68 PECKHAM. [Vol. 3. 



CYRENE DELECTA, SP. NOV. 



Plate VI, figs. 2-2c. 



$ . Length, 6.8. Length of cephalothorax, 3 ; width of 



cephalothorax, 2. 

 $ . Length, 7. Length of cephalothorax, 3 ; width of 



cephalothorax, 2. 

 Legs, S 1342; $ 4312. 



A handsome, medium-sized species, strikingly marked with 

 black, white and red. 



The cephalothorax is moderately high. From its highest 

 point, at the dorsal eyes, it falls forward to the first row of eyes 

 and backward for about two-thirds of the length of the thoracic 

 part, the forward slope being more pronounced than the back- 

 ward. The final fall to the posterior border is steep. The sides 

 are nearly vertical and parallel in the cephalic part, but are 

 rounded out in the thoracic, the widest point being considera- 

 bly behind the dorsal eyes. The quadrangle of the ej^es is 

 about equally wide in front and behind, is one-fourth wider 

 than long and occupies two-fifths of the cephalothorax. The 

 first row of eyes has the tops of the middle eyes a little higher 

 than the tops of the lateral, so that it may be said to be curved 

 downward. The middle eyes are close together and area little 

 less than twice as large as the lateral, which are slightly sepa- 

 rated from them and are directed a little sideways. The sec- 

 ond row is half-way between the first and the third. The third 

 row is scarcely narrower than the cephalothorax at that place. 

 The clypeus is about half as high as the anterior middle eyes. 

 The falces are small and are directed backward. 



The cephalothorax of the female has a dark region on 

 each side of the upper surface which usually extends, behind, 

 to the margin, but sometimes stops a little short of this. On 

 the sides the integument is pale, and is covered with white 

 hairs. The central space is occupied by a white band which 

 has on its outer sides some red hairs. Red hairs are also seen 

 around the anterior eyes. The abdomen of the female has a 



