HG 



Mr. A. S. Hirst on new 



IJeteroseodra crasyi/>es, sp. n. 



? , — Colour. Legs marked with dark spots, which are 

 distributed much as in //. macidafa. 



CeplialoOiorax longer tlian wide, of much less length than 

 patella and tibia of fourth leg, and exceeding patella and 

 tibia of first leg in length. 



Sternum a little longer than broad ; posterior sigilla 

 situated in the posterior third of the sternum and at but little 

 distance from the lateral margins. 



Legs. Tibia and patella of first leg much shorter than the 

 corresponding segments of the fourth. Fourth leg long- 

 haired and very stout, the femur being much swollen and the 

 patella and tibia of considerable thickness. Metatarsus of 

 fourth leg a little longer than tibia (tig. 3). 



Fig. 'i 



Fourth leg of Heteroscodra crassipes from above. 



Measuretnents in mm. Length of ccphalothorax 21, of first 

 leg GO, of second leg 57, of third leg 57, of fourth leg 77, of 

 patella and tibia of first leg 20, of patella and tibia of fourth 

 leg 25 ; total length of body 50 ; width of ccphalothorax 18'25, 

 of femur of fourth leg 7*75, of tibia o£ fourth leg 5-5. 



Hah, An adult female from Efulen, Camaroons, and 

 another from the forest 25 miles inland to the east of Kribi, 

 Camaroons. These specimens were collected by Mr. G. L. 

 Bates. 



Remarl's. This spider differs from //. maciilata, the only 

 other species of the genus, in the much greater thickness of 

 the fourth pur of legs and in the great dilatation of their 

 femora. 



Cladomelea ornata, sp. n. 



$. — Colour pale yellow; tarsi and distal portions of 

 metatarsi of legs fuscous, the metatarsi of the legs of the 

 anterior pairs being marked in the middle of their length 

 with an additional daik patch ; patellae and tibije of legs 



