PECKHAM— PELLENES AND SOME OTHER GENERA. 
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Homolaftiis hispidus, n. 
PL II, figs. 5-53. 
This species is very distinct through the ornamental liair tufts 
at the anterior end of the ahdomen, but is difficult to place gen- 
erically since it goes almost equally well into Houialattus and 
Bcata, while it agrees perfectly with neither. 
9. Length, 7 mm. Legs, 1423, not very different in length, 
the first stoutest. 
The widest point of the cephalothorax is at the dorsal eyes. 
The cephalic part is a little inclined, while the thoracic falls 
slightly in the first half and then abruptly, the posterior slope 
being truncated. The quadrangle of the eyes occupies about one- 
half of the cephalothorax, is one-third wider than long and is 
plainly wider behind than in front. The front eyes are in a 
straight row, the middle touching and less than twice as large 
as the lateral which are a little separated from them. The sec- 
ond row is nearer the first than the third. 
The cephalothorax is golden brown. Above the first row of 
eyes are five tufts of hairs, the middle and the two external ones 
being white, while the other two are reddish-brown. From the 
lateral eye, on each side, a band of white hairs runs to the 
posterior end, the hairs lengthening into a white tuft behind each 
dorsal eye. The abdomen is yellow with a mottled pattern of 
spots and chevrons in white, which may be best understood by 
the illustration. At the anterior end are three tufts of stout 
yellow hairs, and behind these are two tufts of yellow hairs with 
little bunches of black hairs above them. When not perfectly dry 
these hairs form an untidy mass as in the drawing. The clypeus 
is covered with white hairs. The falces are brown, with an 
oblique band of white hairs across the front face, and a fringe 
of white hairs at the end. The palpus has long white hairs on 
the tibia and tarsus. The legs are brown and are short and 
stout. 
We have one female from San Rafeal, Mexico, sent to us by 
Mr. Tvler Townsend. 
