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Ocular area longer than wide, the area formed by the anterior 

 median eyes of the posterior group and the frontal pair widest in 

 front and If times as long as its width behind ; frontal eyes large, 

 much larger than the anterior median eyes. Posterior row with its 

 posterior margin almost straight, the median eyes small, rotund, 

 slightly further from the lateral eyes than from one another ; the 

 posterior lateral eyes large, strongly reniform. 



Legs. Tibia of first leg equal to the metatarsus and tarsus in 

 length. 



Abdomen. Dorsal shield regularly oval (when seen from above), 

 its length about 1-J- times its width and about If times the median 

 length of the carapace ; its lower edge convex in outline, when seen 

 from the side, and quite entire behind and in front, the posterior 

 margin thickened ; surface of shield coarsely punctate, shiny, 

 glabrous (except at the margin, which is hairy). Vertical anterior 

 part of dorsal surface of abdomen not covered by the shield, the 

 uncovered part slightly exceeding half the shield in length. Pos- 

 terior scars on under side of abdomen obliquely transverse, broader 

 towards the sides of the body and with the posterior margins 

 sinuated in the middle. 



Labium with two rows of teeth at apex (7, 2). Coxa of pedipalps 

 toothed over the greater part of the under surface, the teeth very 

 minute posteriorly but larger at the anterior border, especially at 

 each end of the segment. 



Total length 16|- mm. ; length of carapace (measured across edge of 

 ocular area) 5f , width 5f ; length of abdominal shield 9i, width 6'8. 



GEN. PAEOMOSTOLA n.g. 



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Intermediate between Homostola Sim., and Hermacliastcs Poc., 

 agreeing with the former in having the fovea of the carapace strongly 

 procurved, the chelicerae provided with two w r ell-developed rows of 

 teeth below (the outer row reaching nearly to the distal end of the 

 groove and composed of 5 or 6 strong teeth), the inner (5-6) spines 

 of the rastellum very stout, strong, and ra-ther blunt, and the labium 

 less than twice as wide as long and narrowed a little in front. Pos- 

 terior sternal sagilla moderately large, about as large as in Homostola 

 but much more lateral, their distance apart slightly exceeding twice 

 their length and their distance from the lateral margin slightly less 

 than their length. Inferior claw of tarsi w r ell developed. 



Type. Paromostola abernetluji n. sp. 



