Peclcham— Spiders of the Family Attidae . 213 
The cephalothorax is covered with mixed, white and rufus 
hairs except two red hands, one on each side of the cephalic 
part. There is a black line around the margin. The hairs 
around the front eyes and on the clypeus are white. The ab¬ 
domen has indistinct, transverse bands of black alternating with 
bands of mixed white and rufus hairs. Near the posterior end 
is a large white spot on which is a dark crescent, and behind this 
are two oblique! black spots each bearing a snow-white dot. The 
legs arid palpi are pale brown ydth white hairs. 
We have a single female from Willowmjore, Cape Colony, 
sent by Dr. Brauns. 
Sittacus designatus sp. nov. 
Plate XXII, fig. 3. 
$. Length 5 mm. Legs 4312, first and second pairs stouter 
than the others. 
The cephalothorax is only moderately high and is rather 
flat above, slanting off in front of the third row of eyes, and 
behind the middle of the thoracic part. It is long and has 
the sides nearly parallel, there being a slight widening from 
front to back. The front eyes are a little separated and form a 
curved row, the middle being less than twice as large as the 
lateral. The second row is slightly nearer the third than the 
first, and the third row is nearly as wide as the cephalothorax 
at that place. The tibiae of the first and second legs have three 
pairs of spines, and the metatarsi two pairs, without lateral 
spines. The labium is as long as wide. 
The cephalothorax is dark colored, and, in our single speci¬ 
men, is rubbed bare with the exception of the cephalic parti, 
which seems to have been covered with bright red hairs. The 
coloring of the abdomen is very rich. The central part of 
the dorsum is black, with an intermixture of red hairs. A band 
which crosses the anterior end and runs back on each side be¬ 
yond the middle, a slender central longitudinal line on the 
anterior part, and a pair of spots at about the middle point of 
the dorsum, are all light yellow edged with red, and on each 
side of the spinnerets is a bright snow-white spot. The legs 
