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three spines, two long and one short in front. On tibiae III. 

 and IV. are two spines 1.1. above. The metatarsal joint of 

 the fourth pair is distinctly shorter than patella cum tibia. 



Venator fuscus, nov. sp. (PL XVII., Fig 3). 



Female. — Cephalothorax black-brown on the sides and front, 

 dark reddish brown along the median stripe ; a band of rather 

 thick, down-lying, pale yellow hair round the margin, on the 

 median stripe, round the eyes and on clypeus ; thinly-spread 

 white and black hairs and black bristles on remainder. 



The mandibles are black-brown, with yellow-brown hair on the 

 upper half ; thin, black, upstanding bristles all over ; and a thick 

 bush of black and grey hair covering the outer falx edge. The 

 fangs are a rich shiny black, paling to reddish brown near the 

 point. Maxillae, lip and sternum are black-brown, with long, 

 upstanding black hair and bristles ; fringe on edge of maxillae 

 grey-brown. The upper surface of abdomen, sides and under- 

 neath black, with short, thick, dark grey hair and black bristles. 

 On underneath two longitudinal stripes of thick yellowish white 

 hair, reaching from the pulmonary fold two-thirds of the distance 

 to the spinnerets. 



The legs and palpi are reddish brown on coxae, darkening 

 towards the extremities, with dark grey down-lying hairs, black 

 bristles, and black-brown spines. 



The Male is paler, but rather brighter coloured. The longitu- 

 dinal median stripe on the back is yellow haired, and there is a 

 similar coloured band round the sides of the abdomen. 



The Cephalothorax is one-third longer than its width between 

 second and third pairs of legs, and clearly longer than patella 



