102 T. THORELL, 
In Ph. Pluchi the superior tarsal claws are large, weak, of equable 
curvature, pectinated, with about 8 long, pointed, somewhat curved teeth 
proceeding from the side of the claw; the inferior claw is tolerably large, 
long and fine, bent to a hook, curved somewhat outwards at the extremity, 
with 1 (2?) strong, pointed tooth bent inwards at the tip. The palpal claw 
in the female is rudimentary, and consists of a little conical, somewhat 
curved process, surrounded by fine, pointed bristles, of which the two outer- 
most are considerably stronger than the rest. 
* Gen. 2. SPERMOPHORA Hexrz. 1841. 
Deriv.: oxeguopooos, seminiferous (czrégue, seed; péow, bear). 
Syn.: 1836. Pholcus Ducis, Observ. s. les Aran., p. 160 (ad partem). 
1841. Spermophora Hentz, Descr. of an Amer. Spid. ete., p. 116. 
1847. Rachus Warck., H. N. d. Ins. Apt., IV, p. 459. 
1850. Oophora Hentz, Aran. of the United States, zm Bost. Journ. of Nat. Hist., 
VI, p. 285. 
1864. Rachus Sm., H. N. d. Araignées, p. 52. 
Type: Spermophora meridionalis HENTZ. 
In the passage above referred to, DuGhs gave in 1836 a very scanty 
description of a remarkable spider found in the south of France, which he 
called Pholcus senoculatus, but which differed from other species of the ge- 
nus Pholcus by being destitute of both the centre eyes. This spider was also 
found in Algeria, and excellently described and figured in 1847 1) by Lv- 
CAS, who called it Pholcus quadri-punctatus. For this 6-eyed spider WALC- 
KENAER (loc. cit.) in 1847 formed a new genus, Rachus. But already in 
1841 Hentz had proposed the name Spermophora for an approximate form 
(from Alabama), which name he subsequently changed to Oophora (vid. Syn.). 
The female of that species, Spermophora meridionalis HENTZ, carries with 
her the loosely conglutinated mass of eggs, holding it with her mandibles 
(as is also the case with the species composing the genus Pholcus), and 
this is no doubt what has led HEN1Z to give it the said generic names. HENTZ 
himself says of Spermophora or Oophora: ”'This sub-genus is very closely 
related to Pholcus. Nay, had it 8 eyes instead of 6, and were its legs 
much longer, it could not be separated from that sub-genus” 2). The whole 
1) Explor. de l'Algér., Arachn., p. 239, Pl. XV, fig. 2. 
2) Aran. of the United States, loc. cit., p. 285—286. 
