14 Mil. AND MRS. PECKHAM ON [May 7, 



and has, down the median line, a yellow baud which becomes in- 

 distinct behind. The anterior sides show some greenish metallic 

 scales. The legs are brown excepting the tarsal and the proximal 

 ends of the femoral joints, which are pale. The palpus has black 

 hairs on the femur, and yellow hairs on the patella, tibia, and tarsus, 

 most marked on the patella, and on all the joints there is a scat- 

 tering of metallic scales. The female shows no hairs nor scales, 

 but is brown with a yellow, median, longitudinal band on the 

 abdomen. The legs are pale. 



We have one male and one female from Port Antonio. 



Prostheclina viaria, n. sp. (Plate IV. figs. 11-11 b.) 



d 1 • Length 2*5-3 mm. Legs 14 3 2, femur slightly enlarged 

 in first and second ; the first and fourth are nearly equal, and are 

 longer than the third by only a part of the tarsus ; the first is 

 longer than the second by the tarsus and a part of the metatarsus. 



The cephalothorax is moderately high. The sides are a very 

 little wider in front and are nearly vertical. The highest point is 

 at the dorsal eyes, the cephalic plate being inclined, while the 

 thoracic part falls but little for about one-third of its length, and 

 then abruptly, the upper surface not being so much narrowed and 

 rounded as is usual in Prostheclina. The clypeus is narrow. The 

 anterior eyes are close together in a straight row, the lateral being 

 two-thirds as large as the middle. The second row is much nearer 

 the third than the first, and the third is nearly as wide as the 

 cephalothorax at that place. The quadrangle of the eyes is very 

 slightly wider in front than behind, is one-fourth wider than 

 long, and occupies one-half of the cephalothorax. 



Our specimens are badly rubbed. Under alcohol the pattern 

 appears as in the drawing, but when dry the whole body looks dark, 

 with a covering of light brown hairs. In the first and second legs the 

 femur has the proximal end pale, and the distal end dark. Other- 

 wise the legs are pale with darker rings. The palpus is brown, 

 with a narrow line of white hairs running along the outer side of 

 all the joints. 



We have two males from Moneague. 



Dendryphantes taylori, n. sp. (Plate IV. figs. 12-12 b.) 



c? . Length 4*5 mm. Legs 14 2 3, the first a very little the 

 stoutest, all being rather slender; the first and fourth do not 

 differ greatly in length, but these two are plainly longer than the 

 second and third. The coxa of the first leg is twice as long as that 

 of the second. 



The quadrangle of the eyes is one-third wider than long, is wider 

 behind than in front, and occupies one-half of the cephalothorax, 

 approaching, in this respect, the genus Eris. The first row is 

 straight, with the middle eyes subtauching and about twice as large 

 as the lateral, which are a little separated from them. The second 

 row is a little nearer to the first than to the third. The abdomen 



