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25. Cyrtophora viridipes, Dol. 

 Loc. — Panneata. 



26. Cyrtophora simoni, sp.nov. 



(Plate VII., figs. 4, 4a.) 



5. Cephalothorax 8-2 mm. long, 6-3 mm broad ; abdomen 

 14-9 mm. long, 8 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax convex, pale yellowish, hairy. Caput moderately 

 high, arched, truncated in front, clothed with silvery pubescence. 

 Clypeics broad, deeply indented at centre, radial grooves indis- 

 tinct. Marginal band narrow. 



Eyes black and disposed in three groups; of these, those com- 

 prising the median series are the largest; the anterior median 

 pair are separated from each other by a space equal to fully twice 

 their individual diameter; the posterior median pair are separated 

 from their anterior neighbours by a space equal to fully three 

 times their individual diameter, and from each other by about 

 twice their diameter; lateral eyes oblique, and contiguous, minute, 

 and separated from the median group by about five times their 

 individual diameter. 



Legs long, strong, tapering, yellow-brown, moderately hairy, 

 and armed with strong black spines ; tarsi black. Relative 

 lengths : 1 = 2, 4, 3. 



Palpi short, similar in colour and armature to legs. 



Falces long, yellowish, arched, divergent at apex; the margins 

 of the furrow of each falx are each armed with a row of four 

 teeth. 



MaxillcB short, broad, divergent, arched, furnished with long 

 black bristles, yellow-brown except at inner margins and apices, 

 which are pale yellowish. 



Labium concolorous, short, broad, arched, and rounded off at 

 apex. 



Sternum shield-shaped, arched, dark brown, but with a broad 

 median, longitudinal band of yellow, commencing in front, and 

 terminating near to posterior extremity; on each side there are 

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