BY W. J. RAINBOW. 491 



Family THOMISID^. 



Subfamily STEPHANOPSIN^. 



Genus S t e p h A N o P s i s, O. P. Cambr. 



Stephanopsis obtusiprons, sp.nov. 



(Plate xviii., figs 3, 3a, ?)b.) 



9. Cephalothorax 4'1 mm. long. 3-5 mm. broad ; abdomen 

 5-9 mm. long, 5-3 mm. broad. 



Cephahtho7'ax longer than broad, yellowish-brown, coarsely 

 rugose. Pars cephalica sloping gentl}'- forwards and upwards 

 until near the ocular eminence, where it makes a slight descent, 

 and from whence it rises almost perpendicularly, thereb}'- causing 

 a deep and sharpl}'- defined groove at the base of the latter; sides 

 gently rounded ; surface coarsely granulated and rugose ; the 

 ocular tubercular eminence is not so high as in altifrons (O. P. 

 Cambr.) or aspera (mihi); the summit is rounded off and obtuse, 

 and the sides and front are somewhat precipitous. Pcwa tlioracica 

 broad, gently arched, coarsel}' rugose and granulated ; radial 

 grooves unevenly directed. 



Eyes arranged in a ring or corona around the ocular tubercular 

 eminence; the four seated at the rear form a slightly curved 

 series — the curvature directed downwards; they are of equal size 

 and equidistant; in front the two lower eyes are minute, and are 

 separated from each other by a space equal to rather more than once 

 their individual diameter, whilst the upper pair are not only widely 

 separated from each other, but are much the largest of the group. 



Legs yellowish-brown, coarsely granulated and rugose; each is 

 armed with short strong spines, and thickly clothed with short 

 fine hairs. Relative lengths: 1, 2, 4, 3; the first and second 

 pairs are much the longestand strongest, and of nearly equal length. 



Palpi short, similar in colour, clothing and armature to legs. 



Falces concolorous, hairy, apices divergent. 



Maxillce concolorous also, glabrous, punctated, apices inclining 

 inwards, thickly fringed with long yellowish hairs, surfaces 

 furnished sparingly with long hairs. 



Labium dark brown, broad, slightly arched, apex narrow and 

 obtusely pointed; a few hairs scattered over its surface, 



