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Show 1897.] MONS. E. SIMON ON THE SPIDERS OF ST. VINCENT. 877 Subfamilia SPARASSINAE. HETEROPODA REGIA Fabr. Heteropoda venatoria, auctores (nee L.). Espece repandue dans toutes les regions tropicales du monde ; sans doute introduite a St. Vincent. SPARASSUS SANCTI-VINCENTII, sp. nov. 2 . Long. 22 mm.-Cephalothorax paulo longior quam latior, rufescens, cervlno-puhescens, ad marginem postlcum paulo dllutlor, reglone frontall infuscata, parte cephalica vix distincte fusco-llneata. Oculi antlcl In llneam vix procurvam, Inter sc fere cequldlstantes (spatlls Interocularibus oculls circiter cequis), medll lateralibus paulo majores. Oculi postlcl in llneam levlter procurvam, anticis minores et Inter se subcequales, medll a lateralibus quam Inter se remotlores. Area quatuor mediorum subquadrata. Clypeus oculls anticis paulo angustlor. Abdomen late oblongum, postlce attenuatum, supra fuscum et sat longe cervino-pjubescens, antice maculis blnls magnls subtrlquetrls, deln maculis blnls longis subgeminatis, postlce maculis seriatls minoribus, vittam formantlbus, et utrinque maculis obllquls fulvls ornatum, subtus fulvum, utrinque fusco-punctatum et vitta media fusca, scepe confusa et antlce evanescenie, notatum. Chelce rohustce, nlgrce, marglne Inferlore sulci dentibus valldls trlnis clenteque ultimo parvo munlto. Partes oris nlgrce. Sternum fusco-rufescens, Iceve. Pedes ordlnarU longl, fusco-rufescentes, coxls dllutiorlbus. Plaga vulvce fulva, nltlda, subrotunda, strlis blnls profunclls, postice convergentlbus et aream medium longe et acute triquetram designantlbus, Impressa. 3 . Long. 17 mm.-A femina differt pedlbus graclliorlhus, anticis multo longioribus, metatarsis tarslsque longe scopulatls. Pedes-maxillares graciles et longl, rufescentes, versus extremltatem infuscati; patella fere duplo longiore quam latlore, parallel a, utrlnque unlaculeata ; tibia patella longiore et paulo gracillore, prope basin aculeis longlsslmls vertlcillatis munita, extus apophysi apicall parva nigra et recta armata; tarso tibia circiter cequilongo, vix latlore, longe fuslforml, pubescente. A S. antlguensl Keyserl., cui valde affinis et subsimilis est, pra3sertim differt structura genitali feininge et apophysi tibiali maris multo minore et recta. PSEUDOSPARIANTHIS RAVIDUS, sp. UOV. 2 . Long. 7 mm.-Cephalothorax ovatus, postice convexus, antlce longe declivls et attenuatus, stria thoracica tenul et longa munltus, rufescens, tenulsslme nlgro-marginatus, parte cephalica scepe confuse fusco-retlculata. Oculi antici In llneam sat procurvam, Inter se fere cequldlstantes, medll lateralibus majores. Oculi postlcl anticis minores, In lineam procurvam, inter se latius et fere ceque separatl, medll lateralibus (levlter promlnulls) paulo minores. Area mediorum latior quam longior et antlce quam |