CALOMMATA. 



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Genus CALOMMATA. 



Calomrnata, Lucas, Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. vi, p. .'!7^, 1837. 



lVlecodon, Duleach. Vcrh. Nat. J "ereen Nederland Indie, v, no. 5, p. 5, 



1859. 

 Camptotarsus, Thoreti, Ann. Mtts. Genova, (2) v, p. 23, 1887. 



Eyes much less compact tban in Atypus, the anterior medians 

 situated on a high prominence, the rest forming a cluster on each 



Fig. 53.— A. Ventral view of ' cephalothoraxand 



abdomen of Calommata falvipes, J. 



a, basal segment of mandible ; 6, maxillary process ; c, coxa of palp ; d,eoxu. 



of 1st, c, of 4th leg;/, sternum with four pairs of muscular scars {sigiUa); 



g, posterior respiratory stigma ; /.genital aperture; A, posterior spinner with 



the two anterior pairs immediately in front of it. 



B. Lateral view of the same. 

 a, median, b, lateral eyes ; c. basal segment of mandible ; d, fang ; c, coxa 

 of palp; f, coxae of legs; g, anterior, i, posterior respiratory operculum; 

 k, genital aperture ; Jc, posterior spinner. 



side, remote from the anterior medians. Clypeus long and nearly 

 horizontal. Maxilla very long, slender, arched outwards from the 

 base. Labium transverse!)' oblong, impressed at the base. 

 Posterior spinners three-jointed. Posterior leys stouter than 

 anterior ; tarsi in the male slender and flexible. 



Type, C.fulvipes, Lucas. 



Distribution. Japan, Burma, Sunda Islands. 



130. Calommata truculentum, ThoreS, Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) v, 



p. 24, 1887 (Camptotarsus) ; .Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign. i, p. 199, 

 1892 (Calommata). 



S. Colour blacki.-h ; Legs, mandible, and ventral surface paler 

 than body. Carapace but little longer than patella and tibia of 



