330 



female of T. cuneata. As regards the organs of copulation, see 

 above, p. 327. 



(Pag. 521.) 24. I. cuneata [= Tarantula cuneata (Clerck) 1757]. 



Syn.: 1757. ARANEUS CUNEATUS Ci.erck, Sv. Spindl , p. 99, PI. 4, tab. 11. 



1833. Ltcosa cuneata Svm.i Sv. Spindl. Beskr., in Vet.-Akad. Handl. f. 



1832, p. 187. 



1834. „ CLAVIPES C. Koch, in Hi;rr.-Scha:ff., Deutschl. Ins., 122, 



19, 20 (sec. Koch, Die Arachn.). 

 1837. „ aemillata Wai.ck., H. N. d. Ins. Apt., I, p. 317. 

 1848. „ (Tarantula) clavipes C. Koch, Die Avachn., XIV, p. 190, 



Tab. DII, figg. 1403, 1404. 

 1856. Tarentdla cuneata Thor., Bee. crit. Aran., p. 62. 

 1867. Tarantula clavipes Ohi... Aran. d. Prov. Preuss., p. 141. 

 1871. Ltcosa barbipes Casibr., Descr. of some Brit. Spid.. cet., in Trans- 

 act, of the Linn. Soc., XXVII, p. 398. 



Respecting Walckenaer's and C. Koch's views with regard to 

 Ar. cuneatus Clerck and Lyc. cuneata Sund., see the preceding spe- 

 cies. L. barbipes Sund. , which the same authors refer to the species 

 before us, does not belong to it, but is the northern form of L. an- 

 drenivora Walck. (L. inquilina C. Koch), which is distinguished by 

 the male's having incrassated fore-tibia?: these tibia? are however 

 cylindrical, whereas those of "L. armillata* or "clavipes" are egg-shaped, 

 with an oblique, transverse depression at the sides, which depres- 

 sion is absent in "L. barbipes" Conf. L. barbipes Westr. above, p. 319. 

 — As regards the organs of copulation and the characteristics where- 

 by T. cuneata (Clerck) is most easily distinguished from the forms 

 nearly allied to it, see the several immediately preceding species, 

 especially L. tceniata Westr. and L. pulverulenta id. ') 



l) I here add a description of what appears to me a new and very remark- 

 able Tarentula from southern Europe, and which I call T. nebulosa. 



Tarentula nebulosa N., cinereo-nigricans, pilis olivaceo- vel flavo-cinereis dense 

 vestita et -sub-variata , cephalothorace vitta ad margines angusta clariore' in 

 maculas divulsa, pedibus nigricanti- et testaceo-annulatis , ventre luteo. — $ ad- 

 Long. c:a ll ! / 2 millim. 



Cephalothorax latus et humilis, dorso recto, in lateribus fortiter rotunda tus, 

 5 millim. longus, fere 4 millim. latus, brevior quani patella et tibia 4:ti paris 

 conjunctim, latitudine longitudinem tibiae hujus paris superans; pilis olivaceo- vel 

 flavo-testaceis tectus et sub-variatus, in fundo cinerascenti-niger, vitta angusta inse- 

 quali testacea in maculas paucas divulsa supra marginem ntrinque; vestigia vittae 

 media? clarioris adsunt quoque , quae circa sulcum ordinaiium lata et ex maculis 

 radiantibus quasi confecta videtur, pone oculos posticos angustata; hac vitta vero 

 valde obsoleta (in exemplo juniore bene expressa). Frons parum altior quam 



