346 Dr. ilello-Leituo on the 



posterior medians mucli smaller than the anterior medians, 

 but not very widely separated from them, closer to posterior 

 laterals, which are much smaller than the anterior laterals 

 and separated from them by a space which is quite equal to 

 the long diameter of the latter. 



Fang-groove with ten teeth on inner margin. Posterior 

 sternal sigillae very conspicuous, submarginal. 



Stridulating-organ consisting of twelve large plumose 

 bristles on the suture, on coxa i., and no spines or clavi- 

 form bristles. 



The soft hairs of the scopula are basally pale and distally 

 black ; protarsal scopula i. and ii. covering the segment 

 nearly to base; iii. covering §, with two spines at its base j 

 iv. covering about ^ — elsewhere strongly spined. 



Spurs of tibia i. well developed, the up()er straight, blunt, 

 bearing three sinuous spines on its underside ; the lower 

 crescently cylindrical, curved, blunt. 



? . — 60 mm. ; ce()h. 25 X 24 mm. ; legs 75-67-65-80 mm. ; 

 patella + tibia i. 25 mm., iv. 25 mm. 



Colour as in male. Carapace slightly longer than wide, as 

 long as patella and tibia i. or iv. The anterior row of eyes a 

 little more procurved. Stridulating bristles as in male. 



Hab. S. Paulo. 



Coll. Mr. Cleophas. Type in the S. Paulo Museum 

 (no. 139). 



10. Lasiodora stn'atipes (Ausserer). 



Eurypelma stn'atipes, Ausserer, 1871, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 



vol. XX. p. 212, pi. i. figs. 15, 16. 

 Lasiodora striatipes, Ausserer, 1875, Verh. zool.-bot, Ges. Wien, 



vol. XXV. p. 190. 

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



Hah. Ausserer only gives Brazil as habitat. I have seen, 

 in the collections of the S. Paulo Museum, specimens from 

 S. Paulo and Bahia. 



11. Lasiodora curtlor, Chamberlin. 



Lasiodora curtior, Chamberlin, 1917, BuU. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 

 Coll. vol. Ixi. p. 58, pi. iv. tigs. 6, 7. 



Uab. Kio de Janeiro. 



The type has been described by Chamberlin from Vas- 

 souras. 1 have seen, in the collections of the National 

 Museum, an adult female from the neighbourhood of Rio de 



Janeiro. 



