330 Dr. Mello-LeilTio on some 



longer than tlie three others together. Chelicerae normal 

 and equal iu the two sexes. Pedipalps shorter than body ; 

 femur unarmed, without apical inner spine. Lej^s short 

 and stout. Tarsus i. with 3-5 joints, ii. with more than 6; 

 iii. and iv. M'ith G. Tarsi iii. and iv. with termiual claws 

 without teeth. 

 Type. 



Uropachylus striatus, sp. n. 



(J . — 5 mm. 



Anterior margin of the cephalothorax smooth ; portion 

 before the eye-turret "with a small blunt elevation, all 

 the rest smooth. Eye-turret with a strong median s[)ine. 

 Field i. of the abdominal scutum with two strongo- 

 and two weaker tubercles ; ii. with numerous grannies 

 unevenly disposed, forming a median gathering; iii. with 

 two high spines and some granules at the base ; iv., v., and 

 dorsal free segments i. and ii. with a transverse row of 

 granules. Dorsal free segment iii. with a strong median 

 s])ine and a transverse row of granules ; anal dorsal ])late 

 with two rows of granules. All the ventral surface smooth. 

 Coxa iv. very granular and with a small apical inner spine. 

 The body is black, with transverse and longitudinal grooves 

 brown ; marginal fields testaceous ; in the dorsal free seg- 

 ments narrow light bands ; ventral free segments with a row 

 of small light points and a brown line ; stigmatic segment 

 brown-yellow with an asteriform (A) black figure. Pedipal|-s 

 and anterior legs spotted ; legs iii. and iv. chestnut. 



Hub. Pinlieiro (Rio de Janeiro). 



Type iu the S. Paulo Museum. 



Genus Meteusarcoides, nov. 



Eye-turret closer to the anterior margin than to first 

 transverse groove, very high, blunt, with a small median 

 tubercle. Dorsal scutum with five transverse grooves, i. and 

 ii. united by a longitudinal groove. Cephalothorax narrow ; 

 margins of the abdominal scutum evenly rounded to 

 groove iv., then narrowing and making a right angle Avith 

 the hinder margin. Fields i. and ii. unarmed ; iii. vith 

 two high median tubercles ; iv., v., and dorsal free segments 

 i. and ii. unarmed ; dorsal free segment iii. with a very high 

 median cone. Pcdipalps shorter than the l)ody ; the femur 

 with an apical inner spine. Legs stout and short. Tarsus i. 

 with 5 joints; ii. ?, iii. ?, iv. with 6. 



Male unknown. 



Type. 



