726 iia. I'. 0. rioKAUD oamuuidge on [June 16, 



1 am unable to satisfy myself that P. scruposa, E. Sim., $ , op. 

 (At., is identical with the species now before me. The description 

 shows that they are undoubtedly closely allied ; but of P. scruposa 

 M. Simon says : " Tarso 2 parts intus, prope apicem, aculeo unico 

 instructis." The tarsi of the second pair in P. papillkiera have 

 not tliis apical spine. He also says : " Abdomen — aculeis hacilli- 

 formis fulvis elevatis pauds, in series transversas parum regulariter 

 ordinatis, mnnihim," and makes uo mention of tlie regular trans- 

 verse rows of tubercles, each of which bears a bacilliform hair. I 

 liave therefore considered it more prudent, and less liable to cause 

 subsequent confusion, to describe the present species as new. In 

 any case the male is unknown to science, and would, on that account, 

 merit a careful description. 



I^ote. — Since writing the above another female, 13 mm. long, and 

 a smaller one have come to hand from amongst my captures in the ' 

 forest at Santurem. These sijeciuiens entirely bear out the dis- 

 tinctions made between Paratropis and Anisaspis, while at the 

 same time proving how inconstant are the number and position 

 of spines and cusps, and how unreliable, as a character, is even 

 the dentition of the mandibles. The eyes are closer together; the 

 spinners four in number ; the legs longer in proportion. The 

 anterior tarsi have only a single rovi^ of cusps on either side, 

 but the cusps are more numerous than in the female above de- 

 scribed. The fang-groove is furnished with 16 teeth on the inside 

 and 2 supplementary ones towards the apex, and 14 on the outer 

 margin. The number of teeth is thus greater by 2 in each row than 

 in the type female. The female described above must still be held 

 as the type, although the other is a finer specimen, for both male 

 and female were found side by side under the same piece of wood. 



One cannot be thoroughly satisfied concerning the differential 

 characters of these Spiders until more material is available for 

 car(^ful comparison. 



Anisaspoibes, gen. nov. 

 Generic CJiaracters. 

 Mamilhe two. Terminal joint nearly double the length of basal. 

 Inferior claiv present on tarsi i. and ii., absent on tarsi iii. and, iv. 

 Fang-fjroove furnished tvith tivo rows of 7-14 teeth resp>cclivehj. 



Anisasi'oides GiOANTEA, n. sp. (Plate XXXIV. figs. 2 & 22.) 



$. Ilab. Breves, Lower Amazons. 12-75 mm. long. Type in 

 coll. Brit. Mus. Nat. llise. 



$ . — Carapace a little longer than broad, purple-brown, finely 

 granulate, and so closely encrusted with line grit as to almost 

 entirely obliterate all traces of the fine rufous hairs, of which there 

 are three converging lines on the cephalic ridge, converging lines 

 on the thoracic area, and a marginal line rouud the carapace. 

 Central fovea deep, transverse, procurved. 



Abdomen encrusted with grit ; bearing four rows of tubercles, 



