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GASTERACANTHA NABONA, new species. 



Female. — Carapace black. Sternum black, excepting a small red 

 spot at the center. Legs black, the femora at base and subapically 

 with reddish yellow ; the patella light proximally ; the tibiae, metatarsi 

 and tarsi also light over proximal part. Background of dorsum of ab- 

 tarsi also light over proximal part. Background of dorsum of ab- 

 domen yellow; the spines black; a series of four black spots along 

 anterior border between anterior spines, the median spots being 

 ^'^ larger; two spots between posterior lateral spines, and a series 

 of four smaller dots' along caudal border; at middle a cuneiform 

 black mark with a median longitudinal black line caudad of it. 

 Venter of abdomen in general black, a series of light dots en- 

 circling area of spinnerets and a few light dots scattered over other 

 parts. 



Anterior margin of abdomen only moderately convex between the 

 anterior spines. Abdomen narrowed on each side and bearing two 

 spines very close together but not actually in contact, the anterior 

 one a little smaller than the posterior one, and the latter a little 

 smaller than the caudal ones. 



Length, 5.6 mm. ; width of abdomen between lateral spines, 7 mm. 



Locality. — China: Soochow (N. Gist Gee). One female. 



Type.—C2it. No. 881, U.S.N.M. 



Mr. Gee's note on this form gives the general color of the abdomen 

 as white in life. " Caught in a round web about 3 feet from ground 

 under the limbs of a tea-oil tree." 



Family THOMISIDAE. 



PHILODROMUS AMITINUS, new species. 



Plate 5, fig. 38. 



Female. — Carapace light brown or yellow of a slightly rufous 

 cast, paler on pars cephalica and along middorsal line caudad of it. 

 Legs yellow, more or less weakly dusky. Abdomen above white, 

 with dark basal mark, the latter presenting an angle on each side 

 in front of caudal end; basal mark followed in posterior region by 

 a series of acutely angled chevrons which tend to be broken at 

 middle, all these dorsal marks rather faint. Sides of abdomen 

 above dark, brownish, the lower part of sides and the venter whitish 

 yellow. Epigynum and a spot over each lung-book deep brown or 

 blackish. 



Both rows of eyes conspicuously recurved. Eyes of anterior row 

 with medians slightly larger than the laterals; the medians but 

 little farther from each other than from the laterals, being twice 

 their diameter apart and once and a half their diameter from the 



