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suffused and indistinctly annulated with brown ; those of iii. and 

 iv. more definitely annulate. Abdomen pale clay-w^hite with 

 deep black shoulder-spots — or a large black spot, bilobate and 

 margined with pure white behind ; a central brown baud runs 

 to the spinners, giving off lateral sooty-brown oblique lines, 

 blending with the mottled brown and black lateral areas ; 

 ventral surface pale yellow-brown, margined on each side with a 

 straight, narrow, broken white band. Sternnm rich brown. 



Structure. A figure of the Tulva appears on the Plate (fig. 5). 



Six adult females were found on the island of Juan Fernandez 

 by Dr. Plate, but no males. This species bears a general 

 resemblance to the European Meta Menardi, which is also found 

 in North America, but is none the less quite distinct from it. 



Tmeticus Defoei, sp. n. (PI. 2. figs. 6 & 7.) 



5 . Total length 7-5 mm. 



Colour. Carapace, sternum, and legs rich orange-mahogauy- 

 brown. Abdomen black, with a pale yellow curved band on each 

 side of the anterior dorsal area, enclosing a large black trian- 

 gular patch ; behind these longitudinal bauds come two short 

 transverse pale bands on each side. The lateral area has two 

 longitudinal indistinct pale bands, and the ventral surface bears 

 in the centre a dull pale blotch. 



Structure. The mandible exhibits on the outer side the usual 

 transverse striag ; and a figure of the vulva will be found on the 

 Plate (fig. 7). Tiie inferior margin of the fang-groove bears a 

 row^ of five short cusps ; the superior a row of seven longer teeth. 

 The tibiae of the legs bear a pair of short erect dorsil bristles. 



Two adult females were taken by Dr. Plate on the island of 

 Juan Fernandez. 



Tmeticus Platei, sp. n. (PI. 2. figs. 8 & 9.) 



5 . Total length 8"5 mm. 



Colour. Carapace, mandible, legs, and sternum dull orange- 

 brown, more or less suffused with darker brown. The base and 

 apex of the femora are suffused with darker brown. The tibise 

 and protarsi have each an indistinct broad dark annulation 

 towards the base, and another narrower one towards the apex. 

 Abdomen olive-brown ; dorsal area mottled with dull yellow- 

 white blotches, the best defined being a series of five transverse 

 A-shaped bars, their apices not contiueut, extending from the 

 middle to the spinners. , 



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