^s^'] PROCEEDINGS OP THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 587 



Lycosa brevipes, uov. sp. Bauks. 



Length, $ , 10 millimeters. Cephalothorax yellowish brown, with three yellow 



stripes; a median, widest behind; and a submarginal one on each side, wider than 



the median one and but slightly separated from the margin. On each 



jfj side of the anterior part of the median stripe is a yellow, elongate spot. 



-=^^J^ Eyes black; mandibles reddish; palpi and legs yellowisli, withont mark- 



FiG. 12. ings; sternnm yellow; abdomen gray above, yellow beneath; a narrow 



Epigynuni j^^^^^ j^e^ljay stripe on anterior part of dorsnm, bounded by black; 



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brevipc'8. epigynum reddish ; spinnerets yellow. 



Cephalothorax narrow, pars cephalica not very high. Anterior row of eyes 

 straight, as long as second row, M. E. larger than S. E. Eyes of third row same 

 size as those of second row and about twice as far apart ; legs short and stout ; 

 sternum broad, rearly round; abdomen oblong oval, widest behind the middle, 

 Epigynum small. One specimen, "Congo." 



Pardosa valida nov. sp. Banks. 



Length, 9 , 6 millimeters. Cephalothorax reddish, blackened in eye region .and 

 on margins; mandibles dark, red brown; sternum black ; palpi and legs yellowish, 

 with black rings and spots; abdomen dark brown, almost black above, venter 

 lighter browu, clothed with white hairs; epigynum red brown; spinnerets black. 



Cephalothorax broad, sloping suddenly behind dorsal groove. Anterior row of 



eyes curved, little shorter thyn second row, 8. E. slightly lower than M. E., ecinal 



in size. Eyes of second and third rows equal in size, the latter as 



fiir from the former as the former are from each other. Legs long, 



especially the fourth pair, the tip of the femur of which reaches the 



Fig. 13. ,,ud of the abdomen. Abdomen elliptical, about as long as the 



^^STalWa^*''" cephalothorax. Two specimens, " Congo ;" another, much damaged, 



from " Sierra Leone." 



ON A NEW GENUS AND SOME NEW SPECIES OF ARANEiE FROM THE 

 WEST COAST OF AFRICA COLLECTED BY THE U. S. STEAMER 

 ENTERPRISE. 



By Geo. Marx. 



1. Selenocosmia nigroventris, nov. spec. Male. Figs. i« and '\h. 



Cephalothorax long, 14 millimeters ; broad in the middle region, 12 millimeters. 



Leg I. Femur, 12 millimeters; patella and tibia, 14.2; metatarsus, 8; tarsus, 5.8; 

 total, 40 millimeters. 



Leg II. Femur, 11 millimeters; patella and tibia, 12.4; metatarsus, 8; tarsus, 5.5; 

 total, 36.9 millimeters. 



Leg III. Femur, 8.6 millimeters; patella and tibia. 10.6; metatarsus, 8.5; tarsus, 

 55; total, 33.2 millimeters. 



Leg IV. Femur, 11.3 millimeters; patella and tibia, 13.5; metatarsus, 11; tarsus, 

 5.6; total, 41.4 millimeters. 



The whole npiter surface of cephax, abdomen, and legs densely covered with light 

 mouse-colored pubescence; sternum, maxilhe, labium; femoral joint of palpi and 

 cox£e velvety black; abdomen at the central region also black; at the inner side of 

 maxilliB a fringe of long, pink-colored hairs. 



Anterior ME largest; posterior ME very close to the former and contiguous with 

 the posterior L. E. ; eye, tubercle, transverse, oval. 



One male specimen from the Congo. 



