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OF WISCONSIN.

VOL. II. No. 2.

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IFEUAMOUL SY NIT INU DAB

BY
George W. and Elizabeth G. Peckham.

MILWAUKEE :
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN.
NOv., 1894.

SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP.
GEORGE W. AND ELIZABETH G. PECKHAM.
Preface.

In the following paper we have attempted to classify the
spiders formerly included under Marptusa and a few related
genera. The group isso rich in closely allied species, and the
genera run into each other so gradually, that to get a satisfac-
tory classification it is necessary to make very close distince-
tions. We have formed twelve new genera.

We describe twenty-nine new species. We also re-define a
few old species, which are generic types, the descriptions of
which are not easily obtainable.

We have had at our disposal large collections from North,
Central and South America, and from the West Indies, as well
as from Europe, North Africa, Madagascar and Australia; and
smaller collections from India, Japan and the Malay Archi-
pelago.

Weare very deeply indebted to M. Eugéne Simon for his
generous assistance in obtaining spiders from many parts of the
world, and to Mr. Herbert H. Smith for the use of his large South
American collection. We wish also to express our thanks to
Mr. W. E. Broadway, who has sent us collections from Trinidad
which are exceedingly valuable, from their containing not only
many different species, but large numbers of individuals of
each species; to Mr. B. K. Miller for some Japanese spiders, and
to Mr. H. F. Wickham for a collection from the Bahama
Islands.

The measurements are given in millimeters.

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MARPTUSA THORELL.
Plate VIIL., Figs. 1—1b, and 2—20.

Spiders rather large and flat; abdomen large and wide,
with central longitudinal light band. Colors usually dull.

The cephalothorax is long, wide, flat and low. It is widest

behind the dorsal eyes. The sides are more or less rounded,
and are parallel as far as the second row of eyes. The quad-
rangle of the eyes is about one-fourth wider than long, is
equally wide in front and behind, or a little wider in front (in
M. millerii, shghtly wider behind), and occupies very little
more than one-third of the length of the cephalothorax. The
eyes of the first row are small. This row is straight, or a little
curved. The middle eyes are close together and are about twice
as large as the lateral, which are usually well separated from
them.
The second row is half-way between the first and third
rows, or a little nearer the first. The dorsal eyes are smaller
than the lateral and form a row whichis plainly narrower than
the cephalothorax at that place. These eyes are placed plainly
on the upper surface of the cephalothorax, not on the sides,
and are much further from each other than from the lateral
borders.

The legs are usually 1423 in the male and 4132 in the
female, the second and third pairs being very nearly equal.

This genus stands at the head of the group. It is most
likely to be confused with Breda, as the colors, markings and
general appearance are very similar, but Breda is not quite so
flat either in the cephalothorax or the abdomen, and has the
middle eyes of the first row much larger and more prominent,
while the cephalic part is relatively a little longer, occupying
nearly two-fifths of the cephalothorax. In Mendoza the species
are smaller and are not at all flattened, and the quadrangle
of the eyes is wider behind. The shape of the cephalothorax
differs from that of Epinga.

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 87

It is also near Menemerus, but in this latter genus the
species are somewhat smaller, while the cephalothorax is higher,
and not so flat, and is dilated on the sides. The cephalic part
is relatively a little longer in Menemerus, occupying nearer two-
fifths than one-third, and the third row of eyes is nearly as wide
as the cephalothorax at that place, the eyes being about equally
distant from each other and from the lateral borders, instead of
much further from each other, as in Marptusa.

It differs from Bayia in being flat and in being longer in
proportion to its width. Bavia has the sides and back of the
thoracic part rounded and the abdomen is narrow, rounded, and
tapering behind.

Marptusa is easily distinguished from Icius, as in the latter
genus the species are much smaller and the cephalothorax is not
so much flattened above, both cephalic and thoracic parts being
somewhat inclined from the dorsal eyes.

We have, in our collection, eight species belonging to the
genus Marptusa. These are mucosa Cl., the type (Marpissa
mucosa Simon, Arachnides de France, Vol. III., p. 25), from
France and Holland; melanognathus Luc. (Menemerus me-
lanognathus Peckham, N. A. Spiders of the Family Attide, p.
82), from Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius (Attus muscivorus Vin-
son, and Attus nigro-fuscus Vinson), Canary Islands, Santarem,
Brazil, French Guiana (Attus planus Taez.), Guatemala and
Florida; also familiaris Hentz {Marptusa familiaris Peckham,
N. A. Attidse, p. 80); californica P. (N. A. Attidee, p. 81); poma-
tia (Marpissa pomatia Wlk., Simon’s Arachnides de France,
Vol. IIL, p. 26), from Southern Europe; and the four new spe-
cies described in this paper, magna, agricola, broadwayi and
millerii.

MARPTUSA MAGNA SP. NOV.
Plate VIIL, Figs. 3—8a.

$. Length, 10. Length of cephalothorax, 4.3; width of
cephalothorax, 3.2.

@. Length, 12. Length of cephalothorax, 4.8 ; width of
cephalothorax, 3.5.

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Length of large female, 14.5.

The male is not quite mature.

Legs in both sexes, 41 32 ; first and second pairs stoutest.

The cephalothorax is long for this genus. The quad-
rangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long, is a little
wider in front than behind and occupies a little more than one-
third of the length of the cephalothorax. The first row of eyes
is straight; the middle eyes are sub-touching; the lateral, a
little separated, the middle being less than twice as large as the
lateral. The second row is a little nearer the first than the
third. The third rowis much narrower than the cephalothorax
at that place. The falces are vertical, and moderately long and
robust.

The cephalothorax is dark reddish-brown, blackish in the
eye region. The dorsal surface is covered with white hairs,
and there is a white band around the lower margin. On the
eye region are numerous coarse, black hairs directed forward,
and on each side, between the second and third rows of eyes, |
are two bunches of black bristles. The hairs just above the
first row of eyes arerufous. Inthe female the sides of the abdo-
men are brown and the central portion is occupied by a her-
ring-bone stripe of white, edged with black. In the male the
entire dorsal surface of the abdomen is covered with white
hairs, but the herring-bone stripe may be distinguished, as it
is of a solider, purer white than the rest. In alcohol, the sides
look brown, like those of the female. The legs are reddish-
brown, not so dark as the cephalothorax. The palpi are red-
dish, the palpi and clypeus having ‘many long, white hairs.
The falces are dark brown, the under surface ight brown.

We have one male and one female in the Smith collection,
from Santarem, and several females from Central America
(exact locality unknown).

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 89

MARPTUSA AGRICOLA SP. NOV.
Plate VITI., Figs. 4—4e.

$. Length, 6.5. Length of cephalothorax, 3; width of
cephalothorax, 2.

g. Length, 8. Length of cephalotorax, 4; width of
cephalothorax, 2.8.

Ileus, Gy 12! Gwe ©), Ail By,

The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long,
is wider in front than behind, and occupies two-fifths of the
cephalothorax. The first row is bent, with the eyes all separated,
the middle being less than twice as large as the lateral. The sec-
ond row is about half-way between the first and third. The third
row is much narrower than the cephalothorax at that place.
The falces are short, vertical and rather stout, especially in the
female; they are partly covered by some long, white hairs,
which fall over them from the retreating clypeus.

The cephalothorax is dark reddish-brown, with a band of
white hairs above the anterior eyes, and some white and rufous
hairs on the sides and behind. The abdomen is dark brown
with a white foliated band down the middle. The legs are
dark brown, banded with black. The palpi are brown, fringed
with brown hairs in the male and with white hairs in the
female.

This species is shorter and broader than Marptusa magna,
and its markings do not follow so closely, as that of magna, the
regular Marptusa pattern. We have one male and one female
in the Smith collection, from Brazil (Santarem).

MARPTUSA BROADWAYI SP. NOV.
Plate VIIL., Figs. 5—5bd.
$. Length, 9. Length of cephalothorax, 3; width of
cephalothorax, 2.
@. Length, 8. Length of cephalothorax, 4; width of
cephalothorax, 2.8.
Legs, $, 1423; 9, 4132; first pair stoutest in both
SEXES.

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The cephalothorax of the female is widened out more be-
hind the eyes than that of the male. The quadrangle of the
eyes is one-fourth wider than long, is wider in front than be-
hind, and occupies two-fifths of the length of the cephalothorax.
The first row is a little curved, with the eyes all separated, the
middle being less than twice as large as the lateral. The sec-
ond row is about half-way between the first and the third rows.
The third row is much narrower than the cephalothorax at
that place. The falces are vertical and moderately long and
stout.

The male has the cephalothorax dark reddish-brown, with
the eye region almost black. The hairs are all rubbed off, ex-
cepting a small bunch in the post-ocular depression and a few
on the anterior sides. The abdomen is dark brown, with the
upper central part occupied with a lighter colored herring-bone
stripe, which is outlined in white. The legsand palpi are dark
brown, the first and second pairs being almost black ; they all
have short, white hairs, and the first and second pairs have long,
black spines. The palpi have short, white hairs on the patallee
and black hairs on the tarsi. The under surface is dark
brown.

The female resembles the male in markings, but is much
lighter in color. The cephalothorax is almost covered with a
mixture of white and rufous hairs, and there are many long,
white hairs around the eyes, and hanging down over the dark,
iridescent falces. The abdomen is hairier than that of the male
and has a decidedly rufous tinge. The upper surface and
the lower sides do not differ much in color, but the herring-
bone stripe is marked by a black line with a white line inside
it. The palpi are light brown, covered with long, white hairs.
The legs are light brown. The mouth parts are dark brown,
almost black, but the rest of the under surface is light
brown.

Of this species we have three females and two males, sent
to us from the west coast of Trinidad, by Mr. W. E. Broadway.

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MARPTUSA MILLERII SP. NOV.
Plate VIII., Figs. 6—6a.

@. Length, 13. Length of cephalothorax, 5; width of
cephalothorax, 3.8.

6 (young). Length, 10.5.

Legs, ¢, 1432; ¢, 4132; in both sexes the first pair is

the stoutest and the others are nearly equal.

The cephalothorax is low, broad and flat, with a depression
behind the dorsal eyes. It is wider than the second and third
rows of eyes in the cephalic part, but its widest point is in the
anterior part of the thorax. The male is not so wide as the
female.

The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long,
occupies about two-fifths of the cephalothorax and is very
slightly wider behind, which is an exceptional thing in this
genus. The first row is shghtly curved. The eyes are all sep-
arated, the middle being nearly twice as large as the lateral.
The second row is about half-way between the other two. There
is a tuft of black hairs just behind the lateral eye.

The males that we have are not quite mature, but the tar-
sus of the palpus is very much enlarged and palette-shaped.

The abdomen is rather broad and flat.

The coloration varies considerably, but that of the females
does not differ from that of the young males. The whole flat-
tened upper surface of the body is gray, while the sides through-
out the length of cephalothorax and abdomen are black.
Looked at closely, the gray color is the result of a mixture of
white and red hairs. There is a narrow band of shorter hairs
of the same colors around the lower edge of the cephalothorax.
Around the eyes of the first row are rings of bright red hairs
and some long, black hairs. The clypeus and the palpus of the
female are covered with very coarse, long, white hairs. On the
abdomen are two pairs of lighter colored spots, surrounded by
dark rings. In some examples the pattern comes out more dis-
tinctly, the broad band down the middle of the abdomen being
red, with the spots and the serrated edges pure white, and

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showing also behind the spots two or three pure white chev-
rons. In these, also, the cephalothorax is red rather than gray.
The legs are brown, the first pair a little the darkest, covered
with black and white hairs.

In this species the widening out of the cephalothorax is
more decided than in mucosa, but is not so marked as in famili-
aris.

We have received numerous examples from Tokio, Japan,
through the kindness of Mr. Isao Tjima.

BREDA GEN. Noy.

Rather large spiders.

The cephalothorax is rather Hat, and is one-third wider
than long. It is moderately high; the sides are rounded and
widen out plainly at the anterior end, and still more behind
the dorsal eyes. The thorax has a small plate above, which
rounds off on the sides and behind. The cephalic part is a
little inclined forward. The quadrangle of the eyes is one-
fourth wider than long, is equally wide in front and behind, or
a little wider in front, and occupies a little less than two-fifths
of the cephalothorax.. The anterior eyes are large and promi-
nent and form a straight row. The middle are sub-touching,
and are barely twice as large as the lateral, which are a little
separated from them. The second row of eyes isslightly nearer
the first than the third. The dorsal eyes are about as large as
the lateral and form a row which is narrower than the
cephalothorax at that place.

In Breda the abdomen isnot flattened, as in Marptusa, nor
pointed behind, as in Epinga. Some of the species are much
like Balmaceda, but in that genus the cephalothorax is flat-
tened throughout nearly its whole length instead of having the
thoracic part rounded, as in Breda.

Breda differs from all the allied genera, excepting Marptusa
and Epinga, in being so wide at the anterior end of the cephalo-
thorax that the second row of eyes is plainly narrower than the
cephalothorax at that place. This peculiarity is much more ex-
aggerated in milvina than in Lubomirskil.

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 93

We found this genus upon an old species, Marpissa mil-
vina C. Koch, described in Die Arachniden, XIII., p. 65. It in-
cludes Marpissa Lubomirskii Taczanowski (Les Araneides du
Perou, p. 219).

Although Koch’s description and drawing of milvina are
very good, we have thought it best to re-describe it, as we make
it the type of a genus.

BREDA MILVINA C. KOCH.
Plate VIIL., Fig. 7—7b.

@ Length, 13. Length of cephalothorax, 5.8; width of
cephalothorax, 4. Some females are only 8 or 10
mm. long.

