of Arachnida from Rodriguez. 441 



Salticus scabellatus, ii. sp. 



? . Oculifcrous region of cephalotliovax black, bounded 

 by a crescent-shaped reddish castaneous belt ; thoracic region 

 dark piceous ; eyes opaline 5 palpi testaceous; falees, labrum, 

 maxilla;, and anterior tibiai dark piceous ; legs above fawn- 

 coloured, pectoral plate and legs below paler ; abdomen grey, 

 subpyriform, its base black; a central pale brown longitudinal 

 stripe, bounded laterally by four black spots, which form a 

 square; venter pale brown, speckled with dark brown, a central 

 line and the margins dark grey. Length 8 millims. ; relative 

 length of legs 4, 1, 3, 2. 

 (Coll. by Gulliver.) 



Seems to be allied to S. exllis of Cambridge. 



Genus Pholcus. 

 Pholcus vexiUifer^ n. sp. 



? . Cephalothorax inverted heart-shaped, waved at the 

 ends, bright reddish castaneous ; caput ascending, with the 

 front margin and a central marking yellowish ; eyes upon ele- 

 vations of the surface, those of the lateral groups forming 

 triangles, anterior pair of eyes small ; falces blackish, yellowish 

 at base ; maxillae and labrum tawny ; pectoral shield pyriform, 

 yellowish ; legs pale amber-yellow, clothed with whitish hairs 

 and black spines ; palpi testaceous, with piceous tips : abdomen 

 subcylindrical with a wavy outline, above testaceous, with a 

 central stellate streak, several oblique lines, and the borders 

 brown, posterior extremity testaceous ; underside the same 

 colour, with the base and a central streak greyish brown. 

 Length 10 millims. ; relative length of legs 1, 2, 4,3. 

 (Coll. by Gulliver.) 



Genus Meta. 



Meta vacillansj n. sp. 



c? ? . Cephalothorax smoky testaceous, obovate, truncated 

 at the ends, depressed behind ; caput ascending, convex, with 

 a marked depression on each side ; a central longitudinal ridge ; 

 eyes black, in two slightly arched series : abdomen cylindrical, 

 testaceous, with two central lines and a broad undulated longi- 

 tudinal dusky band, bounded by three black spots on each 

 side ; the sides silvery ; underside black, with a silvery line 

 on each side : legs long, slender, testaceous, paler below, black- 

 ish at the joints, sparsely dotted with long spines; palpi slender. 



