884 ON SCOEPIONS ETC. FEOM TEOPICAL WEST AFBICA. [NoX. 14, 



stopping short on a level with the Ist leg ; 

 frontal stripe involving lateral angles of cara- 

 pace and sides of abrlomen occupied by a con- 

 tinuous black stripe, extending to the spinners ; 

 spinners surrounded by ring of black below . . . sex-mac iilaius Sim. 

 b^. Carapace yellow, not margined with black, spotted 

 with black ; mandibles not black externally ; 

 black abdominal spots small pantherimis Poc. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 Plate LV. 



Fig. 1. ArancBthra hutleri (p. 860). X 4. 



2. JEihrodes mammosa (p. 861). X 3 (nearly). 



3. Araneus tylosca'pus (p. 851). X 2. 



3 a. „ „ vulva from below. 

 'db. ,, „ vulva from behind. 



4. Cyrtophora margaritata (p. 854). X 2. 



4 a. „ „ vulva. 



5. Ceerostris argostictus (p. 855). X 2. 



5 a. „ „ vulva. 



5 b. „ ,, front leg from below. 



6. Phalma ferox (p. 863), vulva. 



6 a. „ „ diagram of arrangement of eyes. 



7. Ctenus {Leptoctemis) agilior (p. 873), tibial spurs of palp (spurs shaded). 



Plate LVI. 



Fig. 8. Araneus hamatocnemis (p. 850). X \\- 

 %a. „ „ var. 



86. „ „ var. 



8 c. ,, ,, vulva, lateral view. 



9. Araneus rhinurus (p. 852). X 2. 



9 a. „ ,, vulva, lateral view. 



10. Gasteraoantha batesi (p. 858). X 2. 



11. Phoneyusa bidentata (p. 843), palpal organ. 



12 & 12 a. Sparassus benitensis (p. 875), two forms of vulva. 

 13. Sparassus rufilatus (p. 878), palpal organ from below. 



13 a. „ ,, tibial spur of palp. 



■ 14. Phryna,rac]me mannorata (p. 880). X 3. 



Plate LVII. 



Fig. 15. Ceerostris turriger (p. 857), side view. X 1^. 

 15 a. „ „ vulva. 



16. ,, albescens (p. 856), vulva. 



17. Feucetia longipes (p. 861), vulva. 



18- Thalassius guineensis (p. 864), vulva. 



19. „ ybnwosMS (p.t 865), lateral view of carapace. 



20. „ auratus (p. 866), vulva. 



21. „ leonensis (p. 867), vulva. 



22. ,, regalis (p. 86S), vulva. ^ 



23. ,, insignis (p. 868), vulva. 



23 a. ,, „ lateral view of carapace. 



24. Bolomedes transfuga (p. 869), tibial spur of c?. 



25. Ctenus scopulatics (p. 871 ), vulva. 



26. „ rividatus (p. 872), tibial spur of J . 



26 a. „ „ central portion of palpal organ. 