Legs, 4132; the first, second and third are nearly equal in
length; the first pair is the stoutest, the second
next.

The quadrangle of the eyes is equally wide in front and
behind. The middle eyes of the first row are fully twice as
large as the lateral and stand out very prominently. The
labium is as wide as long and is one-half as long as the max-
illee.

The cephalothorax is dark brown, with the eye region
black. In the post-ocular depression and extending backward
from it are some white hairs, and there is a narrow white band
around the lower border. Around the eyes of the first row are
some stiff, upright, black hairs. On the clypeus are some long
hairs, which are white, tinged with copper color. The falces are
dark red-brown, with a few white hairs. The palpiand legs are
brown and hairy, the first pair being the darkest. Theabdomen
is brown and hairy. The sides are covered with white dots in
the anterior part and with copper-colored dots behind. The
upper dorsal surface has a longitudinal, angular band which
is white in front and copper color behind, where it sends out
some projections toward the sides. Underneath, near the
spinnerets, there is, on each side, a distinct, round, white or
copper-colored spot.

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In the young male the brown on the abdomen is replaced
by black; there are no dots on the sides, and instead of copper
color, the posterior part of the dorsal band is brilliant orange-
red. The palpi are pale.

C. Koch had this species from Bahia. We have numerous
females from Santarem and twoimmature males from Trinidad,
one from Port of Spain, and one from the East Coast.

Breda Lubomirskii is not so high a spider as milyina, and
has the quadrangle of the eyes a little wider in front than be-
hind. Its total length is 9.5 mm. The length of the cephalo-
thorax, 4, and the width of the cephalothorax, 2.5. The rela-
tive length of the legs is 4312. We haye a single female from
Monterico.

HPINGA GEN. NOV.

Large spiders.

The cephalothorax is only moderately high ; in two of our
species (chapoda and barbarica) it has a wide, heavy look ; in
ornata it is narrower. It rises very slightly from the first row
of eyes to the third row and then slopes backward to the poste-
rior border. The sides begin to widen out just behind the lateral
eyes, the widest point being just behind the dorsal eyes. The
quadrangle of the eyes is only one-fifth or one-sixth wider
than long. It is equally wide in front and behind, or is a little
wider in front, and occupies two-fifths of the cephalothorax.
The first row of eyes is straight, or a little curved. The middle
are less than twice as large as the lateral. The second row is
nearer the first than the third. The third row is plainly nar-
rower than the cephalothorax at that place. The abdomen is
cylindrical in front and pointed behind.

This genus is very close to Breda, which is also found in
Brazil, the only marked difference being that in Breda the shape
of the cephalothorax is different, the thoracic part being higher
and falling only slightly at first and then much more steeply,
while in Epinga there is one long curve from the dorsal eyes to
the posterior border.

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 95

Epinga has not the flat look which distinguishes Marptusa,
the upper line of the cepalothorax being plainly curved and the
abdomen nearly cylindrical.

We have three species of this genus, chapoda and _ bar-
barica, new, and ornata (Bavia ornata P., New Attidee from
Guatemala, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin, Dec., 1885, p. 8).
This last species, although rather a large spider, is more slender
and graceful than either of the others.

EPINGA CHAPODA SP. NOV.
Plate IX., Figs. 1—1f.

$. Length, 12. Length of cephalothorax, 5; width of
of cephalothorax, 3.5.

@. Length, 14.5. Length of cephalothorax, 5; width
of cephalothorax, 3.5.

Legs, $ and @, 1423; those of the first pair are stoutest
and longest, and are longer in the male than in
the female, while they are stouter in the female
than in the male.

This is a large, heavy spider, with the abdomen cylindri-
cal and about as wide as the cephalothorax. It is not so slen-
der as Epinga ornata. The cephalothorax of the male widens
out behind the dorsal eyes more than that of the female. The
quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long; is wider
in front than behind, and occupies two-fifths of the cephalo-
thorax. The anterior eyes are all separated; they form a
shghtly curved row, the middle eyes being a little less than
twice as large as the lateral. There is a tuft of black hairs
above the lateral eye and another to the side and below it. The
second row is nearer the first than the third. The third row
is not so wide as the cephalothorax at that place.

The palpus of the male has the patella and tibia nearly
equal, and these. two joints together are about two-thirds as long
as the tarsus.

The falees are heavy and are slightly inclined forward.
They are covered, in front, with long, coarse hairs.

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This is a very showy spider. The females and immature
males have the cephalothorax black, covered with red hairsand
silver scales ; no distinct pattern can be made out in our speci-
mens, which areall more or less rubbed. The abdomen is red,
with a wide, silver band around the anterior end and sides, and
a silver band with indented edges down the middle. On each
side, extending upward from the encircling band, are two
oblique, silver bars. The only adult male in our collection is
black, with patches of silver scales on the cephalothorax, and
on the abdomen four or five transverse, silver bands, which
become cheyrons in the posterior part. These silver scales are
highly iridescent, showing green, blue and red tints. The legs
are dark, with silver patches, the first pair being the darkest.

From Chapoda, Brazil, in the Smith collection.

In this species the thorax widens out more perceptibly in
the male than in the female, while in Epinga ornata the dila-
tation is much plainer in the female.

EPINGA BARBARICA SP. NOV.
Plate IX., Figs. 2—2a.

g. Length, 15. Length of cephalothorax, 5.5; width of
cephalothorax, 3.7.
Legs, 41 23; first pair plainly stoutest, second next.
This is a large, heavy spider.

The quadrangle of the eyesis one-sixth wider than long, is
almost equally wide in front and behind, and occupies two-
fifths of the cephalothorax. The cephalothorax widens out
considerably in the thoracic part. The sternum is long; the
anterior coxee are almost touching. The labium is longer than
wide. The abdomen is large and rounded, more like Bavia
than Marptusa.

The cephalothorax is dark brown. The cephalic plate is
black with green and purple reflections. The middle of the
abdomen is of a rather bright olive-green with a few iridescent
scales—all that are left of the original covering. On each
side is a longitudinal, brilliant red band, and, below this, a

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band of snowy white. he first legs and the falces are black
and somewhat iridescent, like the cephalic plate. The falces
are well covered with black hairs, and, as they project a little
forward, they are visible from above. The palpi and the
second, third and fourth pairs of legs are light brownish-
yellow, with white hairs. The mouth parts are black; the
sternum cox and venter are light brown, the venter being
marked, more or less distinctly, with three darker longitudinal
lines.

We have three females from Port of Spain, Trinidad, sent
to us by Mr. W. E. Broadway. In the shape of the cephalo-
thorax it is much like Epinga chapoda, although the slope
from the dorsal eyes to the posterior border is not so unbroken
and gradual a curve, as the second half falls a little more
abruptly than the first half, looking something like Breda. In
ornata the curve is smooth and unbroken, but is shorter than
in chapoda or barbarica.

DEZA GEN. Nov.

Spiders rather long and narrow, with sides nearly parallel.
First legs stout and dark colored.

The cephalothorax is rather low. The cephalic and tho-
racic parts are flat, and are on the same plane. The sides are
nowhere parallel, but are only slightly dilated, the widest point
being just in front of the third row of eyes, so that both the sec-
ond and the third rows are narrower than the cephalothorax.
The sides contract very gradually behind, the narrowest point
being at the posterior end. The abdomen is no wider than the
cephalothorax and is cylindrical, the whole appearance being
long and graceful, although not especially slender. The quad-
rangle of the eyes is only one-sixth wider than long, is wider
in front than behind, and occupies nearly one-half of the ce-
phalothorax. The anterior eyes are close together, in astraight
row, and are prominent, especially the middle ones, which stand
out conspicuously when the spider is looked at from above.
The middle are more than twice as large as the lateral. The
second row is nearer the first than the third row. The dorsal

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eyes are larger thanthe lateral. The falces are rather long and
stout. The fangsarestout. The maxillee and labium are long.

This genus is founded on Salticus sumptuosus Perty
(Attus sumptuosus Walck. and Thiania sumptuosa C. Koch).
It is related to Bavia and Epinga, but has the sides of the
cephalothorax more nearly parallel and the middle eyes of the
first row larger and more prominent. Its long, rather narrow
body and enlarged first legs give it, to some extent, a resem-
blance to certain species of Hyctia, but it is not so slender, and
the middle eyes are larger than the lateral.

DEZA SUMPTUOSA PERTY.
Plate [X., Figs. 83—8e.

ge. Length, 11. Length of cephalothorax, 5; width of
cephalothorax, 2.5.

9. Length, 11.5. Length of cephalothorax, 4; width
of cephalothorax, 2.7.

Relative length of legs, of female, 1423; of male, 1423; first

pair stoutest, especially in the female.

The coloration exceeds in brilliancy that of any other
species in this group. In the male the cephalothorax has for a
ground color a covering of highly iridescent purple scales,
on which is an elaborate pattern in iridescent silvery scales,
with a prevailing tint of exquisite light green. This pattern,
which will be best understood by a reference to the figure, con-
sists of a large central spot just above the anterior eyes, which
is connected on each side with a spot between the second and
third rows of eyes; of a curved band behind each dorsal eye ;
and of a band which encircles the cephalothorax, beginning on
the face at each side of the anterior middle eyes. These sil-
very scales, which in some lights show reflections of pink, blue
and violet as well as of green, are found also on the front face
of the falces, on the palpi and on the first pair of legs, which
are darker in color than the other pairs. The abdomen has
four transverse bands of these scales, which here, however, have
rather a golden than a silvery tinge, alternating with four

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bands of bright red. The posterior one of the iridescent bands
is extended backward, in the middle line, to the spinnerets.
The cephalothorax of the female is brown, with a lighter spot
on the anterior thoracic part, and seems to have been covered
with iridescent violet scales. The palpi and the second, third
and fourth pairs of legs are light brown, the palpi having a
bunch of white hairs on the tarsus. The first legs are bright
brown, with some short, snow-white hairs. The abdomen is
like that of the male.

We have one female from Santarem, Brazil, in the Smith
collection, and one male from Port of Spain, Trinidad, sent us

by Mr. Broadway.
BAVIA SIMON.

Plate [X., Figs. 4—4.

The cephalothorax is moderately high. The cephalic part
rises very slightly to the dorsal eyes. The thoracic part is
separated from the cephalic by a deep groove, behind which it
is level for about one-fourth of its length, and then falls quite
steeply. The cephalothorax is about equally wide at the an-
terior and posterior ends, but is very much wider in the mid-
dle, the widest point being just behind the dorsal eyes; it is
about as wide as long.

The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long,
is wider in front than behind, and occupies a little less than
one-half of the cephalothorax. The first row of eyes is bent;
the eyes are all a little separated, the middle being twice as
large as the lateral. The second row of eyes is plainly nearer
the first than the third, and the third row is plainly narrower
than the cephalothorax. The abdomen is narrow and small
—a little higher and wider in front than behind.

Our only spider under this genus is a male of Bavia eri-
ceps, Simon, Ann. Soc. Entomol. de France, 1877, p. 61, from
Manilla. LL. Koch described the same species from Australia,
under the name Acompse suavis.

Bayia is related to Marptusa, Breda and Epinga, but the
width of the cephalothorax, in proportion to its length, sepa-
rates’ it from all of these.

100 PECKHAM. [Vol. 2,
BALMACEDA GEN. nov.

Moderately long, slender spiders, with the cephalothorax
and abdomen rather low and flattened.

The cephalic and thoracic parts are in the same plane.
The sides are almost vertical in the cephalic part and are
a little dilated just behind the dorsal eyes. The thoracic
part does not fall until it has nearly reached the posterior
border, and the sides of this part are rounded. The ceph-
alothorax is narrower at the anterior than at the posterior
end. The quadrangle of the eyes is from one-fourth to one-
third wider than long, is equally wide in front and behind
or wider behind than in front, and occupies a little more
than one-third of the cephalothorax. The first row of eyes is
straight, the middle eyes are touching or sub-touching, the lat-
eral are sub-tvuching ora little separated ; the middle are about
twice as large as the lateral eyes. The second row is half-way
between the first and third rows, or is nearer the first than the
third. The dorsal eyes are further from each other than from
the lower edge of the cephalothorax, and form a row which is
not so wide as the cephalothorax at that place.

Balmaceda is near Hyctia on the one hand, and Rudra on
the other. Its general appearance, however, at once separates
it from Rudra, as it is by no means so low and flat; the abdo-
men, especially, being much thicker and more rounded. Itis also
easily distinguished from Hyctia, as the abdomen is flattened,
not cylindrical ; the cephalothorax has the appearance of being
much wider in proportion to its length, and the sides are some-
what dilated instead of being parallel.

Balmaceda bracteata and Balmaceda modesta look very
much, in general appearance, like Breda; but in Breda the
caphalothorax, instead of being flattened, has the cephalic part
inclined forward and the thoracic part rounding in all direc-
tions from the small thoracic plate.

We found this genus upon a new species from the east
coast of Guatemala. It also includes a new species from Cen-
tral America (punctata) and two old species, Marpissa modesta

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 101

Taczanowski (Araneides du Perou, p. 220), which we have from
Amable Maria, and Marptusa bracteata L. Koch, from Aus-
tralia (Arachniden Australiens, p. 1105), which agrees closely
with the other species.

BALMACEDA PICTA ‘SP. NOV.
Plate X., Figs. 1—If.

$. Length, 6. Length of cephalothorax, 2.8; width of
cephalothorax, 2.

9g. Length, 6.8. Length of cephalothorax, 3; width of
cephalothorax, 2.

epswrsn 430) o), 41132)

The quadrangle of the eyesis barely one-fourth wider than
long ; it is about equally wide in front and behind, and occupies
a little more than two-fifths of the cephalothorax. The second
row of eyes is nearer the first than the third. The third row
is not so wide as the ceph :lothorax at that place. The cephalo-
thorax is rounded on the sides and behind. The cephalic and
thoracic parts are on the same plane. ‘The falces are vertical,
moderately stout and rounded.

