THERIDIDES^ GASTERACANTHIDES. 
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formidabilis, N. aspera, N. hispida, JV. aperta, gpp. nn.^ England : O. P. 
Cambridge, Tr. L. S. xxvii. pp. 437-450, pis. 50, 67. nos. 29-34. — Walckenaera 
mcadii, W. forttnta, W. scabrosa, W. diceros, W. permixtn^ W. implana i 
TF. ir/nobilk, IF. cirnfrons, IF. beckii, s])-p. nu., England: Id. l.c. pp. 463-400 
pi. 67. nos. 30-44. 
Sp7wcozo)ie, g. n. Cephalothorax separated from abdomen by a distinct 
pedicle ; caput rather elevated ; clypeus impressed below the eyes. Zeps long, 
slender, rel. length 4, 1, 2, 3, — 4 and 1 nearly equal; tarsi end with 3 claws ; 
palpi ( 5 ) without terminal claws. ZJpes not very unequal, situated in two 
transverse curved rows, or 4 pairs ; those of each lateral pair contiguous and 
seated on a slight tubercle ; those of the two central pairs form an oblong 
whose fore side is much shortest. Maxillcs moderately long, nearly straight, 
considerably inclined towards labium, dilated at bases, and somewhat pointed 
at extremities on inner side. Labium short, small, nearly semicircular. — 
L. ruhescem, sp. n., Minas Geraes, Brazil : O. P. Cambridge, P. Z. S. 1870, 
p. 733, pi. xliv. fig. 3. 
Linypkia punctata, sp. n., Tuscany : J. Blackwall, P. L. S. x. p. 429, pi. xvi. 
fig. 12. — L. politn, sp. n,, Sicily: id. Ann. N. IT. (4) v. p. 403, pi. viii. 
fig. 7. — L. palilio, sp. n., Kralcau and .Tanow, Galicia: L. Koch, JB. Gos. 
Krakau, xli. p. . — X. nlbomaculata, sp. n.. Cantons Ticino, Trontino, and 
Emilia : G. CVncstrini and P. Pavesi, Arch. p. Zool. scr. ii. vol. ii. 1870, 
p. . — L. impipra, L. circumcincta, L. approximata, L. furtiva, Tj. Jinitima, 
L. confum, L. cinptdipo.s, L. cxperta, L. lonpipes, Tj. incompicua, L, ohlita, 
L. microphthalma, L. oblonpa, L. pallida, L. decens, spp. nn., England : O. P. 
Cambridge, Tr. L. S. xxvii. pp. 422-437, pi. 66. nos. 18-27. 
Ctenopliora* , g. n. Eyes as in Theridion. Falces long, powerful, ver- 
tical, united at base ; fang short and curved. Maxillcp. slender, pointed at 
extremities, and strongly inclined towards the labium, which is semicircular. 
Lops very long, slender, relative length 1, 2, 4, 3, — 1 and 2 greatly exceeding 
the rest. On the anterior side of the tibia and metatarsi of the 1st and 2nd 
pairs is a series of long, prominent, slightly curved spiue.s, and in the inter- 
vals between these is a row of shorter spines, curved, and gradually increasing 
in length as they extend down the joints, — C. monticola, sp. n., Sicily, J. 
Blackwall, Ann. N. H. (4) v. p. 401, pi. viii. fig. 6. 
Blackwall remarks (7 c. p. 402) that this genus and Galena, C. Koch, 
nearly allied, are closely related to the Theridiides, and should occupy a 
position intermediate between them and the Epcxrides ; but [which is not so 
obvious] INIr. Blackwall thinks that these two genera constitute a family, 
for which (7 c.) he proposes the name Ctenoplioridcc. 
Gasteracanthides. 
Peltosoma, g.n. P. ixioides, Corsica, P. tubo'cidiferum, 76., spp, nn., E. Simon, 
Mdm. Liege, 1870, pp. . It is needless to give here Simon’s characters 
of this genus, as he has lately expressed to the Recorder a well-founded 
opinion that it is identical with Cyrtopastcr, Keyserling. The discovery of 
these spiders is remarkable, being the first of the genus recorded in Europe. 
Gadcracanthia Icpida, sp. n., Abyssinia. O. P, Cambridge, I\ Z. S. 1870, 
p. 821, pi. i; fig. 2. 
Preoccupied in Biptera, — Ed.] 
1870. [vol. VII.] 
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