764 MR. F. O. PICKARD CAMBRIDGE ON [June 16, 
The following species belonging to this genus have been described 
from the West Indies, Central America, and Brazil :— 
1. caudata, Auss.,9. Type of genus Jschnothele; in. coll. Brit. 
Mus. Nat. Hist. Hab. Yucatan, Mexico.—Verhandlungen ete. 
Wien, 1876, p. 153. 
I. guyanensis (Walck.)—(Sim.), d (sub Mygale). Hab. Guyana. 
—Ins. Apt. i. 1837, p. 231. 
I. zebrina (E. Sim.), 2 (sub Thelechoris), Actes Soc. L. Bordeaux, 
xliv. p. 321, 1891 & 1892. Hab. Nicaragua. 
I, digitata (Cambr.), ¢ 2 (sub Macrothele). Hab. Guatemala. 
—Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aran. 1891, p. 92, pl. xii. fig. 3. Type in 
coll. O. P. C. 
I. pusilla (EB. Sim.), 5d Q (sub Entomothele). Hab. Venezuela.— 
Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr. 1888, p. 246. 
Nore.—Thelechoris rutenbergi, Karsch, type of genus Thele- 
choris, Abhl. d. naturw. Ver. Bremen, vii. 1881, p. 196, is a native 
of Madagascar, and may or may not be congeneric with J. caudata, 
Auss., and J. guyanensis, Walck. : 
Thelechoris striatipes (Sim.) (sub Entomothele), Ann. Soc. Ent. 
Fr. 1888, p. 246, is also a native of Madagascar, and is set down 
as a synonym of J. rutenbergi by M. Simon, on the authority of 
Dr. Lenz, in Hist. Nat. Ar. 1. 1892, p. 187. 
Table of Specific Characters. 
A. Carapace unicolorous testaceous brown. 
1. Abdomen unicolorous ; clothed with silky rufous- 
golden pubescence. (11 mm. long, 9.)......... I, caudata, Auss. 
2. Abdomen with central dorsal longitudinal series 
of transverse dull orange A-shaped bars, the 
first half separate, the second united on the 
median line. Sides towards apex speckled 
with dull orange spots. 
a. Size larger, 18 min. long, QD .............00...-- I, digitata (Cambr.). 
6. Size smaller, 10-11 mm.long. (Females.) 
* Abdomen black, spotted with dull testa- 
ceous, and on the second half ornamented 
with two rows of short, oblique, testaceous 
lines, three on each side. 
Anterior row of eyes, seen from above, forming 
an almost straight line. Anterior centrals 
slightly smaller than laterals. Laterals on 
either side all but in contact with each 
other. The anterior lateral larger than 
the posterior lateral ..................+- cocephs I. zebrina (EB. Sim.). 
** Abdomen dull purple-brown, speckled with 
dull testaceous spots on sides towards apex; 
with central dorsal longitudinal series of 6 
transverse dull orange A-shaped bars, the 
first three separate, the second three united 
on the median line. 
Anterior row of eyes slightly procurved 
(posterior margin of laterals aligned with 
centre of medians). Anterior centrals 
slightly smaller than laterals. Laterals 
distinctly separate; anteriors slightly 
larger than posteriors .........sccseeeeesesees 1. guyanensis (Walck.). 
