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Epinga barbarica, sp. nov. 



Females: Length, 15. Length of cephalothorax, 5°5 ; width of 

 cephalothorax, 3°7. 



Legs, 4123 ; first pair plainly stoutest, second next. 

 This is a huge heavy snider. 



The quadrangle of the eyes is one-sixth wider than long, is 

 almost equally wide in front and behind, and occupies two-fifths 

 of the cephalothorax. The cephalothorax widens out considerably 

 in the thoracic part. The sternum is long, the anterior coxse are 

 almost touching. The labium is longer than wide. The abdomen 

 is large and rounded, more like Bavia than Marptusa. 



The cephalothorax is dark brown. The cephalic plate is 

 black with green and purple reflections. 



The middle of the abdomen is of a rather bright olive-green 

 with a few iridescent scales— all that are left of the original 

 covering. On each side is a longitudinal, brilliant red band, 

 and, below this, a band of snowy white. The first legs and the 

 falces are black and somewhat iridescent, like the cephalic plate. 

 The falces are well covered with black hairs, and, as they project 

 a little forward, they are visible from above. The palpi and t lie 

 second, third and fourth pairs of legs are light brownish-yellow, 

 with white hairs. The mouth parts are black ; the sternum 

 coxse and the venter are light brown, the venter being marked, 

 more or less distinctly, with three darker longitudinal lines. 



We have three females from Port of Spain, Trinidad sent 

 to us by Mr. W. E. Broadway. In shape of cephalothorax it is 

 much like Epinga chapoda, although the slope from the dorsal 

 eyes to the posterior border is not so unbroken and gradual a 

 curve, as the second half falls a little more abruptly than the first 

 half, looking something like Breda. In the ornata the curve is 

 smooth and unbroken, but is shorter than in ckapoda or 

 barbarica. 



Deza sumptuosa Perty. 



Male: Length, 11. Length of cephalothorax, 5; width of 



cephalothorax, 2°5. 

 Female : Length, 11°5. Length of cephalothorax, 4; width of 



cephalothorax, 2°7. 



Kelative length of legs, of female, 1423 ; of male 1423 ; first 

 pair stoutest, especially in the female. 



The coloration exceeds in brilliancy that of any other 

 species of this group. In the male the cephalothorax has for 

 a ground color a covering of highly iridescent purple scales, 

 on which is an elaborate pattern in iridescent silvery scales, 

 with a prevailing tint of exquisite light green. This pattern, 

 which will be best understood by a reference to the figure 



