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Aganippe kuaphiuuca,- sp. //or. 

 (PI. xxi., tigs. 38-42). 



$. CephalotliDiar, 7"2 mm. loug, 6.S mm. broad ; abdomeu, 7"2 mm. 

 long, -i'S mm. broad. 



Cephalothora.c. — Oborate, uneven, dark browu, sparingly clothed witli 

 short, fine downy hairs, and rather strongly so with short, black setae. 

 Pars cephulica raised, narrow and truncated in front, fringed lateraly with 

 short, stiff, black setee, segmental groove distinct ; ocular area raised, 

 arched, rather longer than broad, nearly black ; chjpeas undulated, hyaline. 

 Pars thoracica arched, broad, radial grooves distinct ; thoracic fovea deep, 

 straight; marginal hand fringed with strong black setse. Eyes Distrib- 

 uted over thiee rows of 2, 2, 4 ; those of the front row are about one and 

 a half their individual diameter apart, and touch the edge of the clypeus ; 

 those of the second row are distinctly larger than their anterior neighbours, 

 from which latter they are sepai-ated b^^ a space equal to about three 

 quarters that of their individual diameter; the posterior row is slightly 

 recurved, and arranged in pairs; of these the inner eyes are smaller than 

 their lateral neighbours, and do not touch them ; the eyes of the second 

 row, as alread}^ pointed out, are larger than those of tlie