CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE OF PAPUAN ARACHNIDA — RAINBOW. 115 



Stephanopsis angulata. 



? . Cephalothorax, 3*9 mm. long, 3'5 mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 4'6 mm. lonp;, 4"2 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax dark brown, nearly as broad as long, arched, 

 granulated. Caput granulated, sloping forward, and terminating 

 in an obtuse tubercular eminence. Clypeus dark brown, broad, 

 arched, granulated, radial grooves moderately distinct ; at the 

 centre there is a small but prominent obtuse tubercle. Marginal 

 hand broad, granulated. 



Eyes arranged in two strongly procurved rows of four each ; of 

 those of the anterior row, the median eyes are much the smallest, 

 whilst the lateral eyes, and those constituting the posterior row 

 are of equal size. 



Legs long, strong, dark brown, granulated ; all are furnished 

 with tubercles, short hairs and spines ; but the spines on the 

 underside of the tibiae and metatarsi of the first and second pairs 

 are much the longest and strongest, and are directed forwards. 

 Relative lengths 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Palpi short, strong, similar in colour to legs, and densely clothed 

 with coarse hairs. 



Falces yellow-brown, cylindrical, clothed with short coarse hairs. 



Maxilloi dark brown, moderately long, converging inwards. 



Labium concolorous, short, broad, narrower at apex than base ; 

 apex fringed with coarse hairs. 



Sternum yellow, moderately arched, elliptical in outline, and 

 thickly clothed with short yellowish hairs. 



