indigenous to the Salvages. 179 



ment, and consequently was in a condition very liable to sustain 

 injury. 



Its eyes are seated on black spots, and are disposed on the 

 anterior part of the cephalothorax in two transverse rows ; the 

 four intermediate ones, which are placed on a small prominence, 

 nearly form a square, and the two anterior ones are rather the 

 smallest and darkest of the eight ; the eyes of each lateral pair 

 are seated obliquely on a tubercle, and are contiguous. The 

 cephalothorax is oval, convex, glossy, with an indentation in the 

 medial line of the posterior region ; the falces are conical and 

 vertical ; the maxillse are obliquely truncated at the extremity, 

 on the outer side, and inclined towards the lip, which is tri- 

 angular; the palpi are moderately long, hairy, and terminated 

 by a curved pectinated claw. These parts have a pale dull yel- 

 lowish hue ; and the legs, judging from some of the coxse and 

 femora and portions of the tibiae, are of the same colour. 



Tribe Senoculina. 



Family DYSDERiOiE. 



Genus Dysdera, Latr. 



Dysdera fVollastoni, n. sp. 



Length of the female (not including the falces) ^fths of an 

 inch ; length of the cephalothorax ^ breadth ^ ; breadth of the 

 abdomen ^o ; length of an anterior leg -j^ ; length of a leg of 

 the third pair ^. 



The cephalothorax is somewhat compressed before, rounded 

 in front and on the sides, moderately convex, glossy, with a 

 shallow indentation in the medial Une of the posterior region ; 

 it is thinly clothed with short hairs, and of a dark red-brown 

 colour. The falces are conical, prominent, and armed with a 

 long curved fang and a few small teeth on the inner surface ; 

 the maxillae are straight, greatly enlarged at the base, where the 

 palpi are inserted, and pointed at the extremity ; and the lip is 

 long and notched at the apex. These parts are of a dark red- 

 brown colour, the maxillae being the palest. The sternum is 

 oval, and has a red-brown hue, the margins being rather the 

 darkest. The legs are long, moderately robust, glossy, sparingly 

 clothed with hairs, and the tibia?, metatarsi, and tarsi of the 

 third and fourth pairs are provided with spines, a few short ones 

 also occurring near the base of the femora of the latter on the 

 upper surface ; they have a yellowish-red hue, the metatarsi and 

 tarsi of the third and fourth pairs being the palest ; the first 

 pair is the longest, then the fourth, and the third pair is the 

 shortest ; each tarsus is terminated by two curved slightly pec- 

 tinated claws, and below them there is a small scopula; the 



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