168 Mr. A. G. Butler's 
" Timor," JValckenacr. 
Allied to G. (jeiidnata. 
57. G. connata, n. sp. 
Female ; lenp;tli of abdomen two lines ; breadth at 
widest part, excluding spines, 3i lines ; entire length 2 J 
lines; anterior lateral spines 1;^ line, posterior 1^ line; 
of posterior margin 1 line. 
Cephalothorax nearly normal, but flattened and in- 
distinctly transversely depressed behind eyes; abdomen 
same general form as G. geminata, but narrower, more 
prominent in front, and with lateral spines bending slightly 
forwards (more than in any examples of G. (jeminata in 
the collection ) ; slightly divergent at their tips ; spines of 
posterior margin acute, slightly divergent. 
Cephalothorax and falces pitchy, labium and sternum 
ochraceous ; maxillae and legs pitchy, banded Avith ochra- 
ceous ; abdomen above ochraceous, crossed transversely by 
two bands of black, with four central and sixteen submar- 
ginal impressed spots, three on either side behind, the 
others in fi-ont ; spines castaneous, varied with black, 
slightly rugose and very pilose : ventral sin-face black, 
spotted with ochraceous ; bases of femora of legs testa- 
ceous ; basal half of spines castaneous, apical half black ; 
conical projection black. 
Old Calabar, Gray. 1 specimen. B.M. 
Nearly allied to G. geminata. 
Sub-genus Tetracantha, Simon. 
58. G. tetracantha. 
Aranea tetracantha, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. 1, pt. 2, 
p. 1037, n. 43. 
Plectana Linnai, Walckenaer, Apt. 2, p. 163, 
n. 20(1837). 
Gasteracantha quadridens, Koch, Arachn. 11, 
p. 59, pi. 374, fig. 880(1845). 
Var. Gasteracantha pallida, Koch, 1. c. p. 60, 
pi. 374, fig. 881(1845). 
" Caffraria and Isle of St. Thomas, coast of Africa," 
Walckenaer ; " Isle of St. Thomas, West Indies !" Koch. 
B.M. 
59. G. in versa. 
Plectana inversa, Walckenaer, Apt. 2, p. 164, 
n. 21(1837). 
" Caffraria" (Z)e/aZ«7u/<?), IValckaiaer. 
Allied to G. tetracantha. 
