tifiw Genera nn«7 Spert'cs of Bn'fish Sptrlprtt. 103 



Cephahthorax elongate-oval, parallel-sided, pale straw- 

 yellow ; caput bluffly rounded in front, clothed with short 

 hairs. 



Kijes very small : posterior row .'traic^lit, centrals one and 

 a half to two diameters a])art, three diameters from the 

 laterals; anterior row strongly curved, centi'als very small, 

 one diameter apart, three diameters (or nearly) from the 

 laterals. (Absence of pigment will seem to increase the space 

 of separation by half.) 



Ch/peus one quarter higher than the ocular area. Falces 

 similar to those of errans, stout, with two isolated teeth 

 towards the apex and some smaller ones behind. 



Sfernum a little longer than broad, convex, terminating 

 between the posterior coxai in a conical point. 



Abdomen elongate, parallel-sided, white or pale yellow, 

 sometimes, especially in freshly-caught s;ie,cimens, dull olive- 

 gi-een, with |)ale blotches and four or five transverse pale 

 lines above spinners ; clothed with short curving hairs, trans- 

 versely wrinkled above spinners at apex. 



Legs slender, long, dull yellow- white, 4, 1, 2, 3, clothed 

 with short hairs. 



Metatarsi shorter than tibiae, bearing no spines. Femora i. 

 with a single spine on the inner side towards apex ; ii., iii., 

 iv. without any spines. Tibiae of all four pairs armed with 

 two spines on the upperside, one near the base, the other 

 towards the apex. Genual joints with a single long 

 obliquely-erect spine at apex. All four pairs clothed beneath 

 with a double row of long setiform hairs on the underside, 

 the pair at the apex being the longest. 



Palpus of male very similar in general respects to that of 

 pygmaum^ BL, and errans, Bl. 



Cubital joint bearing a fine bristle at apex; radial witli 

 several long bristles directed over the digital joint. Palpal 

 organs present a stout falciform process at the base on the 

 outer side (PI. IL fig. 4 a, a) ; beneath the globulous mass 

 forming the organs are a pair of flat curving pieces ; at the 

 apex of the organs appears a stout conical spur, while a fine 

 curved spine lies near it, crossing two other oppositely curving 

 spines, and hence being very similar to jfygmceum. 



The epigyne appears as a small transverse-oval cavity, 

 very similar to that of Mendii and errans ; but I am unable 

 to point out any real tangible difference. 



About forty females of this curious species were submitted 

 to me by jMr. Campbell, together with a single adult male, 

 this being the first record of this sex yet published. A few 

 females were also forwarded to me by the Rev. O. Pickard 



