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Title: New West Indian Spiders
Bulletin of the AMNH, Vol. XXXIII, Art. XLI, pp. 639-642

Author: Nathan Banks

Release Date: September 5, 2010 [EBook #33650]

Language: English

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_New West Indian Spiders._

BY NATHAN BANKS.

BULLETIN OF THE
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY,
VOL. XXXIII, ART. XLI, pp. 639-642.

_New York, November 21, 1914._

[Transcriber's Note: Words surrounded by tildes, like ~this~ signifies
words in bold. Words surrounded by underscores, like _this_, signifies
words in italics.]

Article XLI.--NEW WEST INDIAN SPIDERS.

BY NATHAN BANKS.

The following new species were found in the course of an examination of
material in the American Museum of Natural History collected by Dr. F.
E. Lutz and Mr. Charles W. Leng in Cuba and by Dr. Lutz in Porto Rico.
The types are in that institution.

~Mecoloesthus signatus~ n. sp.

Cephalothorax pale, with black median mark, wider at head; sternum
reddish or yellowish. Abdomen pale, with a black median stripe, narrowed
near middle, not reaching anterior end where there is an oblique stripe,
and a basal spot each side, also an apical spot each side, and the basal
pleura show an oblique dark stripe. These marks are made up of small
spots, more or less connected. The venter shows a narrow, median black
stripe followed by a round spot, some distance before the spinnerets.
Femora reddish, blackish near tip, and a white band at extreme tip;
tibiae dark, with a broad, white band near tip; rest of legs paler. Eyes
in two groups, three each side (subequal in size) on a distinct
elevation; A. M. E. minute, close together, and as high as upper edge of
A. S. E. Abdomen elongate, cylindrical, spinnerets apical; legs very
long; vulval area corneous, yellow, concave behind, but little swollen.
Length; ceph. 1 mm.; abdomen 2.5 mm.; femur I, 12 mm.; femur IV, 10 mm.

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