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PSYCHE.
[April, iqoz
SOME NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF ATTIDAE FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
BY GEORGE W. PECKHAM ANT) ELIZABETH G. PECKHAM, MILWAUKEE, WIS. The cephalothorax is high, with the
sides sloping outward from the upper
surface and widening in a gentle curve
from front to back, the widest point being behind the dorsal eyes. The cephalic
part is inclined forward, and the thoracic rounds off rather steeply from the third row of eyes. The quadrangle occupies
from two-fifths to nearly one-half of die cephalothorax, is one-third wider than
long and is wider behind than in front.
The first row of eyes is straight or a little curved down, the eyes are large, the
middle being less than twice the size of the lateral and subtouching, while the
lateral are well separated from them.
The second row is equally distant from
the first and third or is a little nearer the first, and the third is narrower than the cephalothorax. The fakes are long,
strong, and vertical, and are bowed, with a compound tooth on the inferior margin. The males have a stiff ridge of hairs on the front face. The sternum is oblong
and truncated. The first coxac are sep-
a ium,
arated by about the width of the 1 b'
ivhi'".i i 1-qer than wide.
This genus is founded upon T. barhata
and includes a second species, T. hir~z~ta, both from South Africa.
TUSITALA BARBATA, sp. nov.
8. Length 6.5 mm. Legs 1432, about
equal in thickness. The first pair is plainly the longest but the others do not differ much in length.
The cephalolhorax is covered with a mix- ture of red, yellow and white hairs, the red predominating on the sides, and the white on the tipper surface. The clypeus is less than half as wide as the middle eyes of the first row, and is yellow with a few white hairs. The falccs are light brown, and have a remarkable ornament in the shape of a long ridge ot stilt hairs down the front face. These Iiaii-6 stand out slimy, but their tips curve inward to meet those of the opposite side in the middle line. Their color is snowy- white on the upper half and deep black on the lower. The palpus is slender with long joints, the tibia much exceeding the tarsus. The femur and tarsus are dark colored, the patella and tibia, pale. The legs are brown with daiker bars. The abdomen is covered with a mixture ot gray and brown hairs.
There is a while band aronnd the base, and the posterior doisurn has some indistinct while chevrons.
We have six males from Algoa Bay,
South Africa, sent to us by Dr. Braun.
3. Length 8 mrn. Legs I%+ first and
second a little the stoutest.
In our single specimen the cephalothorax is much darker than the abdomen, but both are rubbed quite biwc of markings excepting some long white hairs at the front end of the abdomen. The clypeus is as wide as the large



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eyes of. the first row, and is brown with long white hairs. The falces are long and strongly bowed, nppro~ichingeach other at the extremi- ties. They have ridges of stiff hairs, as in T. bar'bata, on the front faces, which are light brown in color and grow longer and thicker in the lower than in the upper half. The palpus is long and slender, the tibia being much longer than the tarsus. The
patella and tibia are much lighter in color than tlie Iennir and tarsus. The legs are brown, the first and second pairs being darker than the third and fourth.
We have one male from Zululand,
given to us by Rev. Henry C. McCook.
MOXCLOVA, gen. nov.
The ceplialothorax is long, with nearly
parallel sides, which narrow a little at tlie posterior end. It is moderately high at tlie third row of eyes, from which
point it slopes abruptly in both directions, but more steeply behind than in front.
The quadrangle of the eyes occupies
nearly half of the cephalothorax, is a
little wider behind than in front, and is one-third wider than long. The first
row is very slightly curved downward,
with the middle eyes subtouching and
less than twice as large as the lateral, which are a little separated from them.
The second row is about halfway be-
tween the first and the third.
The third
row is as wide as the cepl~alotl~orax.
The falces are vertical and parallel.
The sternum is oval, truncated in front, and narrows in front and behind.
The
first coxae are separated by the width of the labium, which is about as wide as
The type is a new species from South
Africa, M. braiinii.
MONCLOVA BRAUNII, sp. nov.
