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mora and tibia; green ; feet black ; abdomen conical, green, bronze- 

 coloured, with two black spots near the base, longitudinally striped 

 with seven black lines, the three upper ones of which are united at 

 the base by a black transversal line. 



*Epeira hU'meata. E. ccphalothorace femoribus pedibusque am- 

 bobus anterioribus brunneo-nigrescentibus; abdomine subfusco-canes- 

 centi, lineolis duabus undulatis nigris, postice convergentibus, infra 

 quas punctis summis sex ; palpis maxillaribus tibiisque ambabus an- 

 terioribus subfuscis, femoribus tibiisque ambabus posterioribus sub- 

 fuscis bifasciatis. Long. poll. 1*1. 



Cephalothorax, thighs and feet of the two anterior pair brownish 

 black ; abdomen light grayish brown, with two waved, black, poste- 

 riorly converging lines, within which are six distant points ; the max- 

 illary palpi and tibiae of the two anterior pair light brown, with two 

 black bands on the joints. 



*Epeira heraldica. E. maciilis oculiferis cephalothoracis, cano-hir- 

 suti, nigris ; abdomine brunneo-flavescente nigro-punctato, fasciis 

 tribus, quarum anteriore coronseformi, albo-flavescentibus transverse 

 ornato ; punctis sex summis ; pedibus nigris hirsutis femoribus tibiis- 

 que ambabus anterioribus albo-fasciatis. Long. poll. 1^. 



Cephalothorax gray, hirsute ; oculiferous spots black ; abdomen 

 yellowish brown dotted with black, with six points above and with 

 three transversal whitish yellow bars ; feet black, hirsute ; the two 

 anterior pair of femora and tibia; with white bands. 



Epe'irafasciata, Walckenaer. 



HOLETRA. 



*Phalangmm spiniferum. P. supra brunneum, protuberantia ocu- 

 lifera triangulo flavo inclusa, dorso flavo marginato, spina forti summa 

 armato ; subtiis flavo-albescens. Long. lin. 2. 



Brown above ; the oculiferous protuberance enclosed within a yel- 

 low triangle ; the margins of the back spotted with yellow ; the up- 

 per part of the back surmounted by a strong spine : whitish yellow 

 beneath. 



9. INSECTA. 



Myriapoda Chilognatha. 



luloidse. 



*Polydesmus bicolor. P. nitide niger, lineis dorsalibus transversa- 

 libus rubris 19, mucroneque segment! penultimi rubro. Lon? ad 

 poll. 2. 



Shining black, with nineteen red transversal lines, and the point 

 on the penultimate segment red. 



ScUTIGERID^. 



*Scutigera rufipes. S. pallide schistosa, segmentis dorsalibus ca- 

 rinatis novem, abdominalibus sedecim ; tarsis rufis. Long. poll, dimid. 



Pale slate-coloured, with nine keeled dorsal, sixteen abdominal 

 segments ; tarsi red. 



Scolopendra niorsitans, Auct. 



