154 Mr. A. G. Butler's 
3. G. reniifera, n. sp. PI. IV. fig. 5. 
Female ; length of abdomen 3^ lines; breadth at widest 
part, excluding spines, 4 lines ; entire length 5 lines ; 
posterior lateral spines 7 lines. 
General form and appearance of cephalothorax and 
abdomen that of G. arcuata, but the long divergent 
lateral spines of the same character as those of G. clavatri.r, 
from which they diifer chiefly in their much greater length 
and less abruptly formed club. 
Cephalothorax pitchy, with central area behind caput 
testaceous ; an orange spot on each side of central oculi- 
ferous prominence ; eyes golden yeUow ; falces black, 
castaneous internally ; maxillje and legs pilose, brownish- 
testaceous with the joints blackish, but the three front pairs 
wath femora bright testaceous ; abdomen above dirty ochra- 
ceous, with sixteen impressed black spots round the margin, 
and four, forming a trapezoid in the centre ; spines six in 
number, blue-black, pilose, divergent, straight, otherwise 
arranged as in G. curvicauda ; ventral surface dirty 
ochraceous, speckled with black, deeply wrinkled trans- 
versely, strongly but sparsely punctured and pilose ; region 
of spinnerets black ; labium and sternum tettaceous, 
clouded Avith brown. 
Ceylon, Thwaites. 3 specimens. B.M. 
4. G. nigrisparsa, n. sp. PI. IV. fig. 11. 
Female; length of abdomen 3^ lines; breadth at widest 
part, excluding spines, 4 j lines ; entire length, excluding 
spines, 4| lines. 
General form of the preceding species, but the long 
divergent lateral spines more slender, with the club curved 
and more suddenly formed. 
Cephalothorax black ; eyes pale crystalline yellow ; 
falces black ; maxilhe pitchy, testaceous at base ; legs 
brown, pilose ; femora of two front pairs testaceous ; 
abdomen above smoky ochraceous, irrorated, especially on 
the front margin, with black ; impressed spots as in })re- 
ccding species ; ventral surface dull ochraceous, irrorated 
with black, deeply AATinkled transversely, with black im- 
]iresscd s]iots here and thei'C ; region of spinnerets black ; 
labium and sternum testaceous. 
Philippines. 2 specimens. B.]\I. 
5. G. clavatrix. 
Plectuna clavatrix, Walckenaer, Apt. 2, p. 186, 
n. 56, 1837—39). 
Celebes, Mcnado, Ida Pfciffer. B.M. 
