No. 3.] SPIDERS OF THE HOMALATTUS GROUP. 161 



This spider has also a httle bunch of pure white hairs at the 

 posterior end of the abdomen just above the spinnerets. 



We have several females from South America in the Smith 

 collection. The exact locality is unknown. 



HOM.VLATTUS RUSTICUS SP. NOV. 



Plate XV., Figs. 2— 2d 

 $ . Length, 3.8. Length of cephalothorax, 2 ; width of 



cephalothorax, 2. 

 Legs, 1428 ; first pair much the stoutest, with femoral and 



tibial joints enlarged. 



, The quadrangle of the eyes is wider behind than in front 

 by the width of the dorsal eye, this being less than is the case 

 in Homalattus maccuni. The first row is straight. All the 

 eyes are well separated ; the middle are larger in proportion to 

 the lateral eyes than in maccuni, although they are less than 

 twice as large. The clypeus is narrow and the falces are stout. 

 The sides round out a little outside the dorsal eyes and then 

 fall with a slight slant inward. 



The body of the spider is black with iridescent blue reflec- 

 tions. There seems to have been a covering of iridescent scales 

 upon the cephalothorax, and of short, white hairs upon the 

 abdomen. The abdomen has three pairs of impressed dots. 



We have several males from the Amazon, sent to us by M. 

 Simon. 



The drawing of this species gives the front view of the 

 cephalothorax in a tilted position, so that the first row of eyes, 

 which is really straight, appears to be curved, and the quad- 

 rangle appears to be very wide behind, which is not the case. 



EHENE THORELL. 

 Plate Xy., Figs. 3— 3b. 

 The spiders are small or rather small. 

 The cephalothorax is moderately high and is wide, usually 

 wider than long. It is not convex, but it slants upward from 



