118 Mr. A. G. Butler on the Genus Phrynus. 



the type. The first pair of legs are enormously developed, as 

 in P. cheiracanthus ; and the palpi are longer and more slender 

 than in Wood's figure. 



3. Phrynus Kochn, n. sp. PI. VI. fig. 2. 



Phrynus medius, Koch (nee Herbst), Arachn. viii. p. 8, pi. 255. fig. 598 

 (1841). 



Hab. America (Koch). B.M. 



4. Phrynus asperatipes. 



Phrynus asperatipes, Wood, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., n. e., vol. v. 

 pt. iv. p. 375 (1863). 



Hab. "Lower California" (Wood). 



5. Phrynus reniformis. PI. VI. fig. 3. 



Phalangium reniforme, Pallas, Spicil. Zool. fasc. ix. p. 43, pi. 3. fig. 3 

 (1772) ; Lichtenstein and Herbst, Natursyst. ungefl. Ins., Pbalang. 

 p. 79, pi. 5. fig. 2 (1797). 



Phrynus reniformis, Gervais, Apt. iii. p. 5. n. 6 (1844) ; Koch, Aracbn. 

 viii. p. 12," pi. 256. fig. 600. 



Concerns ai-aneoides, Petiver, Pterigr. pi. 20. fig. 12 (see Gervais). 



Hab. Haiti (Tweedie). B.M. 



Some young specimens in spirits of what I believe to be 

 this species have the abdomen much elongated and the spines 

 on the palpi very feebly developed. 



6. Phrynus variegatus. PI. VI. fig. 4. 



Phrynus variegatus, Perty, Delect. Anim. p. 200, pi. 39. Hg. 10 (1830- 

 34) ; Koch, Arachn. viii. p. 10, pi. 255. fig. 599 (1841). 



Hab. River Amazon (Perty) ; Jamaica ( Gosse) • Venezuela; 

 W. Coast. B.M. 



7. Phrynus palmatus. PI. VI. fig. 5. 



Phalangium palmatum, Lichtenstein and Herbst, Natursyst. ungefl. Ins. 



p. 82, pi. 4. fig. 2 (1797). 

 Phrynus palmatus, Koch, Arachn. viii. p. 13, pi. 257. fig. 601 (1841). 

 Phrynus mexicanus, Bilimek, Verb, zool.-botan. Gesellsch. Wien, xiii. 



p. 905 (1867). 



Hab. Colombia ( Goudot) • Mexico, Puebla (Rouquette) . 

 B.M. 



8. Phrynus pumilio. 

 Phrynus pumilio, Koch, Arachn. viii. p. 15, pi. 257. fig. 602 (1841). 

 Hab. Brazil (Koch). 



If correctly drawn, this species has a remarkably narrow 

 cephalothorax ; it seems allied to P. fuscimanus and P. pal- 

 matus. 



