298 SPECIFIC DESCRIPTIONS OF 



The cephalothoraoD is oval, truncate, and about 

 equally broad at each end ; the ordinary grooves 

 and indentations are strong; besides the groove 

 which indicates its union with the thorax, the caput 

 has an indented or pinched-in appearance towards its 

 hinder part on each side. Except that this was 

 present in all the examples examined (ten) it might 

 have been taken to be accidental. 



The colour of the cephalothorax is dark brown 

 tinged with yellow, darkest on the sides of the caput, 

 which is divided longitudinally by a narrow, dull, 

 orange-yellow line, and lightest on the margins 

 towards the hinder part ; the thoracic fovea is curved, 

 but more deeply indented and the indentation is wider 

 at each end than in other species, the ends being a 

 little turned back : there is a single longitudinal row 

 of long erect bristles along the central line of the 

 caput, and a few more on the lower margin of the 

 clypeus. 



The eyes form a narrower oblong area than usual, 

 owing chiefly to their small size and to those of each 

 lateral pair being almost contiguous to each other, 

 separated only by an interval equal to that which 

 divides each hind-lateral from the hind-central nearest 

 to it. The hind-centrals are smallest of the eight, 

 and vary in form, being round, semilunar, or roughly 

 wedge-shaped, difFerhig at times in the same ex- 

 ample. The eye eminence is less elevated than in 

 most species, and this brings the fore-centrals nearer 

 to the straight line of the fore-laterals ; these last are 

 the largest of the eight. The height of the clypeus 

 exceeds half that of the facial space. 



The legs are short and strong; their relative length 



