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even comb-teeth ; inferior claw sharply curved, apex directed 

 outwards, 2 small teeth. 



Palpi slender, resemble legs in colour and armature ; palpal 

 claw long, rather sti'aight, 6 teeth. 



Falces vertical, somewhat conical, project at base in front, as 

 stout as femora of first pair of legs, divergent at apex, double 

 row of about 5 strong teeth ; yellowish, olive-green, yellow- 

 mottled oval streak on fore-part. 



Maxilla, rather longer than broad, spathulate, divergent, 

 yellow-brown. Labium oval, about as broad as long, less than 

 half length of maxilla ; dark-brown, apex yellowish. 



Sternum mahogany- brown, longer than broad, roundly 

 truncated in front, pointed posteriorly, eminences opposite 



C0X8B. 



Abdomen large, oblong-oval, dorsal surface and sides some- 

 what deplanate, base projects forwards, slope abrupt, projects 

 rather beyond spinners ; dorsal surface dull silver, specific 

 pattern varies in accuracy of outline in different examples ; 

 brown-black cruciate figure on fore-part intersects four rounded 

 mammiform eminences, two black dots in front, four behind 

 transverse bar, four anterior dots on eminences, base of cross 

 extends nearly to spinners, throwing off two oblique Hues, 

 which are directed backwards ; from dark bands along lateral 

 margins two blackish streaks converge towards spinners ; two 

 subulate marks extend from near spinners to posterior pair of 

 dots, apices directed forwards. Ventral surface, brown and 

 blackish streaks, two longitudinal golden lines or spots extend 

 from branchial opercula to spinners. Epigyne simple, semi- 

 circular, brownish-black eminence, slightly concave within. 



iVIrtZe.— Ceph. th., long, 2-8; broad, 2. Abd., long, 3-8; 

 broad, 2. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 26, 19, 15, 9-5 mm. 



Male does not differ essentially from female in coloration or 

 form, except that the legs are longer, abdomen shorter and 

 slimmer. 



Palpi, humeral joint slender, clear straw-colour, few black 

 hairs, and slender bristles ; nearly twice as long as cubital and 

 radial jomts together ; former article short, radial rather the 

 longest, base slender, projects a long bristle on fore-part ; two 

 latter joints clouded with olive-green ; digital joint nearly equal 

 in length to three former articles ; yellowish-brown ; oval, con- 

 vexities hairy, directed towards each other ; palpal organs 

 simple, bulb large, glossy light orange-brown, on outer face are 

 two brownish curved lines, integument of bulb hexagonally 

 veined, projecting from apex are two somewhat beak-like 

 membranous a,pophyses ; curving over bulb, at basal end, is 

 a short, siout, dark process. 



