590 



WEST AFRICAN INSECTA AND ARACHNIDA RILEY. 



distinct at the contriil eye ;iu»l most jiroiuiueut in the posterior lateral; these latter 

 are situated upon a large black tubercle. 



The anterior eye row nearly straight, close to the margin of theclypeus; the median 

 eyes about their diameter apart, the smaller lateral oblique. The posterior row re- 

 curved, the middle eyes a little larger than those of the first row and only apart 

 from these by a space equaling their radius. The posterior lateral eyes the largest, 

 situate at the outer side of a large tubercle; the posterior middle eyes are further 

 apart than they are from the posterior lateral. 



Mandibles subgeniculate at the base, directed forward and diverging. 



Maxilla' arched, at the basal half concave, surrounding the labium; at the dis- 

 tal half rounded at both sides to an oval. Labium, aliout half as long as max- 

 illie; a little longer than broad, wider at apes than at the base, and rounded at tip. 

 Sternum oval, slightly longer than broad. 



Abdomen truncate in front, with nearly parallel sidt s and pointed at apex, covered 

 with short, bristle like hairs. 



Legs long and slender, with a sparse, line pubescence ; the tibite of the two anterior 

 pair with three pair, the metatarsi with two pair, of very long spines. Several 

 females from the Congo. 



6. Epeira eclipsis nov. sp. Vig. 6ii-b. 



Cephalothorax long, 5.4 millimeters; broad in the middle, 4. .3; broad in front 2 

 millimeters; altdomen long, 10; broad, 6.5 millimeters; first leg, 20 millimeters long; 

 second. 18.5; third, 12; fourth, 20 millimeters. 



Cephalothorax pale yellow, with a dark-brown strip running over the dorsum and 

 a similar one cm each side, not quite at the margin. Abdomen grayish, mottled with 

 darker and lighter spots at the sides, a scalloped longitudinal band running over the 

 dorsum, a few brown short stripes near the angles of the scallops. At the under side, 

 in the central region, a black longitudinal band running from the epigynum to the 

 spinnerets, bordered by a narrow white stripe which widens into an oval spot at the 

 middle region, and a similar but smaller spot at the base of the spinnerets. Legs 

 reddish-yellow, with dark-bro^\ni ban<ls and with m.iny short spines. Sternum 

 blackish-brown, with a narrow yellow longitudinal band. Maxillie and labium dark 

 brown, with lighter tips. Congo. 



EXPLANATKJN OF PLATE LXX. 



la. SelenncoHiiiia nUjrovenlris n. sp., eyes. 



1/). Sclenocoftmiit uir/rorciiiris, malepalpati. 



2rt. Ctidreln hrunina u. p., female, enlarged. 



2/>. CiidreUt hrintnca,i^yi^n. 



2c. Ciidrcla hrunncn. palpi, troi)hi, and 



sternum. 



2d. Vydrela fcrKMWw, epigynuic 



'da. Cydreht maciilala n. sp., eyes. 



36. Cydrela maculata, ej)igynum. 



4rt. A[((vh(>)iieiiux alhidus n. sp., male, unde- 

 veloi)ed, enlarged. 



41). Machomcmi.s alhidux, face fi'om the 

 front. 



4(;. Alachomeniis aU>idun, face tiltfd up- 

 ward. 



Tm. tSeletiops hrotvnii n. s])., epigynum. 



()({. Kpeira cdip.'iis n. sp., female enlarged. 



6h. Epeira eclipsis, ejiigynum. 



