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Male .— Cephalothorax, 2.3 long, 1.9 broad between second and third pair of 
legs; abdomen, 2.5 long. 
Legs 
Femur 
Pat. + Tib. 
Metatar. 
Tarsus 
Total 
I 
8.6 
9.3 
8.1 
2.9 
28.9 
II 
6.7 
7.2 
6.2 
2.4 
22.5 
III 
3.9 
3.8 
3.4 
1.1 
12.2 
IV 
5.5 
5.1 
4.4 
1.9 
16.9 
Legs in both sexes with long black hair, arranged in regular rows; same kind of 
hair on sternum; cephalothorax nearly glabrous, with a very few black hairs in 
cephalic region; abdomen covered with short brown hair; spinnerets small; colulus 
absent. Cephalothorax shape apparent from Plate XXII, fig. 31; head separated 
from thorax by deep sulci uniting in the transverse groove; face and mandibles 
represented in Plate XXII, fig. 32; promargin of chelse with three teeth of which the 
distal is longest and strongest; lip considerably broader than long, not reaching the 
middle of the laminae; sternum triangular, broadest between first and second pair of 
coxae, in front a little narrower, but first coxae are still widely separated from each 
other; palpal claw in female with a series of eight teeth, growing gradually longer 
towards the distal end; superior tarsal claws distinctly geniculate, with five or six 
teeth of which the distal is longest; inferior tarsal claw smooth; each tarsus has, 
besides, two pairs of serrated bristles (Plate XXII, fig. 34); fourth tarsus with a 
well developed comb; male palpus with a tibial apophysis (Plate XXI, fig. 6); epi- 
gynum as figured (Plate XXI, fig. 7). 
Color: Body and legs in both sexes light brown; abdomen more or less uni¬ 
formly grayish. 
Patria: Jamaica, W. I. In the Peru Cave near Malvern, Santa Cruz 
Mountains. Collected May 12, 1905. I found the spiders at a considerable 
distance from the entrance to the cave, which is supposed to extend over six 
miles. They were hanging in loose webs on the wall of the cave. These 
webs consisted of a few irregular threads. The spiders seem to feed on little 
flies which abound there. 
Collection: A. Petrunkevitch. Five mature females and one male. 
ARGIOPIDdE. 
7. Alcimosphenus licinus Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign., vol. i, p. 935. 1895. 
I collected two mature females of this beautiful spider in the environments 
of Port Antonio, Jamaica, W. I., in February, 1905. They were hanging 
in their webs in low grass on the edge of the road. The red velvety color 
of the body is very beautiful, but it becomes much duller in alcohol. Both 
specimens agree perfectly with the description of Simon and the figure 
given by F. Cambridge of a specimen from the Bahamas. 
