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Fig. 29. — E. spinnipes, 



Rainb., Inner surface of 



falx. 





Fig. 30— E. sptn- 



Falces. — Ciincoloroiis with l<'^''s, jjori-ected, upper Kui'face and 

 outer aiig'les clothed with coai'se black 

 haifs or bristle.s ; these latter are much 

 the longest on the upper surface or angle 

 and apical extieniity ; on their inner side 

 each falx has iieai- the base and just be- 

 neath its upper angle a sei'ies of ad- 

 pressed spinelike bristles, while the entire 

 inner surface is moderatel}^ , ^ 

 clothed with long fine hairs 

 (fig. 29) ; outer and inner 

 angles of the furrow of each 

 falx armed with seven strong 

 teeth ; of these two rows 

 tliose upon the inner angle 

 ai-e the lai-gest and most extended, between 

 these I'ows there is an intermediate one having ?«>«. Rainb.. 

 fourteen teeth, and these are the smallest of dentiTion. 

 the series (fig. 30) ; teeth of rasteUum small and 

 distributed over three rows ; faiKjt^ l<'i'8') powerful, nearly 

 black. 



M((.ciJJir. — Reddish-brown, thickly clothed witli long liairs, 

 divergent, arclied, furnished with a few tooth-like spines at 

 base ; basal extremity curving round side of labium, and 

 terminating in a heel-like process (fig. 31). 



Lahiuiii. — Concolorous, similarly clothed, in length ratlier 

 exceeding width at base, coniform, 

 not furnished with tooth-like spines, 

 arched, and having a distinct though 

 narrow, sinuous, transvei'se groove 

 at base (fig. 31). 



Stern KUi. — Concolorous also, some- 

 what shield-shaped, arched, hairy ; 

 siyilhi four; of these the anterior 

 pair are small and marginal, wliile 

 the posterior pair are large, and 

 removed froTu their lespective mar- 

 gins (fig. 31). 



Ahdotneii. — Obovate, arched, over- 

 hanging base of cephalothorax ; upper 



Fig. i\.—E. spinnipes, Rainb., 



Maxillje. labium, sternum, and 



coxae. 



