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below. I have here selected it as the type of Simon’s genus EHriophora, but as 
E. ravilla is unknown to me, the characters have been taken from EL. purpurascens. 
3. 
Coxa i. with a hook and femur ii. with a groove; a tubercle above coxai. Coxa and femur of pedipalp 
with a coniform spur and chitinous ridge respectively. Tibia ii. incrassate, with six long spines beneath 
and two rows-of 5-6 spines on the inner side, the apical four spines of the lower series being much 
stouter and more specialized. Protarsus ii. with two specialized spines at the base on the inner side. 
Femora i. and ii. with a single series of ten or eleven, and iii. and iv. with a double series of five or six 
spines beneath. Patella of pedipalp bearing two apical spines. Tarsal sheath with a very large curved 
lamelliform unca at its base. 
Lateral eye-groups projecting forwards on a very distinct tubercle, well in advance of the anterior margin of 
the base of the mandible; central anterior eyes also very prominent. Posterior row of eyes recurved, 
anterior row distinctly recurved. Quadrangle narrower behind; posterior centrals one-fourth of a 
diameter apart ; anterior centrals much larger, one full diameter apart. Trochanter iv. with two spines. 
Palpal bulb with an enormous cymbium on the inner side, a less conspicuous clavis on the outer side with 
the apical lamella and an embolus. 
. Posterior central eyes half a diameter apart, much smaller than the anterior centrals, which are separated 
by one full diameter. Central quadrangle distinctly narrower behind, not longer than broad. Both rows 
recurved. Laterals one-eighth a diameter apart ; anterior laterals much larger, situated on a low rounded 
tubercle. Lower margin of fang-groove with three, the upper with four teeth. 
Legs not very spinose. Femur i. with a series of three, ii. with seven spines on the under inner side, and iii. 
A. 
B. 
A. 
with two or three spines beneath; iv. without spines. Protarsi i—iv. with stout spines beneath. 
Carapace not raised or convex behind the eyes. Sternum slightly longer than broad, Colulus present. 
Patelle i—iv. without an apical spine, but with a short fine bristle. Vulva having the scapus, atriolum, 
and lateral sclerites not fused into one piece, but the scapus more or less detached, and folded back at its 
base, where it is strongly transversely rugulose. Abdomen without shoulder- or other tubercles. 
Males. 
Trochanter of leg iv. alone with one or two spines on its anterior 
margin. Cymbium of palpus strongly geniculate on its basal 
half, projecting far beyond the margin of the tarsal sheath. 
Protarsus il. with two stout spines towards the base on the 
inner side . . . . . wee 1 » «6 6 « « purpurascens, O. P.-Cambr. 
Cymbium of 
palpus less strongly geniculate, not projecting beyond the margin 
of the tarsai sheath. Protarsus ii. without basal spines on the 
inner side . . . . 
Coxa as well as trochanter of leg iv. with spines. 
- . . edax, Blackw. 
Females. 
Abdomen without circular bosses (or blisters, sec. McCook) in the 
central dorsal line. 
1. Abdomen without central cusp posteriorly. Scapus of vulva 
without any carina; either flat or longitudinally grooved ; 
strongly recurved or folded back at the base. 
a. Scapus of vulva narrower at the base and much less deeply 
grooved transversely (corrugated). Apical half of the 
scapus with a broad longitudinal groove on the underside, 
its extreme apex bent upwards towards the abdomen. . . purpurascens. 
