Mr. Blackwall's Descriptions of new Species of Spiders. 617 



Maxillse short, straight, greatly enlarged at the extremity. Lip triangu- 

 lar, pointed at the apex. These parts are of a dark brown colour, the 

 extremities of the maxillae and lip being much the palest. Eyes disposed 

 in three rows, constituting three sides of a square, in the front and on 

 the sides of the cephalo- thorax ; the eyes of the anterior row are sur- 

 rounded by red hairs, the intermediate ones being very large ; the inter- 

 mediate eye of each lateral row is remarkably small. Legs pale reddish 

 brown, banded with dark brown ; fourth pair the longest, then the third ; 

 second pair the shortest. Each tarsus is terminated by two long, curved, 

 slightly pectinated claws, below which is a small climbing apparatus. 

 Palpi short : first joint and base of the second dark brown, the remain- 

 ing portion yellowish white ; the fourth and fifth joints are abundantly 

 supplied with long hairs, and are employed as brushes to clean the ante- 

 rior eyes. Abdomen oviform, thickly covered with hairs on the upper 

 part, projecting over the base of the cephalo-thorax ; it is of a brown 

 colour, mixed with red- brown and yellowish white ; there are some 

 whitish hairs in front, and a white spot occurs on the anus ; in the 

 middle of the anterior part are two small, obscure, yellowish white, con- 

 centric arcs of circles, to which succeeds a series of angular lines of the 

 same hue, whose vertices are directed forwards ; the first two lines of 

 the series are the most extensive, the extremities of the second being 

 reflected and in contact with the first : sides brown, blended with yel- 

 lowish white ; under part dark brown, with the exception of a broad, 

 reddish brown band extending along the middle. Superior spinners 

 dark brown, the others reddish brown. Plates of the spiracles pale 

 brown. 



The male greatly resembles the female, but is rather smaller and darker 

 coloured ; the relative length of its legs is also different, the first pair 

 being a little longer than the third. The whole of the first and second 

 pairs of legs, and the thighs of the third and fourth pairs, are of a very 

 dark brown colour. Third and fourth joints of the palpi short ; the latter, 

 which is the smaller, projects from its extremity, on the outer side, a 

 long, pointed apophysis curved abruptly at the end ; fifth joint large. 



