No. 1.] ATTID.E OF CENTRAL AMERICA. 45 



long, and occupies a little less than one-half of the cephalo- 

 thorax. The third row of eyes is as wide as the cephalothorax 

 at that place. The clj^peus is one-third the height of the mid- 

 dle anterior eyes. The falces are vertical and moderately stout 

 and long, with very weak fangs. 



In the female the cephalothorax is covered with yellow 

 hairs, excepting on the sides, where there are wide white bands. 

 Where the hairs are rubbed off on the cephalic region, the 

 integument is seen to be dark and iridescent. The abdo- 

 men has a blackish band low down around the anterior end 

 and above this a pure white band. The back is covered with 

 gold-colored hairs. On each side, beginning in front of the 

 middle, is a wide band of deep black which is crossed by two 

 white bars. The palpus has pure white hairs on the upper 

 surface of the patella, and longer, yellowish hairs on the tibia 

 and tarsus. The legs are dark brown, with some short yellow 

 and white hairs. 



The cephalothorax in the male may be like that of the 

 female, but in our examples the hairs are almost all rubbed off 

 showing the dark, iridescent cephalic plate. Some of them 

 have a line of white hairs running along the sides of the 

 cephalic part and curving around the edge of the crescent- 

 shaped thoracic plate. The abdomen is usually like that of the 

 female, although in one or two examples the whole surface is 

 covered with gold-colored hairs, excepting the black and white 

 bands around the anterior end, as shown in the figure. The 

 palpus has short white hairs on the patella, and long black 

 hairs on the tibia and tarsus. The first and second legs are 

 darker in color than the third and fourth and are ornamented 

 with double fringes of hair, which, however, are not nearly so 

 long and striking as in E. conspecta. The fringes on the upper 

 edges are black, while those below are longer and of a brownish 

 color. 



We have numerous examples from the eastern part of 

 Guatemala. The species is easily distinguished by its small 

 size and the distinct pattern on the abdomen. In form and 



