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ARANEIDEA, 
Small dorsal eyes nearer the anterior laterals. Posterior laterals 
Sternum a little longer than broad, rather wider behind. Legs 1, 
than one diameter of a coxa apart. Protarsi i. and ii. 
tibia i. and ii. with 2—2—2 spines beneath, 
tra spines on the inner side. Patellee i. and ii- 
than long, slightly wider in front. 
slightly larger than anterior laterals. 
38, 2, 4 (or 4, 2); coxa i. twice as long as coxa ii., more 
with 2—2 spines beneath, no small apical lateral spines ; 
one inner lateral spine towards the apex and sometimes ex 
without spines, iii. and iv. with 1—1 on each side, or sometimes 1 on the inner side only (A. longipalpis). 
Protarsi iii. with two rings of spines, iv. with an apical ring and two or three spines towards the base. 
Tibix iii. and iv. without small dorsal basal spines. Labium slightly longer than broad. Maxille dilated 
at the apex, more or less laterally produced. Central and posterior spinners more slender and longer 
than the anterior. Mandibles not much developed, elongate or divergent, with 5—5 or 6—6 teeth, 
Fang short, attenuate in the middle, compressed, dilate, scimitar-shaped in the apical half. 
Female. Eyes, sternum, and spinners as in the male. Mandibles with 2—6 or 6—5 teeth; fang normal, 
short, Coxe normal, subequal. Protarsi i. and ii. with 2—2 long spines, no apical ones; iii. and iv. 
with apical spines and also two or three towards the base. Tibie i. and ii. with 2—2—2 spines, and 
sometimes an inner lateral spine. Tibia iv. without small dorsal basal spines. Patelle i. and ii. without 
spines, iii. and iv. with one spine on the inner side. 
Males. 
A. Mandibles more or less convex above, without any long, stout, upper 
B. Mandibles concave above, with a long broad tooth at the inner apical 
i, 
inner apical marginal tooth, but with the margin produced, conical, 
bent outwardly, with its edge sometimes minutely serrate. Maxillz 
less dilate laterally at their apex. Patella of palpus equal to, or 
shorter than, the tibia. Clypeus without central white tuft of 
hairs. (Cephalic area clothed in front with a recumbent fringe 
of fiery-red or white hairs. Carapace deep brown, almost black on 
the clypeus, sides, and postero-thoracic region, with a longitudinal 
white spot on the thoracic stria and a reddish tuft behind the dorsal 
eyes. Abdomen pale olive-brown, with darker spots, and an 
anterior narrow transverse white cincture, a central dorsal posterior 
white line, and two longitudinal white lines on each side of the 
middle ; sides with two or more spots of white hairs. Legs i. and i1., 
except the basal three-fourths of the femur and often the terminal 
segments, deep brown; the others yellow, with dusky apical 
annulations.). . . . . ... . benignus, Peckh. 
upper angle, and a small sharp spine towards the outer apical angle, 
where the ridge of the concavity terminates. Patella of palpus longer 
than the tibia, sometimes nearly as long as the tibia and tarsus 
together. Maxille more strongly developed laterally at the apex. 
(Cephalic area clothed in front with a thick fringe of obliquely erect 
red hairs tipped with brown, recumbent only in the centre. Ground- 
colour of carapace unicolorous yellow, with a pure white tuft behind 
the dorsal eyes. Abdomen pale yellow, usually with four black dots 
more or less disconnected. Legs dull yellow-brown, often as in 
A. benignus. Clypeus with or without central white tuft of hairs.) 
Tarsus of palpus much shorter than the patella. Patella almost as 
long as the tibia and tarsus together ; tibia one-fourth longer 
