captured in Rio Janeiro. 39 



several deep furrows on the sides and posterior part ; the colour 

 of the upper part is dull yellow, the spines having a reddish 

 tint, which is darkest at their point ; a fine ramified dark brown 

 line extends along the middle, on each side of the anterior part 

 of which three parallel, minute, dark browTi depressions are dis- 

 posed longitudinally ; four similar depressions extend in a row 

 along the posterior part of each side, which is obscurely reticu- 

 lated throughout its entire length with fine dark lines; the 

 under part has a brownish-black hue ; a dull yellow spot occurs 

 on each side of its anterior extremity, near the cephalothorax, 

 and a space of a similar colour surrounds the prominent black 

 rim which encircles the spinners, except at its posterior part, 

 from which a brownish -black band extends along the under side 

 of the long spine at the vertex of the triangle formed by the ab- 

 domen, where it terminates in a point ; the sexual organs have 

 a brownish-black hue, and that of the branchial opercula is 

 reddish-brown. 



Genus Galena, Koch. 

 Galena zonata. 



Galena zonata, Koch, Die Arachn., Band xii. p. 105, tab. 419. fi^. 1032. 

 Epeira galena, Walck., Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt., torn. iv. p. 562. 



Length of the female ^th of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 

 thorax ^ ; breadth ^ ; breadth of the abdomen ^ ; length of an 

 anterior leg f ; length of a leg of the third pair /:y. 



The legs are very long, the first and second pairs in particular, 

 and are provided with hairs and spines ; on the anterior side of 

 the tibiae and metatarsi of the first and second pairs a series of 

 long, prominent, shghtly curved spines occurs, and in each of 

 the rather wide intervals by which they are separated a row of 

 shorter curved spines is situated, which gradually increase in 

 length as they extend down the limb ; the femora, genua, extre- 

 mity of the tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi of the first and second 

 pairs are of a reddish-brown colour, the metatarsi and tarsi 

 being the palest, and the tibiae, with the exception of their ex- 

 tremity, have a dull yellow hue ; the third and fourth pairs are 

 slender, and of a dull yellow colour; a fine reddish-brown hne 

 extends along the upper surface of the anterior part of the fe- 

 mora and the entire length of the tibiae of both pairs, and one 

 of the same hue passes along the superior surface of the meta- 

 tarsi of the fourth pair; each tarsus is terminated by three 

 claws ; the two superior ones are curved and pectinated, and the 

 inferior one is inflected near its base. The palpi are slender, 

 and have a curved pectinated claw at their extremity ; they are 

 of a dull yellow colour, the cubital joint being the palest, and 

 have a fine reddish-brown line extending along the upper part 



