1870.] KEV. O. P. CAMBRIDGE ON NEW ARANEIDEA. 737 
Palpi moderate in length, similar in colour to the legs, and ter- 
minating with a rather conspicuous, curved, but simple black claw. 
Falces neither very long nor strong; they present no peculiar 
features, and, together with the maxillz, labium, and sternum, are 
rather lighter-coloured than the cephalothorax, the falces being also 
marked near their base on the inner sides with black. 
The abdomen is of a very peculiar form, somewhat quadrate, or 
rather subtriangular, the hinder part being much wider than the 
fore part (which forms the apez of the triangle and is truncate) ; the 
hinder part has a sort of cylindrical median prolongation ; the abdo- 
men is of a dull brown above, marked with darker, and with whitish 
cretaceous spots disposed chiefly in two irregular longitudinal lines ; 
the sides and hinder part are black, and the underside is of a pale 
dull brown ; the cylindrical prolongation is also of a pale dull brown, 
with a fine median longitudinal black line, giving off several oblique 
lateral whitish lines; the spinners terminate this prolongation, and 
appear to have nothing remarkable in either their size or structure ; 
in the transverse line of the widest part of the abdomen, and in the 
median longitudinal line of the upperside, is a single, curious, pro- 
minent, sharp, but short, beak-like spine directed backwards. 
An adult female of this Spider was received in 1869 from Mr. 
Nietner, from Ceylon, and another in the same year (also from 
Ceylon) from Mr. Thwaites ; it is an interesting species, and appears 
to furnish a link between the Scytodides and Theridides. The genus 
Moneta might thus either come at the head of the Theridides proper, 
followed by the genus Pholcus, or terminate the subfamily Scytodina ; 
the former, however, seems to be its more proper place. Dr. 
Thorell includes the genus Pholeus with Scytodes in a subfamily of 
Theridides ; but Pholcus appears to me to be too decidedly belonging 
to the family Theridides, as formerly constituted, to be placed in the 
same restricted group as Seytodes. 
Fam. Epreirives. 
Nov. gen. Corizoores (xwpifw, to divide; dy, wes, the eyes). 
Characters of the Genus.—Cephalothorax short, nearly square, 
with the corners rounded off; the caput occupies almost the whole 
of the cephalothoracic area, and is very broad and much elevated, 
the occiput being the highest and most prominent part. 
The abdomen is short, broad, and nearly as high as long ; it is 
bluff and a little larger behind (where it has some small subconical 
eminences) than before. 
Eyes eight ; four in a small quadrangular figure in front of the 
caput, and a pair on each side, far removed from the central four, 
and close upon the lateral margin of the caput. 
Legs short, moderately strong; relative length 4, 1, 2, 3, but 
very little difference between them; tarsal claws three in number, 
small, and toothed at their base ; opposed to them are some super- 
numerary pectinated ones. 
