so7ne South- American AviculariiJ£e. dd 



JEurypehna spatuMum, F. Cambridge, Biol. Ceutr.-Amer., Araneidea, 



ii. p. 24, pi. i. tigs. 10, 19 a, h (1897). 

 Citharoscelus Kochii, Pocock, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) iii. p. 34S 



(1899); F. Cambridge, Joarn. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxvii. p. 16, pi. ii. 



figs. 13-15 (1899) : Pocock, Fitzgerald's Highest Andes, p. 359 



(1899). 



Loc. Chili : Valparaiso, Santiago, Coquimbo. 



This species, whatever its true name may be (for a di'^- 

 cussion of which see infra, p. 105), is one of the commonest 

 Chilian species of Avlculariid^e. 



The locality " Mexico " assigned to the type of Earypelma 

 spatulatum is no doubt an error. The specimen upon which 

 this species was based formed part of the late Count Keyser- 

 ling's collection. This collection also contained an example 

 of Paraphysa manicata, another common Chilian species, 

 ticketed Mexico. 



Citharoscelus Gossei, Pocock. 



Citharoscelus Gossei, Pocock, Fitzgerald's Highest Andes, p. 359, 

 figs. 2-2 a, b (1899). 



Loc. Argentine Republic : Lujan. 



Citharoscelus moUicomus (Auss.). 



Eurypehna jnoUicomum, Ausserer, Verb, z.-b, Wien, xxv. p. 198 

 (1876). 



The stridulating- organ consists of a thick cluster of slender 

 bristles, forming a subquadrate pad upon the distal third of 

 the posterior side of the coxa of the palp, and a cluster of 

 similar bristles above and below the suture at the distal end 

 of the coxa of the first leg. 



In addition to the type specimen from Uruguay, the 

 British Museum has examples {^ , 2) taken between Porto 

 Alegre and Uruguaua in Rio Grande do Sul (J. Blakesley). 



Citharoscelus Jheringii (Keyserling) . 



Eurypehna Jheringii, Keyserling, Brasilianiscbe Spinnen, p. 19, pi. i. 

 fig. 4 (1891). 



Loc. Taquara, Rio Grande do Sul (/7. von Jhering). 



Citharoscelus actceon, sp. n. 

 (^ . — Colour. Integument of carapace and mandibles black- 

 ish, clothed, like the legs, with short golden-brown hairs; 

 legs thickly clothed with reddish-brown bristles; numerous 



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