This is a rather large species. The first legs are moder-
ately long and are a little the stoutest, but are not so decidedly
thickened as in Balmaceda punctata. The abdomen is more
slender than the cephalothorax.

The general color is ightish brown. The cephalothorax is
dark brown on the sides, with the central region reddish. There
is a white band around the lower margin, a central white spot on
the posterior thoracic slope, and some white hairs above on the
cephalic part, and around the anterior eyes. The abdomen
has the anterior half white or ght brown on the sides and
dark brown in the center, while the posterior half is dark
brown with a herring-bone stripe in white or light brown down
the middle. The legs are light brown with darker rings at the
joints. The palpi are light and the falces dark brown.

We have two males and one female from Guatemala
(east coast).

102 PECKHAM. [Vol. 2,

Balmaceda punctata is smaller, slenderer and more com-
pact, with short, heavy first legs, and has on the abdomen two
rows of yellow spots.

BALMACEDA PUNCTATA SP. NOV.
Plate VIII, Figs. 8—8c.
$. Length, 5. Length of cephalothorax, 2.1; width of
cephalothorax, 1.5.
@. Length 6. Length of cephalothorax 2.2; width of
cephalothorax 1.6.
Legs, $, 41 32; first pair much the stoutest; 9, 4132.

This is a low, flat, slender spider. The quadrangle of the
eyes is one-third wider than long, slightly wider behind than
in front, and occupies about two-fifths of the cephalothorax.
The eyes of the first row are close together, in a straight line,
the middle being nearly twice as large as the lateral. The
second row is half-way between the first and third rows. The
third row is nearly as wide as the cephalothorax at that place.
The sides of the cephalothorax are nearly parallel. The cepha-
lic and thoracic parts are on the same plane and are very flat
above. The first legs are short, with the femur and tibia
heavily thickened, giving a short, stubby look.

The cephalothorax and abdomen are black, nearly covered
with white hairs. In the posterior half of the abdomen are
first, a pair of round spots, next a pair of spots somewhat
lengthened out, and finally, in front of the spinnerets, a pair of
curved bands, all in bright yellow. The male has the legs and
palpi brown, with white hairs, the first pair darker than the
others. The female has the legs and palpi light reddish-yel-
low, the palpi being covered with white hairs. The clypeus is
covered with white hairs. The falces are dark brown.

Central America (exact locality unknown).

OMURA GEN. Nov.

Spiders of medium size, with the cephalothorax flattened
and the abdomen rounded.

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 105

The cephalothorax is moderately high, and is flat above,
the cephalic and the anterior thoracic parts being on the same
plane. The widest point is considerably behind the dorsal
eyes, and it is sensibly contracted both in front and behind.
The sides are nearly vertical in the cephalic part, but round out
quite widely in the thoracic. ‘The thorax is flat for about one-
half its length, and then rounds off and falls rather steeply to
the posterior margin. The quadrangle of the eyes is one-third
wider than long, is almost equally wide in front and behind,
and occupies two-fifths of the length of the cephalothorax.
The first row is straight, or curved downward, with the eyes all
close together, the middle being fully twice as large as the
lateral. The second row is nearer the first than the third row.
The third row is nearly as wide as the cephalothorax at that
place. The abdomen is rather long and is pointed behind ; it
is rounded, not flattened. The labium is about as long as wide.

The species upon which we found this genus seems to lie
between Sadala and Balmaceda. It is too large and heavy for
the former genus and is not of the right shape for the latter.
in Balmaceda the first row of eyes is straight and the cephalo-
thorax is flat through nearly all its length ; in Omura the first
row is curyed downward and the posterior slope of the cephalo-
thorax begins at about the middle of the thorax. In Sadala
the middle eyes of the first row are relatively larger than in
Omura.

The shape of the abdomen is like that of Mendoza, but the
body and legs are much smaller and more delicate. Mendoza,
moreover, is found in Egypt, and Omura in Brazil.

OMURA CRUENTA SP. NOY.
Plate X., Figs. 2—2c.
?. Length, 7.6. Length of cephalothorax, 2.6; width
of cephalothorax, 2.
Legs, 4812, the third and first being nearly equal.
The first and second pairs are stoutest.
This is a medium-sized, handsome red spider. The falces
are moderately long and stout and are vertical. The first and

104 PECKHAM. [Vol. 2,

second pairs of legs are plainly shorter and stouter than the
third and fourth. The first row of eyes is a little curved.

The cephalothorax is covered with bright red hair, which
stands out around the eyes of the first row. On the central
thoracic part, just where it begins to slope backward, is a dark
brown chevron, which points forward. The abdomen has a
mottled appearance, from being thickly covered with a mixture
of red, white and a few black hairs. The upper four spinnerets
are short and close together. The lower four are longer, and
the external one on each side is covered with white and red
hairs. Underneath, the venter is mottled with black and white.
The legs, palpi, sternum and mouth parts are light reddish-
yellow ; the falces are darker.

We have one female, in the Smith collection, from Brazil
(Santarem).

OMURA PERITA SP. NOV.
Plate X., Figs. 3—3a.

9. Length, 8.4. Length of cephalothorax, 3.2; width of
cephalothorax, 2.2.
Legs, 4812, the first and second pairs being the stoutest.

This species is much like cruenta. The first row of eyes,
however, is straight. The middle eyes are prominent and
large, the lateral being placed further back. The falces are
vertical, and moderately long and stout.

The spider has been dried and shriveled so that no very
exact description is possible. The general color is medium
brown, more or less blotched and spotted with black. The in-
tegument, in the eye region, is of a yellowish color, and there
are some yellow hairs remaining around the eyes of the second
and third rows. The hairs on the clypeus are white. The
abdomen is dull brown, with speckles of black, and a broken
white band down the middle, which is made neither of scales
nor of hairs, but apparently of a thickened part of the integu-
ment. The drawing gives the spider as it appears under al-
cohol. The palpi are pale yellowish, with white hairs. The

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 105

legs are brown, the first pair being a little the darkest. The
falces are dark brown. The labium is very dark, the maxille,
sternum and coxee much lighter.

A single female from Pumamarco.

MENDOZA GEN. nov.
Plate X., Figs. 4—4b.

Spiders above medium size, but not very large.

The cephalothorax is only moderately high, and is flat on
the upper surface throughout the greater part of its length, ex-
cepting a transverse depression behind the dorsal eyes. The
posterior slope is gradual. ‘The sides are slightly rounded out
from above downward. The widest partis atthe posterior end,
from which point there is agradual and very slight contraction
to the anterior end.

The quadrangle of the eyes is one-third wider than long, is
slightly wider behind than in front, and occupies about two-
fifths of the cephalothorax. The first row of eyes is straight.
The middle eyes are sub-touching. The lateral are slightly
separated from them ; the middle are less than twice as large as
the lateral eyes. The second row is half-way between the first
and third rows. ‘The third row is narrower than the cephalo-
thorax at that place. The lip is longer than wide.

The type of this genus is Attus memorabilis Cambridge
(Spiders of Egypt, Proc. Zool. Society of London, 1876, p. 618,
plate LX., fig. 110). The measurements of this species are as
follows :

g. Length, 11. Length of cephalothorax, 4.4; width of
cephalothorax, 3.7. Relative length of legs, 4312, the first pair
being the stoutest.

We have one female from Egypt.

Mendoza is nearest Marptusa, but is not so massive. The
quadrangle of the eyes is wider behind (in Marptusa it is wider
in front). The cephalic part is a little longer and it is not so
wide across the middle of the cephalothorax. The sides are
more nearly parallel than in either Marptusa or Menemerus,

106 -PECKHAM. [Vol. 2,

and it also differs from Menemerus in general shape, being
flatter and longer, both in cephalothorax and abdomen. From
above it looks like Menemerus, but from the side it looks more
like Marptusa. It is not so heavy as Breda.

MENEMERUS SIMON.
Plate X., Fig. 5—5d.

Spiders of medium size.

The cephalothorax is moderately high, is shghtly convex,
and is two-thirds as wide as long. It is widest behind the
dorsal eyes, growing sensibly narrower from this point to the
front.

The quadrangle of the eyes is one-third wider than long ;
it occupies two-fifths of the length of the cephalothorax and is
equally wide in front and behind, or wider behind. The
thoracic part begins to slant just behind the dorsal eyes.

The first row of eyes is straight. The middle eyes are
sub-touching, the lateral a little separated. The middle are
less than twice as large as the lateral eyes. The second row
is usually a little nearer the third than the first row. The
third row is a little narrower than the cephalothorax at that
place, the eyes being about as far from each other as from the
lateral borders.

Menemerus is most closely related to Marptusa, but the
spiders are usually smaller, the upper surface of the cephalo-
thorax is not so flat, the cephalic part being plainly inclined
forward; there isa more decided dilatation behind the dorsal
eyes; the cephalic part is relatively longer (two-fifths instead of
about one-third of the cephalothorax), and the dorsal eyes are
placed on the sides of the head, not on the upper surface.

The relations of Menemerus to Icius and Epiblemum are
given under those genera. It is not so low and flat as Balma-
ceda. The cephalothorax is not so flat as in Breda, and does
not widen out so much, the second row of eyes being about as
wide as the cephalothorax at that place, while in Breda it is
much narrower.

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 107

The type of this genus is Menemerus semilimbatus Hahn
(Menemerus semilimbatus Simon, Arachnides de France, Vol.
IIL., p. 32). We have also Menemerus falsificus Simon (ibid., p.
34), Menemerus interemptor Cambridge (Spiders of Egypt, Proce.
Zool. Society of London, 1876, p. 623), and Menemerus foliatus
L. Koch (Arachniden Australiens, p. 1123).

EPIBLEMUM HENTZ.
Plate X., Figs. 6—6b.

Spiders of moderate size.

The cephalothorax is moderately high, slightly convex,
and a very little dilated behind the dorsal eyes. The sides are
almost vertical in front and rounded behind. The cephalic
part is slightly inclined; the thoracic part falls gradually for
two-thirds of its length and then steeply. The quadrangle of
the eyes is about one-third wider than long; is equally wide in
front and behind, and occupies a little more than one-third of
the cephalothorax. The first row of eyes is straight ; the eyes
are sub-touching, the middle being nearly twice as large as the
lateral. The second row is half-way between the first and the
third. The third is not quite so wide as the cephalothorax at
that place.

Epiblemum is most closely related to Icius, but the cephalic
part is relatively shorter, occupying scarcely more than one-third
of the cephalothorax. It differs from Menemerus in haying
the first row of eyes straight, in having the eyes all smaller
and the lateral eyes relatively smaller than the middle (only
about half as large). The cephalothorax, also, is not so high
and does not slope so abruptly from the dorsal eyes nor widen
so much in the thoracic part.

The type of this genus is Epiblemum scenicum Cl. (Aran-
eus scenicus), which we have described in N. A. Attidee, p. 76.
We have also received from M. Simon the following species,
which are well described in the third volume of his Arach-
nides de France, under the generic name Calliethera: ze-
branea C. K., infima E. S. and mutabilis Le.

108 PECKHAM. fVol. 2,
ICIUS SIMON.
Plate X., Figs. 7—7b.

Spiders small or of moderate size.

The cephalothorax is moderately high. Both cephalic
and thoracic parts are slightly inclined, so that in profile it
looks convex ; the thoracic part falls only a little in its first half,
and then slants abruptly. ‘The sides are nearly parallel, there
being only a slight enlargement behind the dorsal eyes.

The first row of eyes is straight or slightly curved. The
middle are nearly twice as large as the lateral eyes. The
second row is half-way between the first and third or a little
nearer the first. The third row is as wide, or nearly as wide, as
the cephalothorax at that place, the eyes being further from
each other than from the lateral borders. The quadrangle of
the eyes is from one-third wider than long to nearly twice as
wide as long; it is a little wider behind than in front, and oc-
cupies about two-fifths (nearly one-half) of the cephalothorax.

Icius closely resembles Epiblemum, in general shape, but
the cephalic part is relatively longer, occupying nearly one-half
of the length of the cephalothorax, while in Epiblemum it oc-
cupies about one-third.

It is also near Menemerus. In this latter genus, however,
the cephalothorax is higher, and widens more perceptibly be-
hind the dorsal eyes; the thoracic part slopes more steeply
from the dorsal eyes; and the lateral eyes of the first row are
relatively larger, being about two-thirds as large as the middle
eyes.

Of this genus we have Icius (Icelus) notabilis C. Koch
(Arachnides de France, E. Simon, Vol. III., p. 57); Icius linea-
tus (Meevia lineata C. K.), described in N. A. Attidee, p. 45;
Icius elegans (Attus elegans @ and Attus superciliosus ¢
Hentz), which we have described in North American Attidee, p.
37, under Dendryphantes; Icius striatus Wlk., described in
Simon’s Arachnides de France, Vol. III., p. 59; Icius hartii
Emerton, New England Attide, Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol.
VIIL., Oct., 1891, and a new species, wickhamu, from the Ba-
hamas.

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 109
ICIUS WICKHAMII SP. NOY.
Plate X., Figs. 8—8d.

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$. Length, 3. Length of cephalothorax, 1.7; width of
cephalothorax, 1.3.

Legs, 1423; first pair stoutest.

This is a small species, of which we have only two males.
The first row of eyes is slightly curved. The second row is
nearer the first than the third. The third row is just about as
wide as the cephalothorax at that place. The quadrangle of
the eyes is one-third wider than long. The falces are short and
wide—almost square. The mouth parts are short, the maxille
rounded, and the labium truncated.

