Genus SALTICUS ( latreille ). 
Eyes disposed in three rows, constituting three sides of a square, in front and on the 
sides of the cephalo-thorax; the two intermediate eyes of the anterior row are the largest, and 
the intermediate eye of each lateral row is much the smallest of the eight. 
Maxilla short, straight, enlarged at the base, where the palpi are inserted, and at the 
extremity, which is rounded. 
Lip oval, obtuse at the apex. 
Legs robust, varying considerably in their relative length in different species. 
Salticus scenicus. PI. Ill, fig. 24. 
Salticus scenicus, Latr., Gen. Crust, et Insect., tom. i, p. 123. 
— — Hahn, Die Arachn., Band i, p. 57, tab. 15, figs. 43, 44. 
— — Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., second series, vol. vii, 
p. 400. 
Attus — Walck., Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt., tom. i, p. 406. 
— — Sund., Yet. Acad. Handl., 1832, p. 202. 
Calliethera scenica, Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst., erstes Heft, p. 31. 
— — Koch, Die Arachn., Band xiii, p. 37, tab. 439, figs. 1106, 1107. 
— histrionica, Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst., erstes Heft, p. 31. 
— — Koch, Die Arachn., Band xiii, p. 42, tab. 439, figs. 1110, 
1111 . 
Titulus 31, Lister, Hist. Animal. Angl. De Aran., p. 87, tab. 1, fig. 31. 
Length of the female, 1th of an inch; length of the cephalo-thorax, ^th, breadth, T ' 3 th; 
breadth of the abdomen, T ' B th; length of a posterior leg, fth; length of a leg of the second 
pair, 1th. 
The legs are hairy, and of a yellowish-brown colour, marked with brownish-black 
annuli; the fourth pair is the longest, then the third, which a little exceeds the first in length, 
and the second pair is the shortest; each tarsus is terminated by two curved, pectinated claws, 
below which there is a scopula. The palpi are short, hairy, and have a yellowish-white tint, 
with the exception of the axillary joint, which has a dark-brown hue. The cephalo-thorax is 
thinly covered with hairs, somewhat quadrilateral, abruptly sloping behind, prominent in 
front, projecting beyond the falces; it is black, bordered with white, except on the posterior 
margin, and has a white spot near each posterior eye. The falces are conical, gibbous in 
front, vertical, and armed with a few teeth on the inner surface ; the sternum is oval and 
