18 ME. r. O. riCKAEB CAMBRIDGE ON THE [Jan. 18, 



Karsch's descriptions and figures, and one cannot therefore be sure 

 of the identity of this species. 



Ctentjs tortus Pavesi. 



c? 16-5, 2 20 mm. Ann. Mus. Gen. xx. p. 74. Shoa, Abyssinia. 



I have not seen this species, and cannot therefore give an opinion 

 as to its affinities. 



Cteni modesties, pulcJiriventris. lycosinus, and aculeatus are 

 described by M. Simon under Leptoctenus from various regions of 

 Africa. I have not had an opportunity of examining the types, 

 but, so far as one can judge from the descriptions, they are not 

 identical with any of those already described or now described in 

 this paper as new. 



Phoneuteia decoea Gerst. 



2 22 mm. Hab. Mbaramu, E. Africa. 



" Brunnea, cervino-pubescens, cephalothoracis linea media 

 duplici flavescenti, regione ocellari falciumque basi ferrugineo- 

 villosis : palpornm basi coxisque rufescentibus, femoribus supra 

 nigro-macnlatis." 



" Am Endrande mit vier scharfen Zahnen bewehrt." 



Whether this description was taken from an adult it is difficult 

 to say, but no description or figure is given of the vulva. It may 

 be possible to identify the species when more material from 

 Mbaramu comes to hand, but even then with no great certainty. 



Phoneutria erttiieochelis E. Sim. 



S , carap. 15. Rab. Landana, Congo, W. Africa. 



(S . Carap. 15x11. Legs : i. 55 — ii. 47*5 — iii. 39 — iv. 53. 



"• Brunnea, fulvo-pubescens, cephalothoracis linea media et vittis 

 marginalibus dilutioribus, chelis coccineo-pubescentibus, pedibus 

 fulvis immaculatis." 



*' Cheliccres noires, revetues en avaut, dans leurs deux tiers 

 inferieurs, de pubescence serree, d'un rouge vif." 



" Pat. et tib. iv. plus longs que le cephalothorax ; met. iv. plus 

 long que le tibia des deux tiers de la patella." — " Patte machoire 

 de meme teinte que les pattes. Tibia sensiblement plus long, plus 

 ctroit a la base, legerement et gradueUement elargi, pourvu d'une 

 apophyse termiuale externe, presque perpeudiculaire, relativement 

 grele, simple et plus courte que le diametre de I'article." 



No mention is made of the palpal organs. Simon regards it as 

 different from C. velox Bl. and 0. vividus Bl., since the falces are in 

 these species yellow, while those of P. erythrochelis are red. It 

 differs from P. decora Gerst. in the absence of femoral spots. It is 

 extremely possible that the species is quite distinct from the Nyassa 

 Disti'ict forms, but one cannot regard the description alone, without 

 figures, as quite sufficient for purposes of identification. 



It is not at all likely that this form shoidd be the only one with 

 yed falces. 



