162 Mr. A. G. Butler's 
29. G. teniata. 
Plectana tcBuiota, Walckenaer, Apt. 2, p. 169, 
n. 29 (1837); Koch, Araclin. Austral. 1, p. 10, u. 
10(1871). 
Dorey, Wallace. B.M. 
30. G. panisicca, n. sp. PI. lY. fig;. 14. 
Female ; length of abdomen 2\ lines ; breadth at widest 
part, excluding spines, 5h lines; entire length 3 J lines; 
posterior lateral spines 1 line, anterior ^ a line ; of pos- 
terior margin 1 line. 
Cephalothorax and abdomen as in G. tceniata, the latter 
with six angles from which the spines spring ; two on an- 
terior lateral margin acute, very short, directed slightly 
forwards ; two on posterior lateral margin twice as long, 
obtuse, with terminal tooth, and two of equal length on 
posterior margin, acute and widely divergent. 
Cephalothorax, falccs and sternum black, pilose ; labium 
pitchy, clouded with castaneous and clothed with testa- 
ceous hairs; maxill:i3 and legs pitchy, pilose ; abdomen pale 
testaceous or Avhitey-brown, rugose, tlie margins speckled 
with black granules, Avith foxu* central and eighteen mar- 
ginal impressed black spots ; spines black, rugose and 
pilose; ventral surface whitey-brown, speckled with black 
granules and with black impressed spots round the margin ; 
usual black conical projection. 
Philippines. 1 specimen. B.M. 
Allied to G. taniata. 
31. G. Sturii. 
Plectana Sturii, Doleschall, Natuurk. Tijd. Neder- 
landsch. Indie, xiii. p. 424(1857); Acta Soc. Scient. 
Indo-Nederl. 5, pi. 8, fig. 1 (1859). 
*'Amboina," Doleschall; Ceram, Ida Pfeiffer. B.M. 
Close to G. taniata. 
32. G. centrum. 
Plectana centrum, Doleschall, Natuurk. Tijd. Xe- 
derlandsch. Indie, xiii. p. 425 (1857). 
" Central Java," Doleschall. 
33. G. Mauricia. 
Plectana Mauricia, Walckenaer, Apt. 2, p. 155, 
n. 8 (1837). 
Madagascar (near Antananarivo). B.M. 
