collected in the Cape de Verde Islands. 95 



at a moderate elevation above the frontal margin ; the four in- 

 termediate ones nearly form a square, the two anterior ones, 

 which are placed on a protuberance, and are wider apart than 

 the two posterior ones, being the largest of the eight; the eyes 

 of each lateral pair are the smallest, and are seated obliquely on 

 a minute tubercle near to each other, but are not in contact. 

 The falces are conical, and inclined towards the sternum, which 

 is heart-shaped, with small eminences on the sides, opposite to 

 the legs ; the maxilla3 are short, powerful, and greatly enlarged 

 at the extremity, which is produced on the inner side; the lip 

 is semicircular, and prominent at the apex. These parts have a 

 black hue tinged with brown, the sternum being the darkest, 

 and the extremity of the maxill?e and apex of the lip the palest. 

 The abdomen is somewhat oviform, with a small conical protu- 

 berance on each side of its posterior extremity, which extends 

 considerably beyond the spinners ; it is moderately convex above, 

 projects over the base of the cephalothorax, and has a black hue; 

 a small spot composed of short white hairs occurs at the extre- 

 mity of each conical protuberance, and a third at the base of the 

 coccyx. 



Captured in the Island of St. Nicholas. 



Epe'ira blanda. 



Length of the male -^th of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 

 thorax -pL-, breadth -yV ; breadth of the abdomen -^ ; length of 

 an anterior leg f- ; length of a leg of the third pair 1 3 B -. 



The cephalothorax is compressed before, rounded on the sides, 

 somewhat pointed in front, convex, glossy, and has a large in- 

 dentation in the medial line of the posterior region ; it is of a 

 brown colour, with a tinge of yellow in the middle and in the 

 region of the eyes, and the narrow lateral margins are soot- 

 coloured. The eyes are disposed on the anterior part of the 

 cephalothorax in two transverse rows; the four intermediate 

 ones nearly form a square, the two anterior ones, which are the 

 largest and darkest-coloured of*the eight, and are rather wider 

 apart than those of the posterior row, being situated imme- 

 diately above the frontal margin ; the eyes of each lateral pair 

 are seated obliquely on a minute tubercle, and are near to each 

 other, but not in contact, the posterior ones being the smallest. 

 The falces are subcorneal, slightly divergent at the extremity, 

 and inclined towards the sternum ; they are of a brown colour, 

 the inner surface and extremity having a pale-yellow hue. The 

 maxillce are short, straight, powerful, and enlarged and rounded 

 at the extremity; the lip is semicircular, but somewhat pointed 

 at the apex; and the sternum is heart-shaped. These parts are 

 of a yellow- white colour, the base of the maxillae and lip aud the 



