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middle. The Lip is broader than long, less than half the length 

 of the maxillae ; truncate in front, narrowing from about the 

 middle of the sides to both front and rear. Both lip and maxillae 

 have broad upper and inner margins sloping to the edge. 



The Sternum is cordate, convex, with a short point at the rear, 

 not quite reaching between the rear coxae, which are one-fourth 

 of their width apart. It rises rather abruptly from a quite flat 

 margin, and thence curves slightly to the median line. 



The Abdomen is ovate, straight in front, rather pointed at the 

 rear end, rounded at the sides. 



The spinnerets are two-jointed, short and stout, the inferior and 

 superior pairs of equal length, the lower joints cylindrical, the 

 upper quite short and hemispherical. They almost touch one 

 another at the base, and a hard fold of membrane encloses the 

 whole group. 



The Legs are long, and fine at the extremities, the femoral joints 

 being flat at the sides, and curved outwards on the upper and 

 lower edges ; a double row of long upstanding spines on the under- 

 side of the tibial and metatarsal joints of all legs ; claw tufts on 

 all tarsi, but no scopula. 



Medmassa fusca, nov. sp. (PI, XVIL, Fig. 1.). 



Cephalothorax, brownish yellow, the colour darkening towards 

 the margin, and about the eyespace where it is dark brown. 

 White plumose hair in patches along the median line. Mandibles, 

 yellowish brown, with a few fine upstanding brown hairs ; fangs 

 reddish brown. Lip and sternum, dark brown ; maxillae, lighter, 

 with broad pale dingy yellow edging. Abdomen, black-brown 

 above, lighter brown below, with very fine down-lying simple hairs 

 pointing rearwards on the back, and patches of white plumose 



