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The Maxillae are upright, sloping on the inner margin and 

 transversely arched on the upper and lower parts with a well- 

 marked depression between. The Lip is half the length of the 

 maxillae, as long as broad, truncate in front, the widest part 

 springing from a neck and thence gradually narrowing anteriorly. 



The Sternum is cordate, straight in front, slightly arched, and 

 sparsely covered with fine upstanding hairs. On the outer 

 margin are slightly marked depressions between the coxae. 



The Abdoinefi is broadest near the front end, which is very 

 straight, sides slightly rounded, and narrowing to a point at the 

 rear. It is clothed with fine, close, lying hair of medium length. 

 The spinnerets are of medium length, cylindrical, truncate, with 

 very short hemispherical second joint. The inferior pair are 

 larger in diameter and nearer together than the superior, which 

 are rather the longer. The intermediate pair are close together, 

 fine and short. 



The Legs are rather thickly covered with fine, upstanding hair, 

 not very stout, spines on the femur tibia and metatarsus of all 

 legs. The two tarsal claws are very fine. On the metatarsus 

 and tarsus of all pairs is a scopula and claw tufts on third and 

 fourth. On femur of third and fourth pairs, above, the spines 

 are 1.1. Tibiae III. and IV. have no spine above. 



One female only, from IMacedon. 



Legs 



By M. Simon's synopsis of sub families [loc. cit., p. 341) to 

 come into Drassodinae, to which it certainly should belong, the 

 inferior mamillae ought to be widely separated and longer than 

 the superior. In this specimen they are well separated, but 

 shorter than the superior and nearer together. The eyes are like 

 Leptodrassus, but the posterior row is distinctly longer than the 

 anterior, and the laminae are strongly impressed. The eye area 



