698 MESSBS. G. W. AND B. G. PECKHAM ON [XoV. 21, 



four in a transverse row across the anterior part and two on each 

 side, farther back. Tbe two middle spots of the transverse band 

 are frequently joined together. There are some red hairs around 

 the eyes of the first row, and the front faces of the first legs ; the 

 palpi and the falces are all covered with snow-white rice-like 

 scales, so that the spider presents a very showy appearance from 

 in front. The legs are brown with a good many white scales, the 

 first pair being darker coloured than the others. 



The female has the integument of the cepbalothorax dark brown, 

 while that of the abdomen is commonly yellowish. The whole 

 surface is covered with white scale-like hairs, excepting that on the 

 abdomen there are eight black spots, four in a transverse row 

 across the middle of the dorsum and two on each side, farther 

 back. The legs are yellowish. The clypeus is covered with rather 

 long white hairs, which hang down a little way over the falces. 



The general appearance of this species is much like that of 

 Dendnjphantes ccqntatus, Hentz. It seems to be very common in 

 St. Vincent. 



H-VSABiL's PAYKFLLi, Aud. in Sav. Descr. de TEgypte, 2^ edit, 

 xxii. p. 172. 



A cosmopolitan species. 



Cteene, gen. nov. 



The cephalothorax is only moderately high ; from its highest 

 point, at the dorsal eyes, it falls for\\ard to the first row of eyes 

 aud backward for about two-thirds of the length of the thoracic 

 part, the forward inclination being a little more pronounced than 

 the backward. The final fall to the posterior border is steep. 

 The sides are nearly vertical and parallel in the cephalic part, but 

 are a good deal rounded out in the thoracic, the widest point being 

 considerably behind the dorsal eyes. The quadrangle of the eyes 

 is equally wide in front and behind, is barely one-fourth Avider 

 than long, and occupies two-fifths of the cephalothorax. The first 

 row of eyes is straight, the middle eyes beiug about twice as large 

 as the lateral and close together, while the lateral are a little 

 separated fi'om them. The second row is halfway between the 

 first and the third row. The dorsal eyes are about as large as the 

 lateral, and form a row which is nearly as wide as the cephalothorax 

 at that place. 



This genus is close to Mcnia, but the cephalothorax has a more 

 rectangular appearance, the lower edge being almost straight. 



Cyeene decoeata, sp. nov. (Plate LXII. figs. 6-G h.) 



$ . Length 5-8. Length of cephalothorax 2*2 ; width of 

 cephalothorax 1*4. 



Legs 4, 3, 1, 2, nearly equally stout, the femoral joints of the 

 first and second being a little thickened. 



The clypeus is one-fourth as high as the middle eyes of the first 

 row. The falces are moderately long and stout, vertical and 