This seems to haye been a handsome little spider, but has
been badly rubbed. The integument is black, with patches of
white hairs. There are rings of bright red hairs around the
anterior eyes, and the abdomen has a curved band of white
hairs around the anterior end. The first legs, the palpi and the
falces are bronze-brown. The other legs are pale. All the legs
have black longitudinal bands running from the proximal end
of the patella to the terminal end of the metatarsus. The
mouth parts and anterior coxee are dark brown, the sternum
and venter black, and the second, third and fourth pairs of coxe
colorless.

This spider, found at Eleuthera in the Bahamas, was sent
to us by Mr. H. F. Wickham, for whom we have named it.

PSEUDICIUS SIMON.
Plate XI., Figs. 1—10.

Rather long and narrow spiders of medium size.

The cephalothorax is low and rather long, sometimes
nearly twice as long as wide. It isa little the widest in the
middle of the thorax, the anterior end being plainly narrowest.
The sides are nearly vertical in the cephalic part, but are
rounded out in the thoracic. The upper surface is almost flat,
but in most cases there is a very gradual slope behind the dor-
sal eyes. The posterior slope is gradual.

110 PECKHAM. [Vol. 2,

The quadrangle of the eyes is one-third wider than long,
is equally wide in front and behind or wider behind (usually
plainly wider behind) and occupies two-fifths of the cephalo-
thorax, or a little less. The first row of eyes is straight. The
middle eyes are close together, the lateral sometimes a little
separated. The middle are twice, or nearly twice, as large as
the lateral. The second row is half-way between the first and
third rows, or is a little nearer the first. The third row is as
wide, or very nearly as wide, as the cephalothorax at that place.

In Pseudicius the cephalothorax is longer and narrower
than in Icius, and the cephalic part is not inclined. It differs
from Menemerus in being lower, flatter, narrower and not so
much dilated, and in having the cephalic part level and the
abdomen rather long and narrow.

The type of Pseudicius is (Dendryphantes) encarpatus
Wlk., described in Simon’s Arachnides de France, Vol. IIL.,
p. 42. We include in this genus Attus binus Hentz, described
under the genus Menemerus by Mr. Emerton in his New Eng-
land Attidee, Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. VILL, Oct., 1891; Marptusa
radiata Grube, described by M. Simon in his Arachnides de
France, Vol. III, p. 28; two new species, oblongus, from Brazil,
and cognatus, from Japan, and Icius piraticus P., N. A. Attidee,
p. 49.

PSEUDICIUS OBLONGUS SP. NOY.
Plate XI., Figs. 2—2a.

g. Length, 11. Length of cephalothorax, 4; width of
cephalothorax, 2.3.

Legs, 1428; first pair stouter and darker colored than the

others.

The cephalothorax is low and long; it is narrowest in
front and widens gradually from that point to the anterior
thoracic part, where it is widest. The sides are nowhere verti-
cal. The upper surface is perfectly flat through the cephalic
and two-thirds of the thoracic part, except for a slight depres-
sion that separates the two, and then falls in a short, gradual
slope to the margin. The upper surface of the thorax is nar-

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 111

rower than that of the caput, the thoracic plate being obtusely
rounded behind. The quadrangle of the eyes is one-third wider
than long, is equally wide in front and behind and occupies two-
fifths of the length of the cephalothorax. The anterior eyes are
large and form a straight row ; they are a little separated from
each other, and the middle are twice as large as the lateral.
The second row is a little nearer the first than the third. The
third réw is narrower than the cephalothorax.

The abdomen is long and rather slender, narrowing
slightly behind. The falces are moderately long; they are
stout, and obliquely directed forward, and have several teeth on
the imner edge of each. The maxille are long and heavy.
The labium is as wide as long, and is half as long as the max-
ille. The sternum is oval.

The upper surface of the cephalothorax seems to have been
covered with white hairs. Orange-colored hairs cover the pos-
terior slope and the upper sides, and grow thick and long
around the eyes of the first row. ‘The lower sides have a wide
band of white hairs, and there isa black line around the lower
edge. The integument of the upper surface is black, with iri-
descent reflections. Just behind the post-ocular depression is
a large spot of light brown, which becomes conspicuous when
the hairs are rubbed off.

The integument of the abdomen is fawn color, with two
parallel, longitudinal black stripes. The fawn-colored part is
covered with white, and the black part with orange hairs.
There are a good many long, white hairs which project for-
ward around the anterior end of the abdomen. The falces are
dark reddish-brown, overhung with long, white hairs from the
clypeus and haying themselves a thin covering of white hairs
and short fringes of brownish-yellow hairs on their inner
edges. The first leg is dark reddish-brown, with one spine on
the femur, one on the patella and a double row of heavy spines
on the under surface of the tibia. The other legs are yellowish-
brown, much lighter in tint than the first, none of them being
very hairy. The mouth parts are almost black and are cov-
ered with brown hairs. The venteris brown, with white hairs;

112 PECKHAM. [Vol. 2,

in the central posterior part of the yenter isa longitudinal black
band ; in the anterior part this band narrows and is bordered
with dull gold color.

Of this species we have a single example, a female, from
Santarem, Brazil.

PSEUDICIUS COGNATUS SP. NOV.
Plate XI, Figs. 3—3a.

g. Length, 8.4. Length of cephalothorax, 3.2; width
of cephalothorax, 2.2.

Legs, 1432; the second and third not far from equal.
First pair plainly stoutest, and of a darker color
than the others.

The whole spider is long and narrow. In the cephalic
part the cephalothorax is moderately high and the sides slant
inward toward the lower edge. There is a transverse depression
behind the dorsal eyes, behind which the thoracic part re-
mains on the same plane as the cephalic for about half its
length, and then slopes rather gradually to the posterior border.
The quadrangle of the eyes is one-third wider than long, is
wider behind than in front, and occupies two-fifths of the ce-
phalothorax. The first row of eyes is straight, the middle eyes of
this row are close together and are fully twice as large as the
lateral eyes, which are a little separated from them and are placed
further back. The second row is half-way between the first and
third. The third row is as wide as the cephalothorax at that
place. The whole cephalothorax is long and narrow, the nar-
rowest point being at the anterior end, from which place it
widens gradually to near the posterior end.

The abdomen is long and narrow, and is slightly wider in
front than behind.

The first leg has the femur, patella and tibia enlarged.
There are two rows of spines on the under side of the tibia and
metatarsus, those of the outer row being much smaller and
weaker than those of the inner. The falces are vertical, and
are long and strong.

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 118

The cephalothorax is black, with a thin covering of long,
yellowish-white hairs. The abdomen is gray on the sides and
down the middle, with two broken, dark-colored longitudinal
bands. The first legs are dark brown with a reddish tint, and are
well covered with white hairs. The other legs and the palpi are
light yellowish-brown, the palpi and the clypeus being covered
with long, white hairs. The falces are reddish-brown.

We have one female from Japan, the exact locality being
unknown.

FUENTES Gen. nov.

Spiders below medium size, with the cephalothorax rather
narrow, with nearly parallel sides.

The cephalothorax is rather low and is flat (with the ex-
ception of the post-ocular depression) throughout the cephalic
and nearly all of the thoracic part, sloping off rather steeply a
little in front of the posterior border. The sides are nearly
parallel, there being an almost imperceptible widening behind
the dorsal eyes. The sides are vertical, or nearly vertical,
in the cephalic part, but are slightly wider below in the
_ thoracic. The quadrangle of the eyes is from one-fourth to
one-third wider than long, is equally wide in front and behind
and occupies two-fifths of the cephalothorax. The first row of
eyes is straight, the middle being nearly twice as large as the
lateral. The position of the eyes of the second row varies.
They are sometimes nearer the lateral, and sometimes nearer
the dorsal eyes. The dorsal eyes are rather larger than usual,
and form a row nearly, if not quite, as wide as the cephalo-
thorax at that place.

This genus, formed for a new species, pertinax, also in-
cludes (Icius) lineatus C. K., described in our N. A. Spiders of
the Family Attide, p. 45.

FUENTES PERTINAX SP. NOY.
Plate XI., Figs. 4—4f.

$. Length, 5.5. Length of cephalothorax, 2.2; width
of cephalothorax, 1.5.

114 PECKHAM. [Vol. 2,

9g. Length, 7.5. Length of cephalothorax, 3; width of
cephalothorax, 2.

Legs, ¢, 1423; ¢, 4123. The first pair is enlarged in both

sexes ; the other legs are slender.

A rather small species, with the abdomen long and narrow,
with longitudinal bands.

The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long
and is equally wide in front and behind. The second row of
eyes is a little nearer the first than the third row. The falces
are small, short and vertical. The maxillee are more than twice
as long as the labium. The sternum is oyal.

The colors are nearly alike in the two sexes. The cephalo-
thorax is very dark brown—black in the cephalic region, with
patches of white hairs behind the dorsal eyes and a white ring
around the lower border. There are some short, white hairs on
the clypeus. The sides of the abdomen are light brown. The
central region is dark brown or black, with two narrow, longi-
tudinal white stripes running throughout its length, between
which, at the posterior end, are some small, light chevrons.
The first leg is dark brown excepting the metatarsus and
tarsus. These joints, and all the other legs, are light yellowish-
brown. In the male the palpi are dark brown, and in the
female they are hght. The falces are dark brown.

We have two females and one male from Bellize, British
Honduras.

ITATA GEN. Nov.

The spiders of this genus are long and slender and have
the cephalothorax rather low. The cephalic part is flat and
slightly inclined; the thoracic part slopes quite steeply from
the third row of eyes to the posterior margin, and this slant has
a flattened surface, giving from behind a wedge-shaped ap-
pearance. The sides of the cephalothorax slope outward ; their
widest point is at or just behind the dorsal eyes, the dilatation
being slight.

The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long
and is wider in front than behind. It occupies two-fifths of the

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cephalothorax. The first row of eyes is curved. The middle
are fully twice as large as the lateral eyes, and are sub-touch-
ing, the lateral being a little separated from them, and placed
further back. The second row is plainly nearer the first than
the third. The dorsal eyes are almost equally distant from
each other and from the lateral borders, and form a row which
is not so wide as the cephalothorax at that place. The labium
is much longer than wide. The abdomen is long, cylindrical
and pointed, and, in the only two species that we have, is of a
pale yellow color, the cephalothorax being some shades darker.

This genus is very close to Hyctia. The abdomen is the
same, and the legs of the first pair are much the longest and
heaviest, as in that genus. The cephalothorax, however, is of
a different shape; thesides are not vertical nor parallel, and the
thoracic part slopes from the third row of eyes, instead of being
on the same plane as the cephalic. The cephalothorax, more-
over, is higher. The quadrangle of the eyes occupies two-
fifths, instead of one-third, of the length of the cephalothorax,
and the middle eyes of the first row are more prominent and
larger than in Hyctia, being fully twice as large as the lateral
eyes.

We found this genus on a new species from New Grenada..
It includes Dr. Taczanowski’s Marpissa isabellina, Araneides

du Perou, Bull. Soc. Imp. de Moscou, Tome LIIL., p. 325.

ITATA VADIA SP. NOV.
Plate XI., Figs. 5—5f.

é. Length, 8. Length of cephalothorax, 2.8; width of
cephalothorax, 2.

@. Length, 7.4. Length of cephalothorax, 2.5; width of
cephalothorax, 1.8.

Legs, 1432, in both sexes. Those of the first pair are long-
est and stoutest and are darker in color than the
others.

The falces are moderately stout; in the female they are not

quite vertical and only moderately long; in the male they are
longer and are plainly inclined forward.

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In alcohol the abdomen and the second, third and fourth
pairs of legs are pale yellow, almost white, while the cephalo-
thorax and first pair of legs are much darker yellow, tinged
with red.

The central anterior eyes are reddish-yellow, like the color
of the cephalothorax. The other six are black and are placed
on large, black spots. There is a good deal of snow-white hair
on the cephalothorax, growing most thickly in a band above the
anterior eyes, in lateral bands and in a central spot behind the
dorsal eyes. The mouth parts and falces are brown, darker in
the male than in the female; otherwise the under surface is
very light yellow—almost white. The first legs are dark red-
dish-yellow, with a fringe of dark hairs, intermingled with
spines, along the inner edge. The other legs are pale yellow.
The palpi are pale yellow, only the distal joint being darkened.
The clypeus has a distinct fringe of white hairs. The abdo-
men has, on the dorsum, four pairs of white spots, those on
the anterior part being separated, while those on the posterior
part approach each other and almost coalesce. In one speci-
men (the one shown in the drawing) there seems to have been
a central white band, although a good deal of it is rubbed away.
In another there seem to have been two narrow white bands,
separated by a yellow space,down the middle. In all cases the
white part consists of flat scales, and the bands or spots are
broken by cracks or veinings which show the yellow color of the
integument.

In color and appearance this species is much like Itata isa-
bellina of Taczanowski, which is found in Peru. The female of
the latter species, however, has the first leg plainly longer than
the second, while in vadia they are nearly equal.

We haye two males and three females from New Grenada.

HYCTIA SIMON.
Plate XI., Figs. 8—8d, and Figs. 7—7b.
Long, slender, delicate spiders.
The cephalothorax is long, low, flat and narrow, and is
nearly twice as long as wide. The cephalic and thoracic parts

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 117

are on the same plane. The sides are vertical and almost par-
allel, widening a little behind the dorsal eyes.

The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long,
is equally wide in front and behind, and occupies from one-
third to two-fifths of the cephalothorax. The first row is
straight or a little curved. The eyes are sub-touching or slight-
ly separated. The middle eyes are almost twice as large as the
lateral. The second row is about half-way between the first and
the third. The dorsal eyes are smaller than the lateral eyes of
the first row, and form a row which is as wide as the cephalo-
thorax at that place.

