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EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIIL 



Fig. 1. Hnrpactira curator, sp. n. External aspect of palpal organ. 



Fiff. 2. Arancus cyrtoscapus, sp. n. Vulva from below. 



Fig. 2 a. Ditto. Vulva from the side. 



Fig. 2b. Ditto. I^eft palpal organ of J, from below. 



Fig. 3. Aranem Marshalli, sp. u. Vulva from the side. 



Fig. 4. Araneus Spenceri, sp. u. Vulva from the side. 



Fig. 5. Araneus haploscapus, sp. u. Vulva from the side. 



Fig. 6. Araneus coccinella, sp. n. Vulva from below. 



Fig. 7. Stegodyphus dumicola, sp. n. Palpal organ of c^" , outer view. 



Fig. 8. Dresserus obscurus, sp. n. Vulva. 



Fig. 9. Herdlia sericea, sp. n. Vulva. 



Fig. 10. Cydrela spinimanus, sp. n. Palp of J , outer view. 



Fig. 11. Paljnmanus arniatus, sp. n. Anterior leg of S , outer view. 



Fir/. 12. Pla/yoides laterigradus, sp. n. Vulva. 



Fig. 13. Platgoides pusillus, sp. n. Vulva. 



Fig. 14. Corinna natalis, sp. n. Vulva. 



Fig. 15. Sparassus Marshalli, sp. n. Vulva. 



Fig. 16. Sparassus stictopus, sp. n. Tibia of palp of J, outer view. 



Fig. 16 a. Ditto. Palpal organ from below. 



Fig. 17. Spencerella litieata, gen. et sp. u. Right palpal organ from 



below. 

 Fig. 18. Thomisus anthobius, sp. n. Vulva. 



XXVI. — Descriptions of some neto Species of Heterocera from 

 Tropical America. By Herbert Druce, F.L.S. &c. 



Fam. SyntomidsB. 

 Neacerea hrunnea, sp. n. 



Male. — Dark red-brown ; palpi in front and pectus greyish. 

 Fore wing with faint traces of sinuous antemedial and curved 

 postmedial lines and of discoidal lunule. Hind wing fuscous 

 brown, with diffused seraihyaline streak below median nervure. 

 The anal angle produced to a pointed lobe, the inner area with 

 a fold containing a tuft of hair. 



Expanse 30 millira. 



Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Santo. 



Type in Mus. Oxon. 



Fam. Thermesiidae. 

 Selenis cades^ sp. u. 



Male. — Primaries dark brown, crossed from the costal to 

 the inner margin by a number of fine black lines_, with a pale 

 brown rather wide submarginal line extending from the apex 



