collected in the Cape de Vei'de Islands. 95 



at a moderate elevation above the frontal margin ; the four in- 

 termediate ones nearly form a square, the two anterior ones, 

 which are placed on a protuberance, and are wider apart than 

 the two posterior ones, being the largest of the eight ; the eyes 

 of each lateral pair are the smallest, and are seated obliquely on 

 a minute tubercle near to each other, but are not in contact. 

 The falces are conical, and inclined towards the sternum, which 

 is heart-shaped, with small eminences on the sides, opposite to 

 the legs ; the maxillie are short, powerful, and greatly enlarged 

 at the extremity, which is produced on the inner side ; the lip 

 is semicircular, and prominent at the apex. These parts have a 

 black hue tinged with brown, the sternum being the darkest, 

 and the extremity of the maxillae and apex of the lip the palest. 

 The abdomen is somewhat oviform, with a small conical protu- 

 berance on each side of its posterior extremity, which extends 

 considerably beyond the spinners ; it is moderately convex above, 

 projects over the base of the cephalothorax, and has a black hue; 

 a small spot composed of short white hairs occurs at the extre- 

 mity of each conical protuberance, and a third at the base of the 

 coccyx. 



Captured in the Island of St. Nicholas. 



Epe'ira blanda. 



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

 thorax -pL-, breadth Vt ; breadth of the abdomen -pL- ; length of 

 an anterior leg |- ; length of a leg of the third pair -^. 



The cephalothorax is compressed before, rounded on the sides, 

 somewhat pointed in front, convex, glossy, and has a large in- 

 dentation in the medial line of the posterior region ; it is of a 

 brown colour, with a tinge of yellow in the middle and in the 

 region of the eyes, and the narrow lateral margins are soot- 

 coloured. The eyes are disposed on the anterior part of the 

 cephalothorax in two transverse rows; the four intermediate 

 ones nearly form a square, the two anterior ones, which arc the 

 largest and darkest-coloured of the eight, and are rather wider 

 apart than those of the posterior row, being situated imme- 

 diately above the frontal margin; the eyes of each lateral pair 

 are seated obliquely on a minute tubercle, and are near to each 

 other, but not in contact, the ])Osterior ones being the smallest. 

 The falces are subconical, slightly divergent at the extremity, 

 and inclined towards the sternum ; they are of a brown colour, 

 the inner surface and extremity having a pale-yellow hue. The 

 maxillie are short, straight, powerful, and enlarged and rounded 

 at the extremity; the lip is semicircular, but somewhat pointed 

 at the apex; and the sternum is heart-shaped. These parts are 

 of a yellow- white colour, the base of the maxillse and lip and the 



