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Four central eyes nearly form a square ; fore-pair furthest 

 apart, dark, placed on prominent tubercles, hind-pair less than 

 their diameter apart ; laterals contiguous, seated obliquely on 

 moderate tubercles ; hind-laterals more than their diameter from 

 posterior median eyes ; fore-laterals close to anterior-centrals ; 

 side and hind intermediate eyes have a pearl-grey lustre. 



Leys slender, relative length 1, 4, 2, 3 = 9, 7, 6, 4-J mm. ; 

 clear pale-brown, dark annuli, furnished with black hairs and 

 fine erect bristles ; superior tarsal claws, 1st pair, moderately 

 strong and curved, seven comb-teeth pointing forwards, in- 

 creasing greatly in length and strength, apical teeth have form 

 of free end of claw, and are directed outwards ; inferior claw 

 smaller than superior, sharply bent, free and long and fine, one 

 strong tooth, point behind. 



Palpi slender, clear pale-brown, terminal joints reddish - 

 brown, digital joint furnished with strong black hairs ; palpal 

 claw has seven teeth, increasing in length, directed forwards. 



Faices slender, vertical, brownish-amber colour. 



Maxilla long, linear, obliquely truncated on outer side, 

 yellowish, inclined towards Up, which is broader than long, 

 obtuse, dark. 



Sternum cordate, brownish. 



Abdomen broad-oval, slightly cleft at base, very convex above, 

 pointed at spinners ; clothed with nearly erect light hairs, 

 ground colour brownish, mottled and marked with various tints 

 of brown, buff, and purple; a purple and brown lance-like mark 

 with buff margins extends more than half across median line, 

 on lateral margins are a series of oblique marks ; ventral surface 

 brownish-yellow, fine hairs. . Between branchial opercula extends 

 a transverse greenish-brown eminence, semicircular on anterior 

 side, in centre of eminence is a somewhat circular depression — 

 the genital organ; labia on posterior side terminate in two dark, 

 conical processes directed outwards. 



The male is only 3 mm. in length, does not differ essentially 

 in colouration or markings from female ; cephalothorax more 

 elongated ; abdomen slimmer, petiolum exposed. Only marked 

 difference in legs, little shorter. Palpi moderately long and 

 slender, straw-coloured, except two apical joints which have an 

 amber hue. Humeral joint long ; cubital and radial short, about 

 equal in length, furnished with bristles, latter joint cup-shaped ; 

 digital joint oviform, convex, and sparsely baked externally, 

 convexities directed towards each other ; palpal organs simple, 

 form a glossy, rugose lobe, partially truncated, with slight dark 

 indentation at about two-thirds of its length, tapering and 

 roundly pointed at apex; connected with darkish indentation, 

 and projecting slightly forwards, is a reddish margined membrane. 



{a.)— Dull light brownish-umber, bright colours absent, 

 specific marks brownish. 



