Genus La^lodorn, C. Koch. 345 



three spines at its basa ; iv. covering about ^ — elsewhere 

 strongly spined. 



Spurs of tibia i. well developed, the upper stout, straight, 

 cjliudrical, blunt, and bearing three long sinuous spines 

 obliquely ranged on its underside ; the lower crescently 

 cylindrical, slightly curved to the inner border. 



Ilab. Rio Doce (Espirito Santo). 



Coll. E. Garbe. Type in the S. Paulo Museum (no. 1.32). 



8. Lasiodora Idugii (Kocli). 



Mygale klugii, C. Koch, 1842, Die Arachuiden, vol. ix. p. 25, pi. ccxcv. 



■fig-. 708. 

 Lasiodura klugii, C. Koch, 1850, Uebersicht d. Arach. Svst. vol. v. 



p. 72. 

 Laswdora klugii, Ausserer, 1871, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. xxi. 



p. 209. 

 Lasiodora klugii, Simon, 1892, Hist. Nat. Ar. vol. i. p. 161. 

 Lasiodora klugii, Pocock, 1901, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. viii. 



p. 544. 

 Lasiudora klugii, Strand, 1907, Jahres. Vereins vaterl. Naturk. Wiirtt- 



emberg, vol. Ixiii. p. 54. 

 Lasiodora bahiensis, Strand, 1907, id. ibid. p. 57. 

 Lasiodora klugii, Petrunkevitch, 1911, Bull. Amer. Muy. Nat. Hist. 



vol. xxix. 

 Lasiodora klugii, Strand, 1912, Wiesbaden Jahrb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 



p. 175. 



Hob. Bahia, where it is tlie most common Aviculariid. I 

 have seen some typical specimens, and I believe Lasiodora 

 bahiensis, Strand, to be synonymous with Lasiodora klugii 

 (0. Koch). 



9. Lasiodora dijfficilis *, sp. n. 



S .—57 mm.; ceph. 25 X 25 mm.; legs 92-88-81-100 mm.; 

 patella + tibia i. 31 mm., iv. 31 mm.; protarsus iv. 27'5 mm. 



Integument of the carapace dark red, with a blackish-grey 

 clothing of short hairs, and with large marginal red hairs ; 

 falces dusky black, with yellowish bristles ; legs dusky black, 

 with very abundant large ochraceous bristles ; sternum and 

 coxai du.'sky brown. Abdomen with such abundant fiery-red 

 biistlc'S as almost to conceal its velvety-black clothing. 



Carapace as wide as long, much shorter than patella and 

 tibia i. or iv. and than protarsus iv. Eyes of the anterior 

 row very slightly procurved, the anterior edge of the medians 

 being much before the centre of the laterals, nearly evenly 

 spaced, the medians being mucii the smaller and separated 

 from each other by a space which surpasses their diameter ; 



* Hard, dimcult. 



