Rainbow— Arachnida 251 



Family THOMISIDAE. 



THARPYNA SPECIOSA sp. nov. (L.H.I.) 



(PI. xxi.x, tiss. .^9-62.) 



6 Cephalothorax. 1 '4 nun. lime:. \i mm. hruad : abdonK'n, 1 V mm. 

 long". 1 -3 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax dark brcn\n, rather flat, sides stee]). Pars cephalica trun- 

 cated, segmental groove not deiinerl : ocular area brciader than long, occupying 

 entire width of cephalic segment, fringed with rather long hairs, clypeus 

 tawny, broad, deep. Pars thoracica brt)ad, radial grooves not defined; mar- 

 ginal Ijand broad. Eyes black, mounted on yellowish tubercles. Legs long, 

 moderately strong, hairy, armed with long and slender spines: femur i dark- 

 brown, flecked with yellow, all other joints of leg i smoky-yellow; legs ii, iii, 

 and iv., pale yellow: relative lengths. 1. 1. 3=4. Palpi short, dark brown, 

 hairy ; genital bulb moderately large, dark lirown above, yellowish underneath, 

 complicated. Falces conc(jlorous with cephalothorax. Maxillae large, robust, 

 base and sides dark brown, apices yellowish. Sternum cordate, flat, smooth, 

 dark brown, terminating in a somewhat acute point lietween fourth pair of 

 coxae. Abdomen obovate, hair}-, not overhanging base of cephalothora.x, 

 superior surface dark brown, ornamented with creamy-white markings and 

 surrounded by a creamy-white band ; sides dark brown ; inferior surface dull 

 vellowish, margined laterally and apically with an irregular band of dark 

 lirown. 



9 Cejihalothorax, 1-6 mm. long, 1-4 mm. broad; abdomen, 2-.^ mm. 



long, 2-2 mm. broad. 



Cejihalothora.x flat, sides steep, shining, dark brown, ornamented 

 with \-ellow lateral markings. Pars cephalica broad, segmental groo\-e }-eIlow ; 

 ocular area broader than long, and occupying entire width of caput : clypeus 

 broad, deep, yellow, thinly fringed with long black hairs. Pars thoracica 

 broad, sides steep, radial grooves yellow, interrupted ; marginal band, broad, 

 dark brown. Legs long though relatively shorter than those of the male, 

 hairv. and armed with long, fine black spines. Leg i has the femur shining 

 dark brown, the n])per angle flecked with cream}--white. and ringed with same 

 at junction of patella; patella dark, shining, brown, and ringed with creamy- 

 white at junction of tibia; tibia dark, shining brown, not ringed with white; 

 meta-tarsi and tarsi reddish-brdwn ; leg ii has the femur pale straw-yellow 

 aboA'c, dark brown underneath, and ringed at jimction of jjatella with a band 

 of dark l)n)wn, and then one of creamy-white; ])atella dark briA\-n. ringed 

 with cream\--wliite at junction of tibia: tibia vellowish-brown abu\-e, dark 



