Peckhamr—Spiders of the Family Attidae. 235 
palpi are dark brown or black. So far as we can judge of the 
markings, the upper surface of the cephalic plate is dark with a 
central white band, while bright red hairs surround the eyes. 
The sides have wide black bands at the lower margin, and, 
above these, wide white bands which curve up on to the thoracic 
part. The abdomen has a median longitudinal band of silvery 
metallic scales', which become iridescent in the posterior half. 
The legs of the first pair have, on the patella and tibia, moder¬ 
ately long black fringes above and below, and the first and sec¬ 
ond legs have the femur iridescent. The third and fourth legs 
are more brownish than the first and second, and all four pairs 
have the metatarsi and tarsi yellow or white. The faloes pro¬ 
ject a little, and are long and strong. They are black, with 
slight iridescence, and have some long white hairs on the inner 
sides, and a bunch of white hairs opposite the fang. The cly- 
peus has a few long white hairs. 
In the light brown variety the coxae and trochanters grow 
pale from the first to the fourth pair, while in the dark variety 
these joints are black. 
We have several males from Durban. 
Pellenes rufoclypeata sp. nov. 
Plate XXVII, figs, 1, la. 
In this species the high clypeus is red. 
$. Length 4.9 mm. Legs 1342, first and second stoutest. 
The cephalothorax is high and convex, rounding off in both 
directions from the dorsal eyes. It is a little the widest in the 
middle of the thoracic part. The quadrangle of the eyes is 
about equally wide in front and behind. The front middle 
eyes are close together, the lateral being more than half as large 
and a little separated from them. This row is slightly bent. 
The second row is about halfway between the others, and the 
third row is nearly as wide as the cephalothorax. The falces 
are moderately long and strong, with one tooth on the inferior 
margin. The sternum is rounded and truncated in front. 
The anterior coxae are separated by more than the width of the 
labium, which is as wide as long. 
