BY W. J. RAINBOW. 475 



Eyes similar in disposition to those of the 9. 



Legs long, slender, and gradually tapering off ; yellow-brown in 

 colour with dark annulations ; their relative lengths 4, 1, 2, 3, the 

 difference between 4, 1, and 2, however, very slight; furnished with 

 short yellowish and black hairs, and armed like the ^ with long 

 black spines, similar in number and disposition. 



Paljn equal in length to the body, slender, and similar in colour 

 to the legs ; the copulatory organs prominent, highly developed and 

 complicated in structure, and armed on their sides with long and 

 strong spines. 



Falces yellow-brown, long, strong, broadest towards the middle, 

 and inclined outwards at the lower extremity ; furnished with 

 stroiigish yellow hairs, and a few long coarse black bristles ; and 

 in addition a row of short tooth-like spines on the margins of 

 the furrow of each falx, wherein the fang lies concealed when at 

 rest. 



MaxiUoi long, narrow at the base, broad towards the middle, 

 and slightly pointed at the apex ; yellow-brown, furnished with 

 coarse hairs or bx'istles, and inclined towards the labium. 



Labium similar in colour to maxillae, short, broad, quadrate, 

 slightly concave at apex. 



Sternum short, broad, somewhat heart-shaped, pale yellowish, 

 sparsely furnished with yellowish hairs. 



Abdomen obovate, slightly overlapping cephalothorax, base 

 somewhat truncated, moderately convex ; greyish in colour and 

 thickly covered with coarse hairs and long bristles. 



Ilab. — Jenblan Caves. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 

 Plate xii. 



Fig. 1. — Stephanopis aspera. 

 Fig. 2. — Profile view of spider. 



