1898.] NEW SPIDEES I-EOM TEINIDAD. 893 



Tarn. FiLiSTATiD^. 



Filistaia hibernalis Hentz. Dr. W. Ince and Mr. 



^ ^ Beaven Eake. 



Fam. PisAUEiD^. 



Lycoctenus jpalustris, sp. n. Dr. W. Ince. 



Fam. ArgiopidjE. 



Argiope argentata Fabr. Mr. J. H. Hart. 



Nephila cornuta Pall. Mr. Beaven Rake. 



Fam. CiENiziBiE. 

 AcTiifOPirs HAETi Poc. (Plate LIV. fig. 1.) 



S . Total length excl. mandb. 12 mm. Carap. 5-5 x 5'.5. 

 Legs : i. 22— ii. 21— iii. 20— iv. 26. 



$ . Total length 15 mm. Carap. Qx^-o. (Specimens too soft 

 to allow of further measurements being taken.) 



Colour. cJ . Carapace and mandibles dull black-purple. Sternum, 

 mouth-parts, abdomen, and legs olive-brown ; pedipalpi somewhat 

 paler. 



5 . Carapace and legs dull clay -yellow ; mandibles darker. 

 Abdomen dull white-brown. 



Structure. (S . Carapace of the usual character peculiar to the 

 genus. Caput narrowed behind and deeply indentate at the sides. 



Eyes. Anterior row strongly procurved, slightly broader thau the 

 posterior. Centrals larger, one-foarth a diameter apart. Laterals 

 set on tubercles two and a half diameters from centrals. Centrals 

 one diameter from margin of clypeus, laterals almost on the 

 margin. Central posteriors smaller than laterals, one transverse 

 diameter from them ; the latter three diameters from lateral 

 anteriors. Central posteriors four transverse diameters from 

 central anteriors. 



Labium and maxillae entirely devoid of spinules. Tibia of 

 pedipalp almost as long as the femur, enlarged beneath at the 

 base, more attenuate towards apex. Tarsus globular, slightly 

 bilobate at apex. Bulb, viewed from the outside, short piriform, 

 bilobate at base, strongly geniculate towards apex, which tends 

 slightly outward and downward, with two sharp adjacent carinae 

 curved spirally round the outside of the apical half of the bulb 

 (PI. LIV. fig. 1.) 



Tarsi and protarsi of the first two pairs of legs numerously 

 spinose. Tibiae i. and ii. with 10-11 spines and spiniform hairs 

 beneath, toward the apex ; the latter with 9-10 smaller sharp 

 spines in addition on the outer side, 3 being in a row close to the 

 apex. Patella iii. with a marginal row on anterior side of 8 stout 

 spines and 12-13 spines on and adjacent to the posterior side, 

 towards the apex. There are besides 20 and upward spines and 

 spiniform hairs on the anterior area of the segment, and a row of 

 four along the dorsal line. The tibia has on the apical margin 

 about 20 spines, with a few smaller ones on the posterior side. 