The labium is longer than wide.

The narrow, parallel, vertical shape of the cephalothorax
and the large middle eyes distinguish Hyctia from Marptusa.
The flat dorsum separates it easily from Icius and Menemerus;
and the greater length in proportion to its width from
Holoplatys, Rudra and Balmaceda.

Hyctia is nearest Goleta and Itata. Goleta is even lower,
and has the cephalothorax twice as long as wide, the middle
eyes of the first row more than twice as large as the lateral, and
the first row of eyes curved downward ; while in Itata the sides
are neither vertical nor parallel,and the thoracic part slopes
from the dorsal eyes.

The type of this genus is Hyctia (Salticus) nivoyi Lucas,
described in Simon’s Arachnides de France, Vol. IIL, p. 20.
We have also Hyctia canestrini Cn. et Py., ibid., p. 21, and
Hyctia pikei P., N. A. Attidee, p. 79.

SPADERA GEN. Nov.

The cephalothorax is low, and is long in proportion to
the width. The sides are vertical in front, but slant out a
little in the thoracic part; they are not far from being parallel,
but there is a slight dilatation just behind the dorsal eyes, be-
yond which the cephalothorax narrows again. The cephalic
plate is slightly inclined forward. The thoracic part does not
slant for two-thirds of its length and then drops abruptly. The
quadrangle of the eyes is about one-fifth wider than long, is

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almost equally wide in front and behind, and occupies two-
fifths of the length of the cephalothorax. The anterior eyes
are small, in a straight row; they are close together. The
middle are less than twice as large as the lateral eyes. The
second row is half-way between the first and the third. The
third row is nearly as wide as the cephalothorax in that place.
The lip is longer than wide.

This genus is nearest Hyctia, but the body is not so long
and slender as in that genus, the first legs are not so long and
stout, the middle eyes of the first row are not nearly twice as
large as the lateral, and the cephalothorax is not so flat nor are its
sides quite parallel. Hyctia is more like Itata than like Spadera.
The only similar genus in Madagascar is Padilla, which is
marked off from Spadera by the position of the eyes and the
shape of the cephalothorax.

SPADERA UNICA SP. NOV.
late pe xaile iio ss elie:

6. Length, 4.8. Length of cephalothorax, 2; width of
cephalothorax, 1.2.

Legs, 1432; first pair plainly stoutest.

The falces are short but stout and project obliquely forward.
The fangisrather long. The maxillee are rounded and are more
than twice as long as the labium. ‘The sternum is twice as long
as wide. The femur, patella and tibia of the first leg are thick-
ened, especially the femur.

The color of the cephalothorax is dark brown; the eye
region is blackish. The upper surface is thinly covered with
mixed red and white hairs. A wide, white band encircles the
lower sides and below this is a black line. The clypeus and
palpus are covered with white hairs. The abdomen is light
brown, with a dark region down the middle, which consists of
two triangular figures on the anterior and middle part and
some rounded spots behind. There is a transverse, curved,
white band at the anterior end of the abdomen, and another
across the middle; and the brown spots at the posterior end are

No. 2.) SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 119

surrounded by white. The legs are brown, the first pair being
the darkest. The falces are dark brown. The under surface
is dark brown, thinly covered with white hairs.

We have one male, from Madagascar.

HELVETIA cen. nov.

Rather small spiders, with the cephalothorax narrow and
long and the abdomen rounded.

The cephalothorax is narrow, low and flat. The sides are
vertical, widening from the anterior to the posterior end, with
the posterior angles rounded. The cephalic and thoracic parts
are on the same plane,and there is no fall behind until just
above the posterior margin. The quadrangle of the eyes is
equally wide in front and behind, is one-fifth wider than long
and occupies two-fifths of the cephalothorax. The anterior
row is curved downward, the eyes being sub-touching and
rather small, the middle about twice as large as the lateral.
The second row is about half-way between the first and third.
The third row is about as wide as the cephalothorax at that
place. The labium is longer than wide.

The cephalothorax in this genus is not so wide as in Spa-
dera. It differs from Hyctia in having the sides of the cephalo-
thorax wider behind instead of parallel, and in the first row of
eyes being curved downward ; it lacks, besides, the exaggerated
length and slenderness of that genus.

HELVETIA SANTAREMA SP. NOV.
Plate XII, Figs, 2—2d.
9g. Length, 5.2. Length of cephalothorax, 2; width of
cephalothorax, 1.

Legs, 4132; are short and almost equally stout.

The falces are rather long and stout for the size of the
spider and are a little inclined forward.

The ground color is dark olive-brown. <A central longi-
tudinal band of snow-white hairs extends along the entire
length of the spider from the anterior eyes to the spinnerets ;
and both cephalothorax and abdomen haye snow-white bands

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around the lower sides. In some cases the central band on the
abdomen is broken into chevrons, as is shown in the drawing.
There are some stiff, black bristles in the eye region. The ven-
ter is evenly, but not thickly, clothed with white hairs, and there
are also white hairs on the sternum. The legs and palpi are
light yellow. The falces are dark brown.

We have three females of this species from Santarem,

Brazil.
ADMESTINA PECKHAM.

Plate XL, Figs. 6—6d.

Small spiders, with the cephalothorax narrow in front and
rounding out widely in the thoracic part. First leg with femur
and tibia thickened.

The cephalothorax is low and flat, widest opposite the mid-
dle of the thoracic part, more contracted in front than behind,
and a little less than twice as long as wide. In front the sides
are vertical, while behind they are rounded. The quadrangle
of the eyes is nearly twice as wide as long, is a very little wider
behind than in front, and occupies one-third of the length of
the cephalothorax. The anterior row of eyes is curved; they
are all close together, and the middle are twice as large as the
lateral. The second row is nearer the first than the third.
The dorsal eyes are a little larger than the lateral, and are
plainly further from each other than from the lateral borders;
they form a row which is as wide as the cephalothorax at that
place. The labium is as wideas long. ‘The abdomen is narrow
and rather long.

While Admestina bears some resemblance to Hyctia, Hel-
vetia and Spadera it is smaller and not so slender. As it is
found only in the United States, it is not likely to be confused
with other genera.

RUDRA PECKHAM.
Plate XII., Figs. 3—3b.

Spiders of medium size, or smaller.

General appearance broad, low and flat, both in cephalo-
thorax and abdomen. First legs dark colored, elongated and
thickened.

No.2.) SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 121

The cephalothorax is very low, flat and wide—two-thirds
as wide as long. The widest point is behind the dorsal eyes.
The sides are almost vertical. The cephalic and thoracic parts
are on the same plane. The quadrangle of the eyes is nearly
twice as wide as long, is equally wide in front and behind, or
very slightly wider behind, and occupies about one-third of
the cephalothorax. The first row is straight, or a little curved
downward ; the eyes are sub-touching, or slightly separated, the
middle being less than twice as large as the lateral. The
second row is half-way between the first and the third rows, or
is slightly nearer the first. ‘The third row is nearly as wide as
the cephalothorax.

This genus differs from Goleta in the width of the quad-
rangle of the eyes and also in the broad cephalothorax and ab-
domen. In Holoplatys the cephalothorax is nearly twice as
long as wide, although it is not at all slender, and the quad-
rangle is only one-fourth wider than long.

We have, of this genus, two new species and two old ones—
Rudra geniculata P., Attidee of Guatemala, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc.
of Wisconsin, Dec., 1885, p. 77, and (Attus) Wage Tacz. Ara-
neides de la Guyane Franeaise, p. 10.

RUDRA POLITA SP. NOY.
Plate XII., Figs. 4—4a.

@. Length, 7. Length of cephalothorax, 3; width of ce-
phalothorax, 2.

Legs, 1423; those of the first pair much the stoutest and

longest.

The cephalothorax is long, low and wide. The cephalic
part is very slightly inclined; otherwise the upper surface is
almost flat throughout the entire length. The sides are a little
rounded out in the thoracic part. The first row of eyes is
straight ; the middle are nearly twice as large as the lateral and
are a little separated from them. The second row is very
slightly nearer the first than the third. The falces are short,
stout and vertical. The clypeus is very narrow. The labium
is plainly longer than wide. The maxille are rounded and are

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less than twice as long as the labium. The first leg has the
femur very broad, and the tibia and metatarsus with a double
row of stout spines.

This is the largest species of Rudra that we have, and the
abdomen is not so flat as is usual in this genus. The cephalo-
thorax is glossy reddish-brown, with a dark band around the
sides, a dark central line over the thoracic part, a black line
around the margin and black spots around the eyes. The
marks on the abdomen recall those of Rudra geniculata, which
is also from Guatemala. The lower sides are dark brown; the
upper surface is pale, with a pattern of brown lines, one longi-
tudinal, one down the middle, a wavy one on each side of this,
and two or three cheyrons in the posterior half. The clypeus
is covered with white hairs. The first legs, palpi and falces
are dark brown; the other legs are pale.

We have one female, from Guatemala.

RUDRA TENERA SP. NOV.
Plate XI" , Figs. 5—5a.
9. Length, 5. Length of cephalothorax, 2; width of
cephalothorax, 1.4.
Legs, 1423 ; those of the first pair very much the longest
and stoutest.
The cephalothorax is very low, and, excepting that there is
a depression in the middle of the thorax, is perfectly flat
throughout its entire length. The sides are vertical in front,
but widen out a little behind the dorsal eyes. The eyes of the
first row are close together in a straight line. The middle are
not quite twice as large asthe lateral. The second row is alittle
nearer to the first than to the third row. The third row is
very nearly as wide as the cephalothorax at that place. The
clypeus is so narrow as to be indistinguishable. The falces are
very short and small, and are directed backward. The palpi
are long and slender. The labium is longer than wide. The
maxille are truncated, and are less than twice as long as the
labium. The abdomen is flattened. The first legs are much
enlarged, the other three pairs being equally stout. The femur

No. 2.) SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 125

and tibia of the first leg, especially the tibia, are very stout and
have a glistening iridescent appearance. The tibia has two
rows of stout spines, which are continued on the metatarsus.

The cephalothorax is reddish-brown with a golden tinge ;
there is some light yellow hair around the eyes, and just be-
hind the first row is a pair of small black spots. There is a
black line around the lower margin. The abdomen is light
brown, with some darker spots along the sides and two faint
dark lines down the middle. In the center of each of the pos-
terior four spots is a white dot, and as there are some white
hairs left on the other spots and on the dark lines, it is prob-
able that they were originally entirely covered with them.
The legs of the first pair are brown, the femur and tibia being
darker than the other joints and iridescent. The other legs
are light yellow.

This species has the first leg much like that of Taczanow-
ski’s Chirothecia wrzesniowski, but there is no bunch of hairs
on the tibia. We have one female from Santarem, Brazil.

HOLOPLATYS SIMON.
Plate XIL., Figs. 6—60.

Spiders extremely flat, but not very slender, of medium
size or larger. General appearance heavier than Rudra.

The cephalothorax is very low and flat, the cephalic and
thoracic parts being on the same plane. It is nearly twice as
long as wide. The sides are-almost parallel, there being a
sight enlargement behind the dorsal eyes.

The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long,
is equally wide in front and behind and occupies a Little less
than one-third of the cephalothorax. The first row of eyes is
straight; the eyes are close together, and the middle are fully
twice as large as the lateral. The second row of eyesis slightly
nearer the first than the third. The third row is nearly as
wide as the cephalothorax at that place.

Holoplatys is nearest to Rudra, but the cephalothorax is
even flatter, and both the quadrangle of the eyes and the

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cephalothorax, as a whole, are longer in proportion to their
width.

Hispo and Holcoleetis are near Holoplatys, but we have no
representatives of these genera in our collection.

Of this genus we have (Marptusa) planissima L. K., Arach-
niden Australiens, p. 1100, which was made the type of
Holoplatys by Simon in 1885, and (Marptusa) lencocomis L.
K., loc. cit., p. 1096. This latter species, although not so ex-
tremely flat and thin as planissima, agrees with it in its other
characteristics.

GOLETA GEN. Nov.
Plate XII., Figs. 7—7d.

Goleta equals Ganesa P. 1885. The name Ganesa was
preoccupied.

Small, low, flat spiders.

The cephalothorax is flat and very low, and is nearly twice
as long as wide. It isa little contracted in front and behind,
but the sides are nearly parallel. The sides are vertical in
front, but widen outa little in the thoracic part. The abdomen is
long, slender and pointed. ‘The first legs are much thickened.

The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long,
is equally wide in front and behind, and occupies one-third of
the length of the cephalothorax. The first row of eyes is a lit-
tle curved downward. The middle eves are more than twice as
large as the lateral,and they are all close together. The
second row is half-way between the first and the third rows.
The third row is not quite so wide as the cephalothorax at that

place.
Goleta is close to Hyctia, but differs from it in haying the

cephalothorax lower and twice as long as wide, and in having
the first row of eyes curved downward and the middle eyes of
this row more than twice as large as the lateral. Itata has the
first row straight or curved upward and is higher, not lower,
than Hyctia. Goleta, moreover, is much flatter than Itata.
Goleta is nearest to Sadala, but has the cephalothorax
lower, and longer in proportion to its width, and is also dis-
tinguished by haying the first row of eyes curved downward.

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 125

Our only representative of this genus is the type Goleta
(Ganesa) workmanii P., described in the Proceedings of the
Natural History Society of Wisconsin for March, 1885.

ANOKA PECKHAM.
Plate XIIL, Figs. 8—30.

