Genus L slodova, C. Koch. 345 



tliree spines at its bas3 ; iv. covering about -^ — elsewhere 

 strongly spined. 



Spurs of tibia i. well developed, the upper stout, straight, 

 cylindrical^ blunt, and bearing three long sinuous spines 

 ol)liquely range 1 on its underside ; the lower crescently 

 cylindrical, slightly curved to the inner border. 



Hub. Rio D.)ce (Espirito Santo). 



Coll. E. Garbe. Type in the S. Paulo Museum (no. 132). 



8. Lasiodora hlugii (Koch). 



Mygale hlugii, C. Koch, 1842, Die Arachuiden, vol. ix. p. 25, pi. ccxcv. 



■fig. 708. 

 Lasiodora hlugii, C. Koch, 1850, Uebersicht d. Arach. Svst. vol. v. 



p. 72. 

 Lasiodora klugit, Ausserer, 1871, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wieu, vol. xxi. 



p. 209. 

 Lasiodora khnjii, Simon, 1892, Hist. Nat. Ar. vol. i. p. 161. 

 Lasiodora hlugii, Pocock, 1901, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. viii. 



p. 544. 

 Lasiodora hlugii, Strand, 1907, Jahres. Vereins vaterl. Naturk. Wiint- 



emberg", vol. Ixiii. p. 54. 

 Lasiodora bahiensis, Strand, 1907, id. ibid. p. 57. 

 Lasiodora hlugii, Petruiikevitch, 1911, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



vol. xxix. 

 Lasiodora hlugii, Strand, 1912, Wiesbaden Jahrb. nassau. Yer. Naturk. 



p. 175. 



Hab. Bahia, where it is the most common Aviculariid. I 

 liave seen some typical specimens, and I believe Lasiodora 

 bahiensis, Strand, to be synonymous with Lasiodora hlugii 

 (0. Koch). 



9. Lasiodora difficills *, sp. n. 



S .—57 mm.; ceph. 25 x 25 mm.; legs 92-88-81-100 mm.; 

 patella + tibia i. 31 mm., iv. 31 mm.; protarsus iv. 27*5 mm. 



Integument of the carapace dark red, with a blackish-grey 

 clothing of short hairs, and with large marginal red hairs ; 

 falces dusky black, with yellowish bristles ; legs dusky black, 

 with very abundant large ochraceous bristles ; sternum and 

 coxse dusky brown. Abdomen with such abundant fiery-red 

 biistles as almost to conceal its velvety-black clothing. 



Carapace as wide as long, much shorter than patella and 

 tibia i. or iv. and than protarsus iv. Eyes of the anterior 

 row very slightly procurved, the anterior edge of the medians 

 being much before the centre of the laterals, nearly evenly 

 spaced, the medians being much the smaller and separated 

 from each other by a space which surpasses their diameter ; 



* Hard, ditTicult. 



