824 THE REV. O. PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE ON [Nov, 26, 



some examples these patches run together. The bi'oad pale band 

 between those at the sides is marked more or less with some dark 

 lines and markings. The sides of the abdomen are also marked 

 on the hinder half with dark brown spots, forming more or less 

 distinct oblique lines. The under side of the abdomen has near 

 the middle two short, parallel, broken, dark brown lines. The 

 spinners are normal, short, compact, and of a dull brownish colour. 

 The genital aperture small, but of characteristic form. 



Several examples of the female of this fine species were con- 

 tained among other Spiders imported in packages of bananas from 

 the Canary Islands, and kindly sent to me by Mr. H. Sjjeyer. 

 Steatoda clarkii Cambr., found many years ago in Devonshire by 

 the late Mr. Hamlet Clark, is of this species (c/. Proc. Dorset 

 F. Club, XX. p. 6, sub Teutana nohilis Thor.). 



Tetjtaka grossa C. L. Koch. 



Theridion versutum BL, ' Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland,' 

 p. 193. 



Adult females of this Spider were included among those 

 imported in the packages of bananas from the Canary Islands 

 before referred to. The species has been long known to have 

 occurred in England, and would very probably be met with more 

 frequently on the Devon and Cornwall coasts. It does not appear 

 to be rare in the island of Guernsey, whence I have recently 

 received adult males of it. 



Fam. G ASTER AC ANTHID^. 



Genus Pasilobus Sim. 

 Pasilobus insignis, sp. n. (Plate L. figs. 29-31.) 



Adult female, length 15-5 mm. (7| lines); length of abdomen 

 11 mm., width 24 mm. 



Cejjhcdothorax short, broad ; lateral indentations at the caput 

 very strong. Caput broadly truncate before, with strong promi- 

 nences bearing the central and lateral groups of eyes ; height of 

 clypeus equals half that of the facial space ; a strongish conical 

 eminence just at the hinder part of the occiput. Surface rather 

 rugose, colour dark yellowish brown. 



Eyes small, in three widely separated groups, the central four, 

 nearly of equal size, form a rectangle a little longer than broad ; 

 those of each lateral pair are very small, contiguous, and not easy 

 to discern. 



Legs short, moderately strong, not differing greatly in length, 

 1, 2, 4, 3, furnished with hairs only; the tibiae of the first and 

 second pairs with a few small prominences, giving them a slightly 

 rugose appearance ; colour yellow-brown, very similar to that of 

 the cephalothorax. 



Falces short, powerful, conical, roundly prominent near their 

 base in front. Similar to the legs in colour. 