9. Length 7 mm. Legs $12, the third
and fourth plainly longer than the first and second.
The spider is covered with a mixture of
white, black, and bright rufns hairs, the dif- ferent colors predominating on different parts so as to form tlic markings. Thus the cephalic plate is bright rufus and the middle line on the thoracic part pure white, while the abdomen showb a white hand around the anterior end, and, on the posterior part of the dorsum, wide alternating transverse bands of rufus and black. These hands are not
parallel but run upward and forward from the sides. The clypeus has long white hairs, and these arc continued, rather sparsely, on to the falces. The legs are not conspicuous, being of a light brown color with darker rings and white hairs.
The light brown pal-
pus is covered with white hairs.
We have four females,
sent by Dr.
Braun, from Cape Colony.
UNIDENTATI.
JASODA, gen. nov.
The cephalothorax is high, with the
sides nearly vertical and not far from
parallel, although there is a slight swell- ing at the dorsal eyes, beyond which
there is a very gradual contraction to-
ward the posterior end. The cephalic
part is a little inclined forward and the thoracic rounds off directly behind the
dorsal eyes, falling more steeply after
the first half. The quadrangle of the
eyes occupies two-fifths of the cephalo- long.
thorax, is nearly twice as wide as long,



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and is a very little wider behind than in front. The first row is curved downward, the eyes being small, and all separated, the lateral by nearly their diameter from the middle. The middle eyes are less
than twice as large as the lateral. The
second row isa little nearer the first than the third, and the third is nearly as wide as the cephalothorax.
The falces are
vertical, long, heavy, and parallel, with a short fang. There is one conical tooth on the inferior margin.
The sternum is
oblong, narrowing in front and behind
and truncated in front. 'She first come
are separated by about the width of the
labium, which is longer than wide.
The eyes of this genus resemble those
of Eiiryattus and Sivzaetha, but these
genera belong respectively to the Pluri- dentati and the Fissidcntzati. Moreover
the joints of the palpus are differently formed and proportioned, being flattened, with the tibia much longer than the tar- sus, in Euryatllis and Simmtha.
The type is a new species from
Mashonaland.
JASODA WOOTIIT, sp. nov.
8. Length 7 mm. Legs 1~72, not slen-
der, nearly equal in thickness.
In our single specimen the cephalothorax and abdomen are both rubbed so that no idea. of the marking can be formed. The cephalo- thorax is dark, almost black, with violet re- iiections. The abdomen is also dark but not glistening, and shows some long white hairs at the anterior end and on the sides. There are some long' whitish hairs on the falces at the lower outer corner. The legs arc light brown with slender black spines. The palpi are covcred with white hairs.
We have one male sent to us by Mr.
Guy A. K. Marshall, from Mashonaland,
South Africa.
MEXCALA, gen. nov.
The cephalothorax is moderately high.
It widens out more below than above,
and is broader in the posterior part than in front. There is no marked difference
in the planes of the cephalic and thoracic parts. The cephalic part is flat, and
the thoracic falls from the dorsal eyes. The quadrangle of the eyes occupies a
little more than one-third of the cephalo- thorax, is one-sixth wider than long, and is equally wide in front and behind.
The anterior eyes are moderately large,
the middle being less than twice as large as the lateral, and form a slightly curved row. The middle eyes are subtouching,
with the lateral a little separated from them. The second row is halfway be-
tween the other two. The third row is
a little narrower than the cephalothorax. The falces are vertical and stout, with
a short fang, and have one conical tooth on the inferior margin. The ster~ium
is oval, and truncated in front. The
first coxae are separated by about the
width of the labium, which is longer than wide. The pedicle is not visible. There
are no constrictions. The abdomen is
narrow in front and then widens.
Mexcaliz is distinguished from the
other ant-like genera of this region by
having a single conical tooth on the
inferior margin of the falx.




