o Rico, March. No. 21669, Dept. Inv. Zoology.
~Callilepsis grisea~ n. sp.
Cephalothorax reddish brown, clothed with white hair; black in
eye-region; mandibles reddish brown; legs yellowish, darker on anterior
tarsi and metatarsi, a dark band on middle of tibiae III and IV and these
metatarsi rather dark; sternum yellowish brown, darker on sides; abdomen
grayish white above and below, above with a median basal blackish
streak, a dark streak on each anterior pleuron and a dark streak each
side toward apex, and two blackish spots above spinnerets, latter
brownish. Cephalothorax narrow; eye-rows short and far apart; P. M. E.
slightly oval, about three diameters apart and much closer to the larger
P. S. E.; legs moderately long, very hairy or bristly, and with stout
spines especially on femora III and IV; tibiae I and II with three spines
beneath, one at base, one at middle, one at tip, metatarsi with basal
spine only; metatarsi and tarsi scopulate beneath; hind legs more
numerously spined; sternum once and a half longer than broad, pointed
behind, narrowed in front; abdomen fully twice as long as broad, sides
subparallel. Length 6.8 mm.
From 12-1/2 kilometers south of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, September. No.
21670, Dept. Inv. Zoology.
~Wulfila pretiosa~ n. sp.
Pale yellowish. Cephalothorax with a greenish stripe each side, a
greenish mark over groove, and two faint lines back from P. M. E.;
mandibles with a greenish vertical line in middle. Abdomen with dark
greenish or nearly blackish stripe each side reaching to middle, a spot
behind it, and a large median spot above spinnerets, four small dark
dots in mid-dorsum; legs with faint dark spots at bases of many spines
on femora and tibiae. Cephalothorax narrow in front, A. M. E. hardly more
than diameter apart; about as close to the very much larger A. S. E.
Posterior eye-row nearly straight, the eyes equal and as large as A. S.
E., P. M. E. about two diameters apart, and about as far from P. S. E.
Legs long and slender, first and fourth pair about equal, all with stout
spines on femora; tibiae and metatarsi I and II each with two pairs of
very long spines, none at tips. The black hair on tips of maxillae, lip
and mandibles is very prominent. Abdomen twice as long as broad. Length
4.5 mm.; leg I, 8 mm.
From San Carlos Est., Guantanamo, Cuba. October. No. 21671, Dept. Inv.
Zoology.
~Wulfila immaculata~ n. sp.
White or pale yellowish throughout, unmarked; the
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