534 ME. E. I. POCOCK OS THE 



the 3rd, aud distinctly longer than that of the 4th ; tibia of 2nd 

 equal to the femur, that of the 3rd a little greater than its femur 

 or just equal to it, that of the 4th greater than the femur; the 

 second aud third tibial segments a little less than two-thirds the 

 length of the first and a little shorter than the protarsus ; the 

 second tibial more than half the length of the third, and equal 

 to half the distance between the lateral eyes ; the protarsi less 

 than half the length of the tibiae. 



Measurements in millimetres. — Total length 19 ; carapace, 

 median length 7*8, width 12, distance between eyes 4. Chela 

 femur, length 6, height 8, length of longest spine 2 ; tibia, length 

 8-5, thickness 3, length of longest spine 2"6 ; length of tarsus 4*2, 

 of digit 4. Legs : femur of 1st 19, of 2nd 14, of 3rd 14-2, of 4th 

 11-5 ; tibia of 2ud 14, of 3rd 15, of 4th 13-5. 



Locality. Montserrat and Martinique. 



The British Museum has upwards of a dozen examples which 

 I refer to this species. Unfortunately all the large ones have 

 no locality, and are structurally imperfect in one respect or 

 another. This has compelled me to select a small example for 

 description ; but a study of the other specimens shows that the 

 variation in characters is only slight. The colour approaches 

 black, especially upon the carapace and chelae ; and the granu- 

 lation is coarser. The largest example measures 25 mm. long, 

 the carapace being 15 mm. in width and 10 in median length, 

 the distance between the eyes being 5. Moreover the chela is 

 longer, its femur being equal to nearly twice the distance between 

 the eyes. In other respects, however, this specimen (probably 

 male) agrees closely with the type, which is certainly male. 

 Other examples, some of which are certainly female, have the 

 legs shorter, the femur of the 2nd equalling the width of the 

 carapace, the tibia of the 2nd and 3rd being also about equal. 



This species seems nearly allied to T. Goesii; but, according to 

 Dr. Thorell, in the latter species the distance between the eyes is 

 almost three times as great as the distance between either lateral 

 cluster of eyes and the edge of the carapace. T. Goesii, more- 

 over, appears to be considerably larger, since it attains a length 

 of 37 mm. 



Taeantula spiisriMANA, sp. n. (PI. XL. figs. 4, 4«.)] 

 Colour (dry specimen). Carapace and chelae fusco-castaneous ; 

 legs paler, with two ill-defined fiavous spots on the femora; 



