282 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. [Proc. 3D Sbr. 



middle field clothed with iridescent scales. Cephalothorax large and heavy; 

 anterior eye-row curved; S. E. distant from M. E. ; ej^es of second row about 

 twice as far from dorsal as from lateral eyes; metatarsi IV spined only at tip, 

 no spines above on tibia IV. 



Two females from Tepic, Oct. In markings it is very 

 similar to Philceus multicolor, but its large size at once 

 separates it. 



273. Philasus multicolor Hentz. — One female from Te- 

 pic, Oct. 



274. Philaeus limbatus, sp. nov. 



Plate XVII, Fig. 17. 



Length <5 4.5 mm. Cephalothorax black on sides and behind, above 

 clothed with iridescent greenish scales, a white [stripe starts from the lateral 

 eyes and extends to the thoracic region; mandibles dark red-brown; legs 

 brown, posterior coxae, intermediate metatarsi, and all tarsi pale; sternum 

 brown; abdomen above brown, clothed with iridescent greenish scales, a 

 white stripe around base and on the sides, not reaching to the tip, below this 

 the sides are black; venter brown, except base which is paler. Mandibles 

 long, porrect, diverging, armed toward base above with a spine and near tip 

 below a still larger one; fang long and curved at base. Legs short; first pair 

 stoutest and longest; three pairs of spines under tibia I toward tip, and two 

 pairs under metatarsi I; coxae I separated by width of lip; tarsus of S palpus 

 truncate at tip and clothed with white hair. 



Three males; Tepic, Nov. 



275. Philaeus trimaculatus, sp. nov. 

 Plate XVII, Fig. 18. 



Length <3 5.2 mm. Cephalothorax black, a spot in front of each dorsal 

 eye, a median spot behind, and the posterior sides narrowly white, some iri- 

 descent scales in eye-region; mandibles and anterior legs wholly red-brown, 

 a white stripe above on palpus; coxa? II, III, and IV, bases of femora III 

 and IV, and intermediate tarsi pale, rest red-brown, in $ the posterior tibiae 

 paler in the middle; sternum red-brown; abdomen brown, clothed with green- 

 ish scales above, a basal curved white band, in front of which the abdomen 

 is black, a median and a subapical pair of transverse white spots, and two 

 white dots in front; venter rather paler on the sides, in the $ the white spots 



