Peclcliam—Spiders of the Family Attidae. 217 
truncated in front. The anterior coxae are separated by more 
than the width of the labium, which is wider than long and 
half as long as the maxillae, which are short. The tibia of the 
first leg has three pairs of long, stout spines. The tibia of the 
second has a row of two or three spines. The metatarsi of the 
first and second have two pairs of long spines. 
This genus differs from Rhene and Homalattus in the an¬ 
gular sides of the cephalothorax, in having the first row of 
eyes curved upward, the tibia, of the first leg longer than the 
patella, and armed, and the metatarsus of the first leg longer 
than the tarsus. We have two species from Cape Colony, 
V. modest a, the type, and V. elegans. 
Velloa modesta sp. nov. 
Plate XXIV, figs. 9-9c. 
$. Length 3.2 mm. Legs 1432, first much the stoutest, with 
a brush of hairs under patella and tibia. 
The cephalothorax seems to have been covered with short, 
scale-like bronze hairs. There are a few white hairs on the 
sides. The abdomen is rubbed. It is glabrous, of a bluish 
color, and seems to have had a large white spot, at the base. 
The first leg is dark excepting the metatarsus and tarsus, which 
are light. There is a stout bunch of dark hairs under the pa¬ 
tella and tibia. The tibia, has a single row of three stout spines 
below, and the metatarsus two pairs of spines. The other legs 
have a longitudinal light streak on the upper surface of all the 
joints excepting the metatarsus and tarsus, with a dark streak 
on each side. The patellae and tibiae are also slightly darkened 
at the ends. 
We have one male from Kalk Bay, Cape Colony, collected by 
Mr. Lightfoot. 
