12 ME. AND MRS. PECKHAM OK [May 7, 



the abdomen. The femora of all the legs are pale, darker at the 

 distal ends, and the first and second pairs have black bands on the 

 front faces, running obliquely from end to end. This band is 

 much less distinct on the second pair. The other parts of the 

 legs are darker, and all have many white hairs. The palpi have 

 pale femora and patellae, covered with white hairs, while the other 

 joints are dark. The dark spot on the clypeus, just under the 

 large middle eyes, is characteristic, and serves to distinguish this 

 from all other spiders thus far found in Jamaica. 

 Found by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell at Mandeville. 



Pellenes banksi, n. sp. (Plate III. figs. 7, 7 a.) 



2 . Length 5 mm. Legs 3 4 12: first and second much 

 shorter than third and fourth ; second is shorter than third by 

 the length of the metatarsus and tarsus ; the length of the third 

 is due to the elongation of the femur ; the first and second 

 stoutest. 



The quadrangle is one-fourth wider than long, is a little wider 

 behind than in front, and occupies two-fifths of the cephalothorax. 

 The anterior eyes are close together and are a little curved. The 

 middle are not twice as large as the lateral. The second row is 

 halfway between the others, and the third is as wide as the 

 cephalothorax at that place. The whole body and the legs are 

 covered by short hairs, light brown in colour, with a few longer 

 black hairs. Under alcohol the pattern appears as in the drawing. 



We have a single female from Kingston. 



Peostheclika peeplexa, n. sp. (Plate III. figs. 8-8 d.) 



A brilliantly iridescent species. 



<5 2 • Length 5 mm. Legs 3 4 12, the third and fourth 

 decidedly longer than the first and second. 



The quadrangle of the eyes is wider in front than behind, 

 occupies two-fifths of the cephalothorax, and is one-fourth wider 

 than long. The anterior eyes project forward and form a slightly 

 curved row, all four being close together, and the middle being 

 plainly less than twice as large as the lateral. The second row 

 is about halfway between the first and third, and the third is 

 narrower than the cephalothorax at that place. 



Although we have a good many specimens of this beautiful little 

 spider, they are all more or less rubbed. Under alcohol it appears 

 as in the drawing, with brown background and pale bands. When 

 dry it shows iridescent scales of bright green and crimson on the 

 cephalothorax, and around the front end of and down the middle 

 line of the abdomen, which is otherwise covered with fawn- 

 coloured or golden hair. The clypeus is covered with long 

 iridescent hairs, and the front surface of the falces with iridescent 

 scales. The same scales appear on all of the legs, and on the tibia 

 and tarsus of the palpus. The males are darker than the females, 



