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-Clypeus narrower than eye space - - 3. 



- Clypeus wider than eye space - - 4. 



3. — Area of middle eyes almost square. 



Mandijpular fang (in the male) 



curved outwards Laches. 



Area of middle eyes longer than broad. 



Mandibular fang in both sexes simi- 

 lar and normal Storenosoma. 



4. — Clypeus at least not narrower than eye 



space. Area of middle eyes longer 



than broad. Mandibular fang in 



both sexes similar and normal - - Storena. 



STORENOSOMA, nov. gen. 



The genus differs from Lac/ies, Thor., in having the area of the 

 median eyes trapeziform and having the falx fang normal and 

 similar in both sexes. It differs from Storena in depth of clypeus 

 in lip, which is broader than long, truncate, slightly hollowed in 

 front, and maxillae perpendicular, not sloping over lip, which is 

 only half the length of the maxillae. 



Type S. lycosoides. 



Storenosoma lycosoides, nov. sp. (PI. XIV., Fig. 3). 



Cephalothorax, mandibles, palpi, sternum, lip and maxillae 

 bright brownish yellow, a brighter stripe passes down the median 

 line and a dark band round the margin of the thoracic part. It 

 is sparsely clothed with short whitey brown down-lying hairs. 

 The abdomen is a dirty dark grey-brown, with lighter spots on 

 back, the underside is paler, without pattern. Spinnerets pale 

 brown. 



The Cephalothorax is as long as the patella cum tibia of fourth 

 pair of legs. Rounded at sides of thoracic part and only slightly 

 narrower in front. The middle of the breast part is the highest 

 point of the median line, which curves thence forwards and 

 backwards. A short median sulcus reaches between second and 

 third pairs of legs. The clypeus is only the breadth of the 

 largest pair of eyes, but is increased by a grey membranous 



