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III. THE NEW SPECIES, WITH NOTES ON SOME INCOMPLETELY 



KNOWN SPECIES. 



Araneae. 



3. Nesiergus insulanus, Sim. 



Nesiergus insulanus, Sim., Hist. Nat. Araign., Vol. ii. (1903) p. 928. 



$. Carapace much longer than wide, and about equal in length to the patella and 

 tibia (together) of the first or fourth legs ; the cephalic part considerably elevated. Eyes 

 of anterior row slightly procurved and equidistant from one another; the medians rounded 

 and of considerably larger size than the elongated laterals. Apex of labium and the inner 

 angles of the maxillce furnished with numerous spinules. Legs 4, 1, 2, 3. Anterior legs 

 unarmed except for a single apical spine on the ventral side of the metatarsi ; the tibiae 

 and metatarsi of the posterior legs armed with a number of spines. Patella and tibia of 

 first leg (together) slightly longer than those of the fourth. Patella and tibia of third 

 (together) slightly shorter than the metatarsus of the fourth. Spinnerets very short, the 

 distal segment conical in shape and shorter than that which precedes it. 



Measurements in mm. Length of body 15, of carapace 8 "5, greatest width of 

 carapace 6, length of first leg (from base of femur) 22'5, of second 19 - 5, of third 17'25, of 

 fourth 25-25. 



Material. An adult female example from Silhouette, and three young examples from 

 Eecif (H. P. Thomasset). 



4. Clmtopelma gardineri, n. sp. (Fig. 1). 



Colour : russet brown, the carapace yellowish to yellowish brown. 



Carapace. Fovea of small size and very slightly recurved. Anterior row of eyes 

 much more strongly procurved than is the case in C. olivaceum C. Koch ; the anterior 

 medians slightly further apart from one another than from the elongate 

 anterior laterals, and of smaller size than them. 



Legs : less hairy than those of C. olivaceum, and the anterior surface of 

 the trochanter and of the femur of the first and second legs (and the 

 posterior surface of the trochanter and femur of the palp) are not furnished 

 with a scopula. Scopulae of the metatarsi and tarsi of the anterior Ws 

 undivided ; those of the tarsi of the third and fourth divided by a line of 

 setae ; that of the metatarsus of the fourth occupies about half the length 

 of the segment and is interspersed with long pale-coloured hairs. Tibia of Fi^. 1. Ch 



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second leg armed below on the outer side towards the base, with a pair of topelma gar- 



•/■»»■ li'i-i- (/inert, n. sp. 



spmes as in C. olivaceum, but the spine which is present in the middle part Palpal organ 



of the tibia in that species is absent. The armature of the other legs is the iro ™ .-. the 



same as in C. olivaceum. 



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