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side of the middle line which is widest behind and narrowing forward 

 is prolonged over the eyes of the corresponding side to the front margin 

 of the clj^peus, and in young specimens continues down the chelicerae of 

 the same side to near its distal end; these bands are covered with a 

 blackish pubescence with intermixed lighter yellowish hairs; between 

 these dark bands is a narrower yellowish-brown median band which is 

 much constricted between the last two rows of e3^es, but expands again 

 upon the face before reaching the margin of clypeus, this band clothed 

 with yellowish-gray pubescence, clear yellow in front; the sides of 

 cephalothorax below dark bands colored and clothed similarh^ to 

 median band with below a chocolate-colored submarginal line. Cheli- 

 cercB reddish brown covered with yellowish or grayish-yellow pubescence 

 at the distal end, within along the femora a fringe of longer hair of 

 somewhat rusty tinge. Labium reddish brown, clothed with a grayish 

 or tawny pubescence with intermixed longer, stiffer black hair. Ster- 

 num, endites and coxce of legs beneath light brown. Legs and palpi 

 light brown, the tarsi and metatarsi mostly darker, as also the tibiae 

 at distal ends; the femora with some rather faint longitudinal darker 

 lines clothed with tawny pubescence with intermixed hair of blackish 

 color, the longer ones of the latter pale on distal halves. Abdomen 

 with a broad blackish median band extending the entire length nar- 

 rowed from near middle towards each end, this band covered with 

 intermixed dark brown and blackish pubescence, the band indentated 

 with a brownish-yellow notch on each side in front of middle and 

 behind either with a series of similar indentations of yellow or enclosing 

 corresponding pairs of submarginal spots; each side of median band a 

 narrow broAvnish band appearing yellow because covered hy a dense 

 coat of yellowish pubescence; sides with tegument brown, sheathed 

 with lines of blackish-brown and yellowish pubescence above, paler 

 yellow with black spots below. Tegument of venter brown, densely 

 clothed with yellow pubescence and with small spots of black pubes- 

 cence, mostly arranged over one or two pairs of darker lines converging 

 toward the spinnerets. Spirmerets rather dark broAA'U. Epigynum 

 blackish. 



Smaller specimens are paler, and the venter may be without spots 

 and unmarked except for faint indications of the posteriorly converging 

 lines. 



Cephalothorax highest at third row of eyes, dorsal line in profile a 

 little depressed at front of median groove. Face high, two-thirds as 

 high as chelicerffi are long, in profile slightly convex and protrudes a 

 little above. Anterior row of eyes procurved, shorter than the second 