The cephalothorax is only moderately high, and is not
much longer than wide; the sides widen out gradually from
the lateral eyes to their widest point, which is behind the dor-
sal eyes; they slant outward more widely in the thoracic than
in the cephalic part. The cephalic part is inclined forward ;
the thoracic is level for two-thirds of its length and then falls
rather steeply. The quadrangle of the eyes is one-third wider
than long, is a little wider behind than in front, and occupies
two-fifths of the cephalothorax. The first row of eyes is
straight, with the middle eyes sub-touching, and less than twice
as large as the lateral, which are a little separated from them.
The second row is about half-way between the first and third
rows. ‘The third row is narrower than the cephalothorax at
that place, the eyes being a little further from each other than
from the lateral borders. The abdomen is long and slender.

We have species of Anoka from various parts of the United
States, from Jamaica, St. Vincent, Barbadoes, Trinidad and New
Grenada. They all resemble each other in a marked degree,
even the patterns and colors being often reproduced. The rela-
tive length of the legs is 1423,or 1432, in both sexes. The
males are more slender than the females, and have the first legs
much longer and stouter than the others, and, usually, dark
colored, the other legs being pale. The males, in all the species
excepting mitrata, parallela and moneagua, have the falces long
and horizontal; in moneagua and parallela they are oblique,
and in mitrata the falces are vertical and the first legs pale.
The mouth parts are always dark colored.

The only genus likely to be confused with Anoka is Sadala,
but in this genus the shape of the cephalothorax is different,
and the quadrangle of the eyes, instead of being wider behind

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than in front, is equally wide in front and behind, or wider in
front.

We include in this genus the type, Anoka vernalis P., Proc.
Zool. Soc. of London, Nov. 21, 1893, p. 701; Icius (Epiblemum)
palmarum Hentz, described in our Attidee of North America, p.
46; Icius (Attus) mitratus Hentz, zbid., p. 48; and three new
species, parallela, moneagua and grenada. Attus morigerus
Hentz is the female of mitrata; and Meeyia pallida C. K. is a
synonym of mitrata.

ANOKA GRENADA SP. NOY.
Plate XIL., Figs. 8—8e.

8. Length, 5.5. Length of cephalothorax, 2; width of
cephalothorax, 1.8.
Legs, 1423; the second and third nearly equally long.

This species, of which we have only the male, has the
quadrangle of the eyes one-third wider than long, a little wider
behind than in front, and occupying two-fifths of the cephalo-
thorax. The four anterior eyes are sub-touching, in a straight
row, the middle being less than twice as large as the lateral.
The second row is half-way between the first and third rows.
The third row is about as wide as the cephalothorax at that
place.

The spider is slender, with long, horizontal falces, which
differ from those of vernalis in being broader and flatter, and
in not tapering toward the extremity, while the fang has a sin-
gle, instead of adouble, curve. There are two teeth on the inner
side of each falx, one on the upper and one on the lower edge.
The legs of the first pair are much longer and stouter than the
others and are pale, with brown blotches, while the others are
entirely pale. Under alcohol the dorsal surface of the spider is
white, with dark brown bands along the sides. Two brown
bands begin at the dorsal eyes, and, approaching each other as
they pass backward, are merged into one wide band on the an-
terior part of the abdomen, which extends to the spinnerets.
Just behind the point of junction are two white spots, in the

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brown color, and further back are several branches and en-
largements, which are shown in the drawing. When the
spider is dried the ground color is brown, and the bands are
seen to consist of short white hairs. There are red rings
around the eyes of the first row. The falces are brown, with
white hairs along their outer edges; the fangs are pale. The
clypeus is covered with white hairs. The palpi are white, with
brown rings. The coxee and sternum are white. The mouth
parts dark brown. The venter is white, with an indistinct
brownish band down the center.
One male, from New Grenada.

ANOKA MONEAGUA SP. NOV.
Plate XII., Figs. 9—9e.

$. Length, 4.5. Length of cephalothorax, 2; width of
cephalothorax, 2.8.

@. Length, 5. Length of cephalothorax, 2; width of ce-
phalothorax, 1.5.

Legs, $, 1423, the second and third being nearly equal.
@, 1423.

This species resembles grenada in the disposition of the
eyes, but the falces of the male are shorter, and, instead of be-
ing extended horizontally, they are directed obliquely forward ;
in shape, they are broad at the proximal end, narrow at the ex-
tremity, and flattened in front. There are three teeth along
the inner edge. The fangis moderately long. The legs of the
first pair are longer and stouter than the others in both sexes.
In the male they have a row of stiff hairs along the inner side
of the femur and patella, and a row of spines on the tibia and
metatarsus. The falces of the female are short, broad and ver-.
tical. The first legs, in the females, have the stiff hairs not
quite so pronounced as in the male, but have a double, in place
of a single, row of spines on the tibia and metatarsus.

The general appearance of the male is dark colored, ex-
cept the second, third and fourth pairs of legs, which are pale.
The female has the first legs but little darker than the others,
and has a light colored abdomen with dark markings.

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Some of the females are much like vernalis, having
speckles all over the abdomen, four dark dots, a dark, transverse
line in front of the spinnerets, and, behind this line, two small
chevrons. Others are more like mitrata, haying two pairs of
dark spots on the anterior and middle part of the dorsum and
one large spot behind these and just in front of the dark, trans-
verse line. The whole spider has a ight ground color, thickly
covered with white down, which is mixed with more or less
orange or rufous color. In the abdomen this color appears in
speckles. In the cephalothorax it is more evenly mixed with
the white. Just back of the lateral eye, on each side, is a stiff,
black bristle, which stands out sideways and which is enlarged
at the end (mitrata also has bristles in this position). There
is a black line around the lower border of the cephalothorax.
The pattern on the abdomen, which is most distinct under
alcohol, is identical with that of mitrata. There are three or
four dark chevrons on a light ground, the first one being
divided to form two spots and the two following ones consoli-
dated. The legs of the female are white, tipped with black,
the first pair being tinged with rufous. The palpi are white, the
falces and mouth parts dark and the rest of the under surface
white, the venter being covered with down.

The male (dry) has the cephalothorax bright brown, with a
wide, white band on each side. There is a good deal of bright
red down on the upper surface, in bands below the white
bands, and around the eyes. When looked at from in front
and a little to the side one sees a bright red band running
back from the lateral eyes; above and below this are white
bands, below the white is a dark band, then another white,
then another dark. There are some small, black bristles be-
hind the lateral eyes, but these are not so distinct as in the
female. The abdomen is bright bronzy brown with a silvery
sheen; on each side is a snow-white band, and below this, and
contrasting with it, a velvety black band. The first legs,
palpi, falees, mouth parts and sternum are dark brown; the
fang is reddish ; the other legs are pale, with black tips. The

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anterior cox are brown, the others pale. The venter is dark
brown with some white down.
Several males and females from Moneague, Jamaica.

ANOKA PARALLELA SP. NOV.
Plate XIII, Figs. 2—2e.

é. Length, 5.5. Length of cephalothorax, 2; width of
cephalothorax, 2.
Legs, 1428 ; first much the stoutest and longest.

This spider is a little below medium size, with long first
legs, which are darker in color than the others.

The cephalothorax is short, wide and moderately high.
The sides round out from the anterior end to the widest point,
just behind the dorsal eyes, and then approach each other
again. The eyes differ a little from those of grenada and
moneagua, the first row being slightly curved, with the middle
eyes twice as large as the lateral. The second row is nearer
the first than the third, and the third row is not so wide as
the cephalothorax at that place. The falces are stout and are
directed obliquely forward.

The whole body is of a mahogany-red color, growing paler
toward the posterior end of the abdomen. Encircling the sides
of the cephalothorax and extending throughout the length of
the abdomen are two wide bands of pure, silvery-white hair ;
the space between these bands, and the lower sides of the abdo-
men are covered with small, yellow scales. Under alcohol, an
indistinct, blackish chevron and a pair of black spots are visible
on the anterior part of the abdomen. Around the eyes of the
first row are brilliant red hairs, and the clypeus is covered with
glistening, silvery-white hairs. The first legs are bright ma-
hogany-red above, shading into black beneath. The other legs
are of a pale yellowish color. The falces are of a bright reddish-
brown. The mouth parts are almost black.

One male, from Port of Spain, collected by Mr. W. E.
Broadway.

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PADILLA GEN. Nov.

Spiders a little below medium size. Males with first legs
thickened and having two spines, or horns, on the falces.

The cephalothorax is low. It is narrow just in front, but
broadens out widely, the widest point being considerably be-
hind the dorsal eyes. ‘This dilatation is more marked in the
males than in the females. The sides slant outward, more
widely in the thoracic than in the cephalic part. The upper
surface is flat except for a rounded depression a little way be-
hind the dorsal eyes. The posterior slope is short. The quad-
rangle of the eyes is one-third wider than long, is about equally
wide in front and behind, and occupies barely two-fifths of the
cephalothorax. The first row is straight, the eyes being close
together and the middle fully twice as large as the lateral. The

second row is nearer the first than the third. The third rowis
not so wide as the cephalothorax at that place.

We have two species of Padilla, armata and cornuta, both
from Madagascar. The males of both these species have long
spines, or horns, projecting from the falees. We have described
cornuta as Icius cornutus, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin,
March, 1885, p. 30.

The genera that most nearly resemble Padilla, Anoka
and Sadala, are found only in the Western Hemisphere. The
only genus in Madagascar that it could be confused with is
Spadera. Padilla, however, has the cephalic part flat, the quad-
rangle of the eyes one-third wider than long, and the middle
eyes of the first row fully twice as large as the lateral; while in
Spadera the cephalic part is inclined forward, the quadrangle
of the eyes is only about one-fifth wider than long, and the
middle eyes of the first row are less than twice as large as the
lateral. Moreover, the males of Padilla have horns on the
falees, which are lacking in Spadera.

PADILLA ARMATA SP. NOV.
Plate XIII, Figs. 1—1h.

6. Length, 6. Length of cephalothorax, 3; width of
cephalothorax, 1.8. Horn, 1.6.

No. 2.) SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 151

Legs, 1423; first pair much the longest and much the

stoutest.

9. Length, 6.5. Length of cephalothorax, 2.3; width

of cephalothorax, 1.8.

Legs, 1428; first pair longest and plainly stoutest.

The abdomen is rather wide and heavy for the size of the
spider. ‘The maxille are broad and obtusely rounded. The
labium is about as wide as long. The falces are short, vertical
and parallel; the sternum is oval. The femur, patella and
tibia of the first leg are much thickened in both sexes—the
femur especially being short and heavy. In the male the
femur of the second leg is also somewhat thickened. The male
has projecting forward from the upper part of the falces a pair
of horns, which first curve inward and then outward, and near
the distal end are sharply bent, so that the tips cross each other.

In the female the entire cephalothorax is covered with
white hairs; there is a pair of black spots on the cephalic part,
which are only visible when the hairs are rubbed off. The
face is covered with long, white hairs. The abdomen is also
white and has two longitudinal rows of dark brown _ spots
throughout the length of the dorsum. Close to the spinnerets
these spots join each other, forming two or three cheyrons. In
the male the cephalothorax has a wide white band on each
side and one down the middle, the rest of the surface being
covered with reddish-yellow hairs which grow thickly around
the anterior eyes. The narrow clypeus is covered with short,
stiff, white hairs. The abdomen, in our single male, has the
hairs nearly all rubbed off. It seems to have been much like
that of the female, except that the general color of the integu-
ment is darker and that the dark spots seem to have been sep-
arated by yellow, instead of by white, hairs. The falces and
horns are dark brown. ‘The first and second legs in the male
are dark brown above and black beneath, with a good many
short, white hairs. The third and fourth, like all the legs in
the female, are yellowish, with black spines. The palpus in the
male is black with some white hairs. . In the female it is paler
than the legs.

152 PECKHAM. [Vol. 2;

This species, of which we have one male and several fe-
males, from Madagascar, is much like Padilla cornuta in the
shape of the cephalothorax and in the thickening of the first
legs. In cornuta, however, the abdomen is much more slender
and graceful and is marked with longitudinal bands instead of
with spots; and the horns are almost straight, while in armata
they have a double curve.

SADALA PECKHAM.
Plate XIII, Figs. 4—4.

Small, flat spiders, with long, pointed abdomens.

The cephalothorax is rather low, and is wide in proportion
to its length. Itis flattened above and is widest behind the
dorsal eyes. The sides are not quite vertical. The quadrangle
of the eyes is from one-fourth to one-third wider than long, is
equally wide in front and behind, or wider in front, and occu-
pies at least two-fifths of the cephalothorax. The anterior eyes
are in a straight or slightly curved row, the middle being from
two-and-a-half to three times as large as the lateral eyes. The
middle eyes are closetogether, the lateral a little separated from
them. The second row is plainly nearer the first than the
third. The third row is nearly as wide as the cephalothorax at
that place. he eyes of this row are further from each other
than from the lateral borders.

This genus is very near Anoka, but Anoka is wider and
not so flat. It is not so low, nor solong in proportion to its
width as Goleta; in this latter genus, moreover, the cephalic
part occupies only one-third of the cephalothorax, and the
cephalothorax is twice as long as wide; and the first row of
eyes is curved downward.

Sadala is most easily distinguished from Balmaceda and
Omura by the greater relative size of the middle eyes of the
first row. The cephalothorax is flatter, as a whole, in Balma-
ceda, almost the whole thorax being on the same plane with the
cephalic part. The abdomen is flattened in Balmaceda and
cylindrical in Sadala.

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 133

Sadala is smaller and lower than Hata. It is higher than
Padilla, and the level part of the thorax is not so long as in that
genus, where the thoracic part is on the same plane as the
cephalic throughout its length. In Padilla the cephalothorax
widens out more than in Sadala, and the middle eyes of the
first row are not so large.

