94 PECKHAM. [Vol 2, 



In the young male the brown on the abdomen is replaced 

 by black ; there are no dots on the sides, and instead of copper 

 color, the posterior part of the dorsal band is brilliant orange- 

 red. The palpi are pale. 



C. Koch had this species from Bahia. We have numerous 

 females from Santarem and two immature males from Trinidad, 

 one from Port of Spain, and one from the East Coast. 



Breda Lubomirskii is not so high a spider as milvina, and 

 has the quadrangle of the eyes a little wider in front than be- 

 hind. Its total length is 9.5 mm. The length of the cephalo- 

 thorax, 4, and the width of the cephalothorax, 2.5. The rela- 

 tive length of the legs is 4312. We have a single female from 

 Monterico. 



EPINGA GEN. NOV. 



Large spiders. 



The cephalothorax is only moderately high ; in two of our 

 species (chapoda and barbarica) it has a wide, heavy look ; in 

 ornata it is narrower. It rises very slightly from the first row 

 of eyes to the third row and then slopes backward to the poste- 

 rior border. The sides begin to widen out j ust behind the lateral 

 eyes, the widest point being just behind the dorsal eyes. The 

 quadrangle of the eyes is only one-fifth or one-sixth wider 

 than long. It is equally wide in front and behind, or is a little 

 Avider in front, and occupies two-fifths of the cephalothorax. 

 The first row of eyes is straight, or a little curved. The middle 

 are less than twice as large as the lateral. The second row is 

 nearer the first than the third. The third row is plainly nar- 

 rower than the cephalothorax at that place. The abdomen is 

 cylindrical in front and pointed behind. 



This genus is very close to Breda, which is also found in 

 Brazil, the only marked difference being that in Breda the shape 

 of the cephalothorax is different, the thoracic part being higher 

 and falling only slightly at first and then much more steeply, 

 while in Epinga there is one long curve from the dorsal eyes to 

 the posterior border. 



