272 Alexander Petrunkevitch, 



There seems to be little doubt as to the sex of this specimen, 

 although the shape and size of the abdomen is rather unusual and 

 more typical of recent females. Yet one can see two dark impres- 

 sions in front of the sternum, having more the appearance of the 

 palpal bulbs than of chelicene. The spider presents its ventral 



Figure ss.^Epcira indistincta n. sp. Specimen No. 14986 (122). x 5. 



surface and is very poorly preserved. It is the faintness of the 

 outline of its abdomen, which induced me to give to this species 

 the name indistincta. At first one sees only the darker area 

 behind the hind femora and the spinnerets. On careful examina- 

 tion however one notices the true shape especially since the 

 abdomen is clothed with very short brown hair which is more or 

 less plainly discernible under higher power. 



Total length 5.7 mm. The legs are very incompletely preserved 

 and cannot be measured satisfactorily. It is evident, however, 