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8. Length 8 mm. Legs 1132, almost
equal in stoutness, femoraslightly thickened. The ccphalothorax is dark colored with a few black hairs on the eye-region, and some tiny white scale-like hairs on the front of the falces, and the lower edge of the clypeus, which pass around a little way, onto the sides of the cephalic part. The legs and palpi are black. The abdomen in our specimen, is
rubbed, but seems to have been entirely cov- ered with golden-yellow hairs which shade to white on the venter.
We have one male from Cape Colony,
sent to us by Dr. Braun.
QUJXRTTIA, grn. nov.
The cephalothorax is rather low, and
is narrow in front, widening out behind
the third row of eyes and then contracting behind. The upper surface is flat and
almost entirely on the same plane, there being the gentlest possible rise from the two ends to the dorsal eyes. It is a little wider below than above. The quad-
rangle of the eyes is very slightly wider than long, is wider behind than in front, and occupies two-fifths of the cephalo-
thorax. The anterior eyes are snbtouch-
ing, in a straight row, the middle being twice as large as the lateral. The second row is muchnearerthe firstthan the third, and the third row is not quite so wide as the cepl~alothorax.
The falces are very
short, vertical and parallel with no tooth on the inferior margin. Thc sternum is
oval, truncated in front.
'I'he first coxae
are separated 11) a little moic than the width of the labium, which is as wide as long. The pedicle is not visible from
above.
The relative length of the legs
is 4E3, the first and second being short and much thickened, especially as to the femur and tibia.
The type species is
6.5 mm. long.
The short chubby front legs are
enough to distinguish Queke///cz from
others of the group. The type is our
Lepiorchestes georgii from Madagascar,
Ant-like Attidae, p. 5 2.
This genus is named for Mr. J. F.
Quekett, Curator of the Durban Mu-
seum, Natal, South Africa.
KIMA gen. nov.
The ccphalothorax is long, and has the
sides nearly parallel. The cephalic part is on a higher plane than the thoracic
which falls gently from the dorsal eyes. The upper surface is narrow, the sides
widening out a very little below. The
quadrangle of the eyes occupies two-
fifths of tlie ceplialolliorax, is nearly as long as wide, ;ind is equally wide in
front and behhd. The anterior eyes
are placed close together and form a
row that is a little curved downward, the middle eyes being about twice as large
as the lateral. The second row is much
nearer the first than the third. The
third row is nearly as wide as the cephalo- thorax. The falces are nearly horizontal, divergent and rather long, with a short
fang, and have no tooth on the inferior
margin. The sternum is narrow and ob-
long, and is truncated in front. The first coxae are separated by the width of the
labium, which is plainly longer than wide. There is a distinct pedicle. In the type



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species there is a constriction in the
middle of the abdomen.
This genus is distinguished from Que-
kettia by its more ant-like shape and by the abdominal constriction, as well as by the difference in the spines. Kima and
Quekeltia differ from Araqeus E. S.
which also has no tooth on the inferior
margin of the falx, by the shape of the
sternum, which in Araegens has a long
point in front.
KIMA AFKICANA, SO. nov.
A large, ant-like species, with long slender legs and a long pedicle.
8. Length 8 mm. J,egs 4132, fourth
mnch the longest.
We have but one specimen. The ccplialo-
thorax is without hairs, the color being dark reddish browxi, deepening to black on the cephalic plate. The fourth legs are black throughout their length, but the others, although blacknear the body, shade to brown at the extremities. They are equal in thiek- ness and are but scantily haired. The first leg has three pairs of spines under the tibia, and two pairs under the metatarsus. The
palpi are black. The rather high black
clypcus has a few short white hairs. The abdomen, which has a construction in the middle, is covered with rich golden yellow hairs, which sh;idc to white on the venter. The falces are reddish brown, and are flat- tened, with two teeth on the superior margin, at the distal end,
We have one male from Cape Colony,
sent to us by Dr. Biaun.
HYLLUS TRELEAVENII Sp. nOV.
