or chevrons of a dark 

 chocolate-brown colour, and pretty distinctly defined, 

 though, when examined closely, broken in parts. 



The intervening spaces between the angular bars 

 and the sides have a few irregular markings of a 

 similar colour; and they are connected by a longi- 

 tudinal central line of the same hue running through 

 their apices. 



The abdomen is very sparingly clothed with hairs 

 and fine bristles ; the superior pair of spinners are 

 strong ; those of the inferior pair very small and 

 short. 



Examples of this fine and very distinct spider 

 were found at Bordeaux in simple unbranched tubes, 

 covered with a wafer-lid, running down very deep into 

 the earth, in some cases as much as fifteen inches into 

 an exceedingly hard soil, making it a work of great 

 labour and care to get them out without injury. 



This species can scarcely be confused with any 

 other yet known ; its short robust form, short legs. 



