1893.] SPIDERS PaOM si. VINCEI^T, west l]!fDIES, 697 



the tarsus and the proximal end of the metatarsus pale, and has 

 fringes of black hair under the femur and the tibia. The spines 

 are black. 



In the female the whole spider is lighter coloured, the integu- 

 ment beiiig brown, and there is less of the bright red than in the 

 male. The ground-colour of the abdomen is a soft velvety reddish 

 brown. The markings are like those of the male, and are equally 

 variable. In both sexes the spinnerets are rather short, the 

 external ones being covered M'ith brown and the middle ones with 

 white hairs. 



A common species. 



Dekdrtphantes ocTO-PTOfCTATUS, sp. uov. (Plate LXI. figs. 

 5-5 i.) 



S . Length 5-5. Length of cephalothorax 2-5 ; width of 

 cephalothorax 2. Some males are considerably smaller, having a 

 total length of about 3*5. 



5 . Length •J:-4. Length of cephalothorax 2 ; width of 

 cephalothorax 1-8. 



Legs, S 1, 4, 2, 3 ; the first is stouter than the others and, 

 especially in the larger variety, is much the longest, exceeding the 

 second by the tarsus, metatarsus, and nearly all of the tibia ■; the 

 others are nearly equal. $ 4, 1, 2, 3 ; the first is a little the 

 stoutest. 



The cephalothorax is scarcely longer than \vide ; the sides are 

 curved, the widest point being behind the dorsal eyes. It is high, 

 the highest point being at the dorsal eyes, the cephalic part falling 

 slightly toward the first row of eyes, while the thoracic part 

 I'ounds backward and do\vnward quite abruptly in its first third 

 and then falls still more steeply. The whole of the upper surface is 

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

 is wider behind than in front, and occupies a little more than two- 

 fifths of the cephalothorax. The first row of eyes is a little 

 curved ; the middle eyes are separated slightly from each other 

 and more widely from the lateral eyes. The lateral are a very 

 little more than one-half as large as the middle eyes. The second 

 row of eyes is nearer the first than the third row. The third row 

 is plainly not so wide as the cephalothorax at that place. The 

 clypeus is narrow. The falces of the male are stout, rather long, 

 with long strong fangs, diverging and somewhat obliquely directed 

 forward, so that they are sometimes visible from above ; those of 

 the female are rather stoat and long, parallel, and vertical. The 

 sternum is oval. The maxilla? are fully twice as long as the labium 

 and are rounded. The labium is longer than wide. 



In the male the integument is of a rich dark brown colour. 

 The upper surface of both cephalothorax and abdomen seems to 

 have been covered with yellow hairs or scales. There are two 

 wide snow-wOiite bands on the sides of the cephalothorax, and a 

 curved white band around the anterior end and the sides of the 

 abdomen. On the dorsum are eight dark spots on a light ground, 



