ARACHNIDA 63 



four spines ; metatarsi I and II with five pairs beneath ; none on the 

 femora ; abdomen convex, broadest beyond the middle. 



The male has a brown stripe on each upper side of the cephalo- 

 thorax ; eye region as in female ; legs I and II with the greater part 

 of patella:, apical third of tibiae, apical two-thirds of metatarsi, and 

 apical half of tarsi, red-brown ; a red-brown stripe on each side of 

 abdomen, and a series of median marks above. 



One pair from Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island, in March. 



Family SPARASSID^. 



HETEROPODA VENATORIA Linn. 



LiNNE, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, p. 1037 (1758). 



Aranea regia Fabricius, Syst. Ent., 11, p. 408 (1793). 



Six specimens from Charles and Chatham, in May. A common 

 and widely distributed tropical spider; its northward range extends 

 through the extreme southern parts of the United States. 



SELENOPS GALAPAGOENSIS sp. nov. 



(PI. I, fig. 8.) 

 Length 12 mm. 



Cephalothorax reddish ; side-margins, dorsal groove and around 

 eyes, black; mandibles red-brown; legs pale, metatarsi black, femora 

 and patelljE marked above with blackish bands, those on tibiae are 

 often darker, confluent, and extend around the joint; sternum paler, 

 apparently slightly bifid at tip ; abdomen pale brown above, paler be- 

 low, above with blackish markings more or less plain, a basal spear- 

 mark and side spots. The epigynum differs much from S. aissa 

 Walck, and S. spixi Perty. 



Six specimens from Chatham and Albemarle in Febi'uary. 



OLIOS GALAPAGOENSIS sp. nov. 



(PI. I, fig. 7.) 

 Length 16 mm. 



Cephalothorax yellowish, darkest in front; mandibles black; legs 

 yellowish, metatarsi and tarsi brown; sternum pale yellowish; max- 

 illae and lips, except tips, dark brown ; abdomen brownish above, 

 with a basal darker spear-mark, margined with pale spots ; venter 

 pale, with a median brown stripe. Extremely similar to O. fascicu- 

 latus of Mexico and the southwestern United States. Differs in the 

 rather smaller size, and proportionately longer legs, most noticeable 

 when coinparing leg II where the tibia plus patella of O. fasclculatus 

 is only equal to the tibia of O. galapagoe^isis. 



