collected in the Cape de Verde Islands. 83 



mediately behind each posterior eye, and a short streak on the 

 upper part of the posterior slope, are composed of yellowish- 

 white hairs; and a narrow longitudinal band of white hairs 

 occurs above each lateral margin. The falces are conical and 

 vertical ; the maxillae are straight, and enlarged and rounded at 

 the extremity ; and the lip and sternum are oval. These parts 

 are of a dark-brown colour ; the sternum, which is the darkest, 

 is supplied with some long white hairs, and the extremity of 

 the falces, maxillse, and lip is tinged with red. The abdomen is 

 oviform, pointed at the spinners (which are prominent), convex 

 above, and projects a little over the base of the cephalothorax ; 

 it is of a very dark-brown colour, and is well clothed with hairs, 

 those in the medial line of the upper part forming a broad, dull 

 yellowish -brown band that tapers to the spinners; a spot in the 

 middle of the anterior extremity, and three spots disposed in a 

 row on the upper part of each side, of which the anterior one is 

 the largest, are composed of white hairs ; and the under part is 

 abundantly supplied with hoary hairs. 

 Captured in the Island of St. Nicholas. 



Saltictis lepidus. 



Length of the male -^4ths of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 

 thorax -i-, breadth -^ ; breadth of the abdomen -rV ; length of a 

 posterior leg ^ ; length of a leg of the second pair ^ . 



The minute intermediate eye of each lateral row is nearly 

 equidistant from those constituting its extremities. The cephalo- 

 thorax is large, glossy, somewhat quadrilateral, sloping abruptly 

 at the base, and very gradually to the front, which projects a 

 little beyond the base of the falces; it is of a brownish-black 

 colour, the cephalic region and narrow lateral margins being the 

 darkest; the middle of the posterior half is tinged with red, 

 and there is a spot composed of white hairs nearly intermediate 

 between the posterior pair of eyes ; the front and a broad longi- 

 tudinal band extending above each lateral margin are densely 

 clothed with white hairs. The falces are short, conical, and 

 vertical ; the maxillae are straight, and enlarged and rounded at 

 the extremity, and the lip is oval. These parts are of a dark- 

 brown colour, the extremity of the maxillaj and the apex of the 

 lip having a dull-yellow hue ; the sternum is oval and of a pale 

 dull-yellowish colour. The legs are robust and provided with 

 hairs and a few sessile spines ; the fourth pair is the longest, 

 then the first, and the second pair is the shortest ; they are of a 

 dull-yellow colour, with a dark-brown spot at the extremity of 

 the joints, the tarsi having a slight tinge of red ; the anterior 

 pair, which are the darkest, have a broad brownish-black band 

 extending along the anterior surface of the femora, genua, and 



