530 



on the inner margin, etc. It is about as large as 1\ tarentulina 

 (the cephalothorax only about 10 millim. long and 7 '/ 2 millim. broad), 

 but of a paler colour, reddish brown; the legs are pale brown, with- 

 out darker spots on the upper side, except perhaps at the apex of 

 the posterior metatarsi. The list pair of legs are 29 millim. long, 

 or near 3 times as long as the cephalothorax; the 4:th pair'are 31, 

 their patella + tibia 107 3 , the tibia alone 7 millim. The mandibles 

 are 4'/ 2 millim., fully 1 millim. shorter than the metatarsi of the 

 l:st pair, a little longer than the tarsi of the 4:th pair. The sides 

 of the abdomen and the pulmonal shields are brownish grey, the 

 rest of the under side of the body is black, as are also the coxae 

 for the most part beneath. The vulva consists of a tolerably large, 

 oblong, depressed area or shallow fovea, which is about as broad as 

 the metatarsi, rounded in front, with almost parallel sides; it is di- 

 vided into two parts by a narrow longitudinal septum , which at its 

 hinder extremity is rapidly dilated, there forming a transversal co- 

 sta, which constitutes the back limit of the fovea, and exhibits three 

 small depressions above ; in front, where the fovea is deeper, that sep- 

 tum also becomes gradually broader. — For a 2 ad. of this species 

 from the south of France I am indebted to the kindness of Mr Simon. 



Simon takes up loc. cit. under this species Lye. (Tar.) isabellina 

 C. Koch'), which however seems rather to belong to T. radiata 

 (Latr.) or T. famelica (C. Koch), Sim. Vid. sup., p. 316. 



I have received of Dr Soderlund a Tarentida from the island of 

 Mallorca, which is very nearly allied to T. liguriensis, but differs 

 by the form of the vulva and the somewhat shorter legs etc.; I call 

 this species T. balearica 2 ). 



1) Die Arachn., XIV, p. 158, Tab. CCCCXCVI, fig. 1384 



2) Tarentida balearica N. pallide fusco- vel cinereo-testacea , cephalothorace 

 (in $ aeque longo ac patella + tibia 4:ti paris) fusco, vitta media longitudiiiali, in 

 parte cephalica dilatata, vitta utrinque marginali sub-geminata , striisque radian- 

 tibus utrinque quattuor, pallidis; tibiis saltern .posticis fascia transversa apicali 

 aliaque basali nigris; abdomine supra macula antica obscuriore sub-bastata plus 

 minus distincta ; vulva minuta , ex area fusca rotundato-triangula , ad longitudinem 

 bis impressa formata; bulbo genitali maris in medio versus latus exterius dente 

 sub-triangulo , compresso , deorsum et intus directo armato. — S J ad. Long. S 

 c.a 16, 2 c:a 23 millim. 



Femina. — Cephalothorax 9% millim. longus, 7'/ 4 latus, obscure fuscus, 

 vittis tribus latis longitudinalibus striisque utrinque radiantibus quattuor, cinereo- 

 testaceis: vitta media in parte cepbalica satis dilatata, inter oculos rursus augu- 

 stata, vittis lateralibus serie macularum minutarum fusciorum versus marginem 



