460 Mr. J. Blackwall on new Species of Spiders 
process having a short pointed spine in contact with its base, on 
the inner side, and have a strong obtuse process in front; these 
processes and the spine are of a dark-brown colour tinged with 
red. 
The large brown-black spots in the medial line of the upper 
part of the abdomen of both sexes are commonly bisected, and 
form two distinct longitudinal rows. 
Adult and immature females and an adult and immature 
male of this species were comprised in the collection. Adult 
females and an immature male of Artema convexa have been 
received from Pernambuco. On a comparison of the dimensions 
of females from Africa and South America, the African specimens 
will be found to be somewhat the larger, and to have longer legs. 
Family Linyeuip 2. 
Genus Linypura, Latr. 
Linyphia lepida, u. sp. 
Length of an immature female 5 of an inch; length of the 
cephalothorax -5, breadth ~-; breadth of the abdomen vo : 
length of an anterior leg 4; length of a leg of the third pair $e 
The cephalothorax is slightly. compressed before, rounded in 
front and on the sides, convex, glossy, with an indentation in 
the medial line of the posterior region ; it is of a brownish-yel- 
low colour, with a broad brown band extending from each lateral 
pair of eyes nearly to its base. The eyes, which are seated on 
black spots, are disposed on the anterior part of the cephalo- 
thorax in two transverse rows; the four intermediate ones form 
a square, the two anterior ones being rather the largest of the 
eight ; and those of each lateral pair are placed obliquely on a 
small tubercle, and are near to each other, but not in contact. 
The falees are conical, vertical, armed with a few teeth on the 
mner surface, and of a brownish-yellow hue, the extremity being 
the darkest. The maxille are somewhat quadrate, having the 
exterior angle, at the extremity, curvilinear; the lip is semi- 
circular, and slightly pointed at the apex; and the sternum is 
heart-shaped. These parts are of a dark-brown colour, the 
extremity and inner margin of the maxille, the apex of the lip, 
anda broad band in the middle of the sternum, which is pointed 
at its posterior extremity, having a brownish-yellow hue. The 
legs are long, slender, and of a pale- yellow colour, the extremity 
of each joint being tinged with brown; the first pair is the 
longest, then the second, and the third pair is the shortest ; 
each tarsus is terminated by three claws; the two superior ones 
are curved and slightly pectinated, and the inferior one is in- 
flected near its base. The palpi are short, rather paler than the 