We have seven species of these genus, all from Central and
South America. The type, Sadala distincta P. is described in
N. A. Attidee, p. 538. The other species are fenestrata (Meevia
fenestrata) Tacz., Arachnides du Perou, p. 327; Stolzmanii
(Meevia Stolzmani) Tacz., zbid, p. 329, and four new species.

SADALA MAGNA SP. NOY.
Plate XIII., Figs. 5—6e.

$. Length, 6.4. Length of cephalothorax, 2.6; width of
cephalothorax, 1.8.

Legs, 1423; first and second pairs stoutest.

9. Length, 7.3. Length of cephalothorax, 3; width of
cephalothorax, 1.9.

Legs, 4132.

The cephalothorax is thickest (from above below) just in
front of the posterior thoracic slope. This point seems to be a
little the highest, also, the upper surface sloping very slightly
forward to the first row of eyes. ‘There is a central depression
behind the dorsal eyes. The cephalothorax is narrowest in
front and widest in the central thoracic part. The upper sur-
face is flattened through the cephalic and two-thirds of the
thoracic part. The sides round outward in the thoracic part
much more widely than in front. The quadrangle is a little
wider in front than behind and is about one-fourth wider than
long. In the male it occupies two-fifths of the length of the
cephalothorax; in the female a trifle less. The anterior eyes
are close together in a straight row, the middle being nearly
three times as large as the lateral. The second row is close to
the first. The third is not so wide as the cephalothorax. The
clypeus is narrow. The falces, in both sexes, are short, stout

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and vertical. he sternum islong. The maxillee are twice as
long as the labium and are truncated.

The general color of the male is very dark brown. The scaly
eye region is red (not gold color as in gemmea, horatia and others),
with two black spots behind the middle. Along each upper
side is a narrow band of white hairs (as in horatia) extending
below the eyes on to the thorax. The eyes are surrounded by
orange-colored hairs. The abdomen has, on each side, a narrow
band of white hairs, and has, also, a white spot near the poste-
rior end, which is divided in the middle by a black line. This
spot may be all that remains of the median, longitudinal white
band which we find in the female. The palpi are dark brown.
The first and second legs (except the tarsal joints, which are

yellowish) and the falees are dark brown and iridescent. ‘The ~

third and fourth legs are dark brown as far as the tibia, but
have the tibia, metatarsus and tarsus yellowish.

The female, as is usual in Sadala, is much lighter colored
than the male. The cephalothorax is reddish-yellow. ‘Thé
eyes, except the middle ones of the first row, are black and
are placed on black spots, and around them are white hairs.
The anterior part of the eye region is covered with gold-col-
ored scales. A little behind the middle of the eye region are
two faint, blackish spots. From the post-ocular depression
arise a number of diverging rays of a lighter yellow than the
ground color, which pass over the back and sides. ‘The
anterior middle eyes are yellow and are surrounded by
white hairs. The clypeus is covered with white hairs.
The pattern of the abdomen, owing to injury, is somewhat in-
distinct. The general color is pale brown; there are four or
five darker, curved, transverse bands crossing the dorsum,
these bands being interrupted in the middle line by a longitu-
dinal, scaly, white band, which is itself divided down the mid-
dle by a dark line. The lower sides are covered with white
scales. The pattern suggests that of Sadala gemmea. ‘The legs,
falees and palpi are light yellow.

One male and one female from Brazil.

No. 2.) SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 135
SADALA GEMMEA SP. NOY.
Plate X1V., Wigs: 1—le.

This species has a large and a small variety.

$. (Large variety.) Length, 6. Length of cephalo-
thorax, 2.5; width of cephalothorax, 1.4.

The total length of the small variety is 4.5.

9. (Large variety.) Length, 6.5. Length of cephalo-
thorax, 2.4; width of cephalothorax, 1.3.

The total length of the small variety is 5.

Legs, ¢, 1423: first pair plainly stoutest. 9, 4152.

The cephalothorax is rather low. Its under surface falls
from the anterior end, so that, although the upper surface is flat
from the anterior eyes through two-thirds of the thorax, its
thickest point, from above below, is just before the posterior
slope tothe margin. This slope is quite abrupt. The widest
point of the cephalothorax coincides with the thickest, the sides
widening gradually from the anterior end. The sides slope
outward more widely in the thoracic than in the cephalic part.
The quadrangle of the eyes is about one-fourth wider than
long, is equally wide in front and behind, and occupies about
two-fifths of the cephalothorax. The first row isstraight; the
eyes are close together, the middle being two-andja-half
times as large as the lateral. The second row is nearer the
first than the third. ‘The third is not so wide as the cephalo-
thorax,

The falces in the male are long and obliquely directed, with
a long, toothed fang; in the female they are very small, short
and vertical. The sternum in the male is wide and rounded ;
in the female, long and narrow. The maxille are about twice
as long as the labium. The labium is a little longer than wide.

In the male the color is a bright brown, tinged with golden
on the cephalic plate, with a thin covering of yellow hairs.
There is a white band on each side of the caput, below the two
lateral eyes, and on each side of the thorax are two white bars,
running obliquely downward. The anterior end of the abdo-
men has a tuft of yellow hairs projecting forward, and a

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curved band of white. The central anterior part of the dorsum
has a white, longitudinal band, ending in a short, transverse
bar. Just behind this, on each side, is an oblique, white bar,
which passes downward. ‘The posterior half of the dorsum has
three short, transverse, white bars, the last of them being at the
insertion of the spinnerets. The palpi and falces are bright
brown. The clypeus is covered with white hairs. The legs
are bright brown, the first and second pairs being the darkest.

The cephalothorax of the female is bright brown, with the
cephalic plate golden, and with two darker bands extending
from the dorsal eyes to the posterior border. There are yellow.
hairs around all of the eyes. The abdomen is pale fawn color,
irregularly spotted, on the sides, with dark brown, the spots
being variable insize. The anterior half of the central dorsum
is occupied by two pairs of large, dark brown spots, which are
close together ; the posterior half by two large, dark brown spots,
which look as though two pairs had coalesced. Behind these
are some faint, transverse, brown bars. ‘The venter is brown,
spotted all over with white. The legs and palpi are light
yellowish-brown. ‘The clypeus is covered with short, white
hairs. The markings recall those of Anoka mitrata.

We have numerous specimens from Brazil (Smith collec-
tion).®

SADALA HORATIA SP. NOY.
Plate XIV., Figs. 2—2e.

é. Length, 5. Length of cephalothorax, 2; width of
cephalothorax, 1.5.

Legs, 1423 ; first and second pairs stoutest.

9. Length, 5.4. Length of cephalothorax, 2; width of
cephalothorax 1.2.

Legs, 4132; first pair a little the stoutest.

The cephalothorax differs from that of gemmeaand magna
in being of about the same thickness, from above below, through-
out its length. Itis rather low and the upper surface is flat
through the cephalic and rather more than half of the thor-
acic part. It is narrowest in front and widest behind the dor-

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sal eyes. The sides are nearly vertical at the anterior end, but
in the thoracic part they round outward. The quadrangle of
the eyes is one-fourth wider than long, and a very little wider
in front than behind. It occupies two-fifths of the cephalo-
thorax. The first row of eyes is slightly curyed downward,
that is, the tops of the middle eyes are slightly higher than the
tops of the lateral eyes. They are all close together, the middle
being two-and-one-half times as large as the lateral. ‘The sec-
ond row is nearer the first than the third. The third row is
not so wide as the cephalothorax at that place.

The clypeusis narrow. The falces of the male are oblique-
ly directed forward; they are rather long and stout, with a
long fang. Those of the female are short and vertical. The
sternum is wide (wider in the male than in the female) and
rounded. The maxilla are rounded and are twice.as long as
the labrum.

In the male the cephalothorax is dark reddish-brown.
On the upper anterior part is a region which extends a little
back of the dorsal eyes, narrowing behind, which is of a bright
gold color. Crossing this region, in front of the dorsal eyes, is
a dark brown band, which is sometimes concentrated into two
black spots. The hairs around the anterior eyes are yellow.
On each upper side, just below the eyes, is a narrow band of
white hairs extending a little farther back than the dorsal eyes.
The abdomen is brown. Around the sides and anterior end
runs a narrow band of white hairs. Across the dorsum are
four curved bands, or transversely elongated spots, of a darker
brown. The drawing represents the spider as it appears under
alcohol. The space between the bands was probably originally
covered with white hairs. The clypeus is covered with white
hairs. The falces are bright brown. The first and second
legs and the palpi are dark brown; the third and fourth legs
reddish-yellow, with the femoral joints dark brown.

In the female the cephalothorax is bright reddish-yellow.
The eye region is gold color, with two central black spots, from
which spring, in one specimen, some tufts of black hairs. The
eyes are on black spots. There are some yellow hairs on the

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sides of the cephalic part. The clypeus is covered with white
hairs. The legs and palpi are reddish-yellow; the falces are a
shade darker and redder. The abdomen is pale, with four
transverse, curved, brown bands, between which are silvery-
white hairs.

As in Sadala gemmea, the whole appearance of this female
suggests that of Anoka mitrata. We have numerous specimens
from Santarem, Brazil (Smith collection).

SADALA DESERTA SP. NOY.
Plate XIV., Figs. 3—e.

6. Length, 5.2. Length of cephalothorax, 2.5; width of
cephalothorax, 1.5.

Legs, 1423: first and second pairs stoutest.

9. Length, 5. Length of cephalothorax, 2; width of
cephalothorax, 1.2.

Legs, 4132; first pair a little the stoutest.

The cephalothorax is rather low, and is shaped very much
like that of gemmea. The under surface slopes downward, so
that the cephalothorax is thicker, from above below, in the
thoracic part than itis in front. Above it is flat through the
caput and three-fourths of the thorax. There is a circular
post-ocular depression, from which light colored rays diverge, as
in magna. The widest point is in the thorax, well behind the
dorsal eyes, and the sides slope outward more in the thorax than
in the anterior part. Theclypeusslants backward. The quad-
rangle is one-fourth wider than long, is equally wide in front
and behind, and occupies about two-fifths of the length of the
cephalothorax. The anterior eyes are slightly separated and
form a straight line, the middle being a little more than twice
as large as the lateral. The second row is plainly nearer the
first than the third. The third row is narrower than the
cephalothorax.

The faleces are short and vertical in the female; stouter,
longer, obliquely directed forward and having a long fang in
male. The labium is longer than wide. The maxille are

No. 2.] SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 139

nearly twice as long as the labium and are truncated. The
sternum is rather large and wide.

We have two males, one of which is much darker than
the other. The general color of the cephalothorax is dark
bronze-brown. There are narrow bands of white hairs on the
upper sides, extending below the eyes on to the thorax, as in
several other species of this genus. The scaly region on the
anterior part of the head is reddish-gold in the lghter
specimen ; in the other itis of the same color as the rest of the
cephalothorax, but is slightly iridescent. In both specimens
two, indistinct, dark spots are visible in the middle of the eye
region. The clypeus has a fringe of snow-white hairs. The
falces, palpi and first and second pairs of legs are medium
brown ; the third and fourth pairs are much hghter, the femoral
joints being shghtly darkened. The abdomen has two pairs of
dark spots on the anterior half and two larger central spots on
the posterior, with one or two dark bands or lines near the
spinnerets. In some cases the spots on the anterior half are
joimed together, so that there are four large spots on the dorsum.
A line of white hairs extends around the anterior end and half-
way on to the sides, and the posterior half has an oblique white
bar on each side. The spaces between the spots seem to have
been entirely covered with snow-white hairs, but these are al-
most entirely rubbed off, showing the light brown integument.

The coloring of the female is substantially like that of the
male, though all the tints are lighter. In some of the males
the legs and palpi are very dark brown. In others, as in the
female, they are bright golden-brown.

We have several males and females from Rio de Janeiro,
in the Smith collection.

ASHTABULA Gen. nov.

Small spiders. Males with tibia of first leg much enlarged
and haying a heayy fringe of hairs.

The cephalothorax is low and almost flat. It is widest at
the dorsal eyes, narrowing a little in front and more plainly

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behind. The thoracic part falls but little until the posterior
end. The posterior slope is hollowed. ‘The sides are nearly
vertical. In the female, the cephalothorax is not so much
contracted in front and behind as in the male. The quadrangle
of the eyes is one-fifth wider than long, is slightly wider behind
than in front, and occupies one-half of the length of the cephal-
othorax. he first row is straight; the eyes are large, the
middle being nearly double the size of the lateral; they are all
sub-touching. The second row is a little nearer the first than
the third row. The third is as wide as the cephalothorax at
that place. The falces are short and vertical, and are about as
wide as long. The maxille are more than twice as long as the
labium.

The first leg of the male has the femur and tibia enlarged,
the tibia, especially, being thick and long, with a heavy fringe
of hairs on the inner side.

The abdomen is small, slender and pointed behind.

The general appearance of Ashtabula is similar to that of
Rudra, but Rudra is lower and flatter. It is separated from all
the other genera of the group by the curiously enlarged first
legs, which seem to make it a connecting link between the
Marptusa group and the genus Chirothecia.

ASHTABULA ZONURA SP. NOY.
Plate XIV., Figs. 4—4e.