9. Length 13 mm. Legs 3412.
In our specimen the cephalothorax is
rubbed almost bare, allowing the integument to be dark red on the sides and lighter above. There seem to have been many light yellow and reddish hsiirs on the sides and over the back. Around the eyes of the first row and on the clypeus are long reddish hairs, and white hairs with a yellow tinge cover the front faces of the fakes. The abdomen has a covering of short reddish-grav hairs with long white hairs scattered over it. Down the middle is a herringbone stripe of white, and a -white band around the base is continued on the sides to the nmklle point, \\here it ends in a conspicucnis somewhat triangular while spot,.
Further back, on each side, is a
crescent-shaped white spot.
The legs are all
hairy, especially the first pair, which has long black and white hairs below. Their general color is dark, but the metdtarsi and tarsi of the first legs, a& well as the distal ends of the metatarsi and the whole of the tarsi of the third and fourth, arc lighter colored.
We have a single female from Masho-
naland sent by Mr. Guy A. I<. Marshall.
We have named the species for Mr. F.
Treleaven of Cape Town.
Near CyZZobeZus cfiio~toyasfe~~ E. S. but smaller, and lacking the red hairs around the eyes, and red marks on the cephalothorax and abdomen.
9. Length 5 mm. Legs 4132, fourth
mnch the longest.
The cephalothorax is bronze-brown with a narrow white line running across the clypeus and entirely around the lower margin. The abdomen is bronze-brown with a large num- ber of symmetrically disposed snow white spots. The two largest are somewhat tri- angular in shape and are placed on each side of the middle of the dorsum. There are
smaller ones lower down on the sides, both before and behind these, and a single one just in front of the spinnerets. Six pairs of small white spots or lines extend from the



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base to just above the apex, over the middle of the dorsum. The underparts are of a dull silvery color. The falces are brown. The palpus is dark with a white spot on the
patella and one on the tarsus. (In chionog'aster the palpus is yellow with white spots). The legs are hrown, the first pair having white marks on the patella and tai-sus, and at the distal end of the tibia.
We have a single female sent to us by
Dr. Braun from Algoa Bay, South Africa.
8, Length 4.5. Legs I^, firs1 plainly
stoutest, with short fringe of hairs on under side of patella and tibia.
The cephalothorax is a little nider than long, and slants upward from the anterior eyes. The quadrangle is plainly wider be- hind than in front, is much wider than long, and occupies two-thirds of the cephalothorax, The anterior eyes form a straight row, and are close together, the middle being less than twice as large as the lateral. The second row is close to the first. The stei-nnm is widest in the middle, pointed behind, and truncated in front. The anterior come are separated by barely the 1s-idth of the labium, which is longer than wide. The falces arc &hurt, ver- tical and parallel.
The cephalothorax is dark with two white spots on the cephalic plate just in front of the dorsal eyes, and a curved white band on the front part. There is a white longitudinal line on the middle of the thoracic part, and a good riiany white hairs are seen on the sides. The abdomen is dai-lc, with six while dots forming a curved line around the anterior end, and a transverse line of white dots in front of the middle of the dorsum. Near
the posterior end is a large cent-ral white spot, from which a curved white line runs down on each side. There are some scattered white hairs on the clypens. The first leg is dark with a short dark fringe under the patellaand tibia, and a white spot at the distal end of the fe- mur. The other legs have white rings at the ends of the joints, and are dark colored, ex- cepting the tarsi and the proxinial halves of the metatarsi, which are light.
We have a single male from Cape
Town, sent by Dr. Brann.
NOTES.- Mr. William 1-1. Abh'mead's me-
moir on the Hjmei'ioptera Parasitic;! of the Hawaiian Islands occupies pages 277-364 of vol. I, part 3 of the Fauna H~nvitiiensis and is illustrated by two uncolored plates. There are sections entitled : General considerations, ~lassificatio~i of the Hjlnenoptera, Systeln- atic arrangement of the li;iv~~iian Hymen- optera, Distribution, Bibliographic, and Sys- tema.1.i~ acco~111'1 of the Hymenoptera ParnMt- ica, the last forming the greater part of the text.
, .
1 he descriptions are concise, yet sufficiently detailed ; a tabular separation of the species