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Decapoda Macrura. 



*Pal<Emon ornatus, Olivier. P. bete griseo-viridescens ; supra ni- 

 gro-maculatus. 



Light greenish gray ; carapace minutely dotted with black. 



Stoma poda Unipeltata. 

 Squilla mantis, Fabricius. 



Entomostraca Pcecilopoda. 

 Xyphosura. 



Limulus ? 



8. ARACHNIDa. 

 Araneid^e. 



*Attus chlorommatus. A. villosus brunneus, oculis anterioribus 

 mediis laete viridibus ; cephalo -thoracis macula oculifera lat& nigres- 

 cente, fasciam albam mediam hastaeformem circumdante, abdomine 

 fascia lanceolata alba, ornato. Long. poll, dimid. 



Hairy, brownish ; the anterior centre pair of eyes light green ; the 

 broad oculiferous spot blackish, surrounding a white spear-shaped 

 mark ; the abdomen with a white lanceolate streak in the centre. 



*Thomisus alhinus. T. cephalothorace albo-virescenti, crista ocu- 

 lifera triangulari, aurantiaco-marginata, oculis ambobus anterioribus 

 rubris ; palpis maxillaribus pedibusque albo-virescentibus ; abdominis 

 albidi trapezoidis superflcie superiore punctis quinque marginibusque 

 violaceis, angulis ambobus posterioribus castaneis. Long, ad lin. tres. 



Cephalothorax greenish white, with a triangular raised oculiferous 

 crest with orange-coloured margins ; anterior pair of eyes crimson ; 

 maxillary palpi and feet greenish white ; abdomen whitish, in the 

 form of a trapezium ; the upper surface edged with lilac and with five 

 lilac points, the two posterior angles chestnut-brown. 



*Thomisus bicoloratus. T. cephalothorace, palpis pedibusque hir- 

 sutis, gramineis, abdomine albo-virescente, linea longitudinali media 

 duabusque transversalibus nigris, punctisque quinque nigrescentibus 

 ornato. Long, ad lin. duas. 



The hairy cephalothorax, palpi and feet grass-green ; abdomen 

 greenish white, with a longitudinal black line in the middle, divided 

 by two short distant transversal lines and with five dark points. 



* Hypoplatea fas data. H. schistosa, cephalothorace nigro racliato, 

 abdomine brunneo indistincte fasciato, linea apicali nigra emargi- 

 nata terminato, femoribus tibiisque nigro-fasciatis. Long. lin. sex. 



Slate-coloured ; cephalothorax with black radiated lines ; abdo- 

 men indistinctly marked with brown, posteriorly terminated by a 

 black notched line ; femora and tibia black-banded. 



*Latrodectus (?) limacidaf. L. flavescenti-griseus, cephalothoracis 

 macula oculifera majore arcuata nigra, thorace rhombulis duobus 

 brunneis, antice divergentibus, ornato ; abdomine fasciis brunneis 



f From the circumstance of its having been observed to seize the slug, 

 Incilaria bilinrata. 



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