3. Length, 3.5. Length of cephalothorax, 1.8 ; width of
cephalothorax, 1.2.
Legs, 1428; first pair much the longest and stoutest, with
the femur and tibia enlarged.
9. Length, 4. Length of cephalothorax, 1.5; width of
cephalothorax, 1.
The first leg is enlarged. We cannot get the relative
length, as some of them are broken.
The male has the cephalothorax of a bright brown color
with a covering of white hairs. These grow thickly at the an-
terior part of the eye region, in two bands, which run through,

No. 2.) SPIDERS OF THE MARPTUSA GROUP. 141

the length of the cephalothorax, just below the side eyes, and in
a narrower band around the lower margin. The abdomen is
of a much lighter brown, with a slight golden tinge, with two
longitudinal white bands running down the sides and four or
five slender, dark, transverse bands crossing the dorsum. The
whole surface has a thin covering of white hairs. The first
legs have the femur, patella and tibia brown, and the metatar-
sus and tarsus pale and colorless. The other legs are all pale,
with dark rings at the joints. The palpi and falces are brown.

Our only female is much damaged, but seems to have re-
sembled the male. The femur of the first leg is enlarged, but
as the other joints are broken off, we cannot say how closely the
tibia is lke that of the male.

We have three males and one female from New Grenada.

EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
PLATE VILL.

Fig. 1, Marptusa mucosa, dorsal view of female; la, face
and falces; 1b, side view of cephalothorax.

Fig. 2, Marptusa familiaris, dorsal view of female; 2a, face
and falees; 26, side view of cephalothorax.

Fig. 3, Marptusa magna, dorsal view of female; 3a, epigy-
num.

Fig. 4, Marptusa agricola, dorsal view of female ; 4a, epigy-
num of young female; 4b and 4e, male palpus.

Fig. 5, Marptusa broadwayi, dorsal view of female ; 5a and
5b, male palpus.

Fig. 6, Marptusa millerii, dorsal view of female; 6a, epigy-
num.

Fig. 7, Breda milvina, dorsal view of female, x 6; 7a, face
and falces ; 76, side view of cephalothorax.

Fig. 8, Balmaceda punctata,3dorsal view of female, x 8; 8a,
epigynum ; 8) and 8¢, male palpus.

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PLATE IX.

Fig. 1, Epinga chapoda, dorsal view of female; la, side
view of cephalothorax ; 16, face and falces; le, epigynum ; 1d,
le and If, male palpus.

Fig. 2, Epinga. barbarica, dorsal view of female; 2a, epigy-
num.

Fig. 3, Deza sumptuosa, dorsal view of female; 3a, dorsal
view of male; 3b, side view of cephalothorax ; 3c, face and falces.

Fig. 4, Bavia ericeps, dorsal view of female; 4a, side view
of cephalothorax ; 46, face and falces.

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Fig. 1, Balmaceda picta, dorsal view of female; la, side
view of cephalothorax ; 1b, face and falces; le, epigynum ; 1d,
le and If, male palpus.

Fig. 2, Omura cruenta, dorsal view of female ; 2a, face and
falces; 2b, side view of cephalothorax ; 2c, epigynum.

Fig. 3, Omura perita, dorsal view of female; 3a, epigy-
num.

Fig. 4, Mendoza memorabilis, dorsal yiew of female; 4a,
face and falces; 4b, side view of cephalathorax.

Fig. 5, Menemerus semi-limbatus, dorsal view of female ;
5a, face and falces; 50, side view of cephalothorax.

Fig. 6, Epiblemum scenicum, dorsal view of female; 6a, side
view of cephalothorax.

Fig. 7, Icius notabilis, dorsal view of female; 7a, face and
7b, side view of cephalothorax.

Fig. 8, Icius wickhamii, dorsal view of male; 8a and 88,

falces ;

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Fig. 1, Pseudicius encarpatus dorsal view of female ; 1a,
face and falces; 10, side view of cephalothorax.

Fig. 2, Pseudicius oblongus, dorsal view of female, x 6; 2a,
epigynum.

Fig. 3, Pseudicius cognatus, dorsal view of femaie, x 6; 3a,
epigynum.

Fig. 4, Fuentes pertinax, dorsal view of female, x 8; 4a,
face and falces; 4b, side view of cephalothorax; 4c, epigynum;
4d, 4e and 4f, male palpus.

Fig. 5, Itata vadia, dorsal view of female; 5a, face and
falces; 5b, side view of cephalothorax ; 5c, epigynum ; 5d, 5e and
5f, male palpus.

Fig. 6, Admestina wheelerii, dorsal view of male, x 8; 6a,
side view of cephalothorax ; 60, face and falces.

Fig. 7, Hyctia pikei, dorsal view of female, x 8; 7a, face and
falces; 7b, side view of cephalothorax.

Fig. 8, Hyctia nivoyi, dorsal view of female ; 8a, face and
falces ; 80, side view of cephalothorax.

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Fig. 1, Spadera unica, dorsal view of male; la, side view
of cephalothorax; 1b, face and falces; lc, 1d and le, male
palpus.

Fig. 2, Helvetia santarema, dorsal view of female; 2a, side
view of cephalothorax ; 2b, face and falces; 2c, epigynum; 2d,
epigynum of a second individual.

Fig 3, Rudra geniculata, dorsal view of female, x 6; 3a, side
view of cephalothorax ; 30, face and falces.

Fig. 4, Rudra polita, dorsal view of female, x 8; 4a, epigy-
num.

Fig. 5, Rudra tenera, dorsal view of female ; 5a, epigynum.

Fig. 6, Holoplatys planissima, dorsal view of female, x 6.
6a, side of cephalothorax ; 65, face and falces.

Fig. 7, Goleta workmanii, dorsal view of female, x 8; 7a,
side view of cephalothorax ; 7), face and falces.

Fig. 8, Anoka grenada, dorsal view of male, x 8 ; 8a, 8b and
8c, male palpus.

Fig. 9, Anoka moneagua, dorsal view of male, x 8; 9a, 96
and 9c, male palpus; 9d, dorsal view of female, x 8; 9e, epigy-
num.

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Fig. 1, Padilla armata, dorsal view of female, x 8; la, face
and falces of female ; 1, side view of cephalothorax of female ;
le, epigynum ; 1d, side of cephalothorax of male, showing horns;
le, falces of male, from below; 1f, 1g and 1h, male palpus.

Fig. 2, Anoka parallela, dorsal view of male, x 6 ; 2a, male
palpus; 2b and 2c, palpus of a second male.

Fig. 8, Anoka vernalis, dorsal view of female, x 6; 3a, side
of cephalothorax ; 30, face.

Fig. 4, Sadala distincta, dorsal view of male; 4a, face and
falces ; 4b, side view of cephalothorax.

Fig. 5, Sadala magna, dorsal view of female ; 5a, epigynum ;
50, dorsal view of male ; 5c, 5d and 5e, male palpus.

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PLATE XIV.

Fig. 1, Sadala gemmea, dorsal view of female, x 8; 1a,
epigynum ; 16, dorsal view of male, x 8; 1c, 1d and le, male
palpus.

Fig. 2, Sadala horatia, dorsal view of female; 2a, epigy-
num; 2b, dorsal view of male; 2c, 2d and 2e, male palpus.

Fig. 3, Sadala deserta, dorsal view of female, x 8; 3a,
epigynum ; 30, dorsal view of male, x8; 3c, 3d and 3e, male
palpus.

Fig. 4, Ashtabula zonura, dorsal view of male; 4a, side
view of cephalothorax . 4b, face and falces; 4c, 4d and 4e, male
palpus.

PLATE XIV.

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ENGONUPSE pac eeertescerencerecerencsientseeis a 99
suavis L. K.... . 99

JID NITSRITMTNT No joonqdaqs.eb00900000000071050000000 120
wine Cleninipkyeaecrceesecnecde snes 120
LNISTOMSTN cpp accencnccmoceucgdonansodecodcdadacn 125

126

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TONGAN TRIG IAUZ-p450e¢0cq5000005—00000 126 |
MONICA CWA eareceneaeseaceccscseore 127
parallela P.. 129
AVMEWAIS TE] ocasoteecosoe0ncodaecqo09 126
AWOLIMET NS 1Podschoed sodcaseessodesGan 126 |
PAIS HIMUAIB UAc ee taieevnsteweasctetiocesedsecsicseres 38
PAONMIDUEED) 12 nenoodoossodencqasscHOoOoO 140
PAU G Haun one sane ten re taceace ceehsenetren nats 87
[OHMS IBIS, cococcs coosedcasacocds 110
elegans Hentz
memorabilis Camb ............. 105
TON ae UES) J BEN YAS scnoced boo ooeED 126
morigerus Hentz..... 126
muscivorus Vinson............. 87
nigro-fuscus Vinson............ 87

eur eeonus Wik..

wage nee MeL recalctae hostanesaals 121
TBYATERITINGIDIDY Ns snadoocnodouuogobondocbooncnnaren 100 |
lomacteataplis Keeeeseseane ates 100
TOO KCKESTIE: IMO ZarancscsocsscqcceHeo 100
JOH 1s cossdoheopsenoscocsbnaconcoanc 101
JOULE) Je a6one nosmanoosebHacoae 102
IB SAN TAN ea eyatlsic asic civce seis neneseeescinscesanee seer 99
POTIC CPS hi. Ssccencsenccesecsessenne 99
ornata a « 99
IBIRE Di Aviece cs ncede cess seecvtcesscoviscesevensasee 92
Tool ating), (Cis IES Spggcocomcacasesssoce 3
Wo omunslkiMaCzrsesesercuceseeees 94 |

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IDENDRYPHIANTES ...csccsscsesseces © soncee 108
elegans Hentz. ..108
encarpatus WIk.................- 110
WDB ZACracascweegesnecdecosaes eh owetee Sesame aes 97
sumptuosa Perty..
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THaNaAHE, IB, Shooecocepsdoosnooosecsacs 107
TOOMMTeH OWS) ILC escocasdsacsmanq.coee 107
palmarum Hentz................ 126
Scemilcumi Clikceesse--sseeesseseee- 0
zebranea C. K. 07
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ban bani capers rere eereenceaes 96
Chiaip Oday assancesteree sy tececees: 95
OTM atal Bea seiscccrdsscccesssseeceess 95

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| SMKETREONE),. 12 cosoocenoabsdoouon 119
|) TEIGRUORESE AVRSTS sooacoecboaconosascodosoaceeoass 123
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canestrini Cn. and Pv......... 117
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pikei P.... #
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elegans ents Giadudcasdecanecesst: 108
(HOAIMITNGWIS) | 1B cocsnosonocps0nooosoubos 150
ay; tily EMVertonesssresesesses--<e 108
lineatus C. K................108, 113
mitratus Hentz...... eeeeee 126
MOU OMNIS (Cs UM scgasccosoccsoocooces 108
palmarum Hentz................. 126
(DIGALUCUIS Man preversnseecseccosneess 110
striatus WH1k...... ese ieuthaneve si 108
Wi@lkinaia 12 oo ceosensosonso0comc 109

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TIGWGW ee popcoovonaosbedescacoscuadnecosoupapa00 TAO MOURA Sa eos.ctac ccs snesaeres coeaceweoceee 102
Usa elllitm alae zeeeemtetceaseektete. 115 CLUCI ta Ps css svesesce sc seaseneesee 103
A VENGIIE), 1B hcceccoceansanocaadboado. oot 115 perita (Pe csi keseeteces tees 104
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Tae (Cis IX nocossesacbnececesooded 108 aorearutia, IP...
joRMUNGlE), (Oh; I coasecocseeooc005200 WAS || Pesaro Gh Scyseeecen
stolzmanii Vacz.-....----+-------- 133 THERES TROT esecesoarsserasaryamner
Marrissa, see Marptusa. = GOPAMENG 1D 5 cosorencoococomocase 112
JUL EMU Seqodagosouaabbadodbbeckosnn cauaG006 86 encarpatus WIK.......-+.--.110
agricola P....... sechece aoa sameteo 89 Obloneus Dae eee 110
bracteata i Keeeeeeeseeesesseees 101 FOUENMWG BES) TEs 5o6 somcconoccooncoten 110
broadwayi P...... ve 8D TEEVOhIEH ADIs} (Cael OX Ske ooccoenopocen6ece 110
californica P..... sooo i
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familiaris Hentz... bana. tel i
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TAEYHIEY, TD isrceconenisennossnseiocons 87 WVEKGHS WENO oogoconcnssovns00800G0000 121
melanognathus Le......-++ y7 || ISEMDNG. vrscecosnqanosbonsadsosccqacdscooodouCess 132
Femur’ TEs sos4ccobaspudcoo800000000 91 desertarbs.cscccsssccnue ss sseseeete 138
fem (AbOe), (Oly I ecccocenueesooaos0s5600 B} Gistime tabasco eee 133
MUO CESLAMLA CZepeeeeeseecsstsecesees 100 fenestra taelalczaeeessneeereeeees 33
mucosa Clk............. sooo. SY gemmea P GS
muscivorus Vinson. . 87 NOTAtiA AP serlocs ee ees ee 13
planissima L. K. » 124 pha Ken aleki esaanrcest caeqpangodsdcod3e03 133
pomatia WIk...... noe. {Se Selamat Maer 1
TEKOUERID, (CHELLIS scocoansenSocq00nG06 110 2 Heathens gerne oo
MEN © ZA eeee eee see te tome cee eee aes 105 | SALDICUS...+-.....ceescseeeeseeseeetteeeee cee 17
memorabilis Camb............. 105 TAUVORY ILO ccceranscsocacnsocsansenes 117
VENEER USberee secs deccemce ercecece neces 106 HUMAUMOSUS WIE Cleeeeesteretests 98
ae ae eae Bese seec: fe SPAD BRA stenoses eee onen eee 117
PIS TEDIS 18), ‘Skoodococccscoancco0500 7 F
aria ee “107 Ww Keel BE ceceriosouooncceaoandond loacco 118
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interemptor Camb...
semi-limbatus Hahn........... 107

sumptuosa C. K................5. 98

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