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area furnished with loiiy, coarse, black bristles, amongst 

 which ai'e interspei'sed a few short, coniform sjtines ; 

 sternum pyriform ; posterior sigilla moderate in size, and 



about twice their individual diameter from mai'gin 



li. hanrroffi, Mihi. 



Blakistonia BANCROFTI, Sp. UOV. 



(Fig. 14-15.) 



$ Cephalothorax, 9.6 mm. long, 7.8 mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 11.6 mm. long, 8.1 mm. broad. 



Ce]ih((lut]iort(.c. — Longer than broad ; smooth, shining, 

 brownish-yellow. Furs cep]ialicit high, depressed at rear of 

 posterior row of eyes, compressed at sides, sparingly clothed 

 with tine, short, silky pubescence ; ocnhir area nearly as long 

 as broad, almost black between the two median eyes, a cluster 

 of long black bristles between and below the eyes ; clypeus 

 pale, deep, sinuous. Pars ilioraclca rather lighter in colour 

 than cephalic segment, sparingly hairy, arclied, radial grooves 

 strongly defined ; thoracic fovea deep, sti'ongly procurved ; 

 ))iargiiial hand pale, broad, fringed with rather long, fine 

 yellowish hairs. 



Eyes. — In three rows, reading fi'om the front, of 2, 2, 4 ; 

 front eyes elliptical, separated from each other by a space 

 equal to twice the individual diameter of one of the median 

 eyes, or rather more than once their own individual diameter; 

 median eyes round and sepai-ated 

 from each other by a space equal to 

 once their own individual diameter ; 

 lateral eyes of rear row elliptical, 

 and separated from each other by a 

 space equal to rather more than four 

 times the diameter of one of the 

 median eyes ; inner eyes of posterior 

 row smallest of the series, round, and 

 each close to its outer lateral neigh- 

 bour, being removed thei-efi-om by 

 a space equal to nearly once their 

 own individual diametei', and two- 

 and-a-half times the diameter of a 



median eye ; the centres of the rear row are in a straight 

 line (fig. 14-). 



Fig. 14.—^. baucrofti, Rainb., 

 Eyes. 



