VI; K3HNIDES ARANEIDES TUBITEL MM.K. 69 



1. Tll'AXU'.i \ IXOKNTA. 

 PI. 11, Fi<;x. I'll. :;i> ( 9). 



Cephalothorax oval, about halt' as long again as broad, largest a little 

 behind the middle, the tn>nt not produced but regularly rounded, the lateral 

 curJM> being slightly convex throughout its course, and thus showing no 

 line of separation l>et\ve.-n the cephalic and thoracic portions. Arrange- 

 ment of eyes not determinable. ('hcliceres stout. Palpi moderately stout, 

 equal, about as long as the cephalothorax, the terminal joint roimdlv pointed 

 at tip. Abdomen plump, subrotund, at least four or the times larger than 

 the cephalothorax, hem-' naore tliau twice as broad and fullv t \\ice as long 

 a- it, slightly more tapering at the base than at the apex, onlv half as long 

 auain as broad, and of a uniform tint, or possibly a little du>Uier along the 

 ruedio-dorsal portion. l,e--> moderately slender, short, suheipial, abun- 

 dantly furnished with hail's, which seem (conspicuously in one specimen, 

 No. l.'l.Vjn. less distinctly in otln-r- \ lie more abundant lateralh than 

 upon the upper surface, and armed with manv ver\ long and slender only 

 slightly diverging spines on all the legs, and especially on the femora and 

 tibia- of the two hinder pairs. All the specimens appear to be females. 



Length of body, !i.i;' ''; of ce[,haloth.ira\, 3.1""": abdomen, li.a 111 ; 



dth of cephalothorax, 2. 4 mm ; abdomen, 5.9; length of first pair of 

 legs, v ; second pair. T.C 1 : third pair. 7""": fourth pair, X.7. r /" m . 



The shape of the cephalothorax and abdomen sufficiently separate this 

 >pecies from the follouing. with which otherwise it agrees closely in general 

 appearance. 



Florissant. Four .. Nos. :'7!>- ; , Hi'ii:!, i;if)20, 14031. 



I*. TlTANCF.CA IIK.STKKXA. 



( Yphalothorax obp\ -riform, the cephalic portion a little produced and 

 tapering anteriorly less than the fully rounded thoracic part, and somewhat 

 truncate anteriorly, the front scarcely convex, the posterior border, well 

 rounded; the wide-t portion of the cephalothorax is in the middle of the 

 thoracic part or of the hinder two-thirds of the whole, and it is nearly half 

 as long again as broad. Arrangement of eyes not determinable. Cheli- 

 ceres stout. Palpi moderately stout, equal, a little shorter than the cepha- 

 lothorax, the apical joint roundly pointed at tip. Abdomen ovate, about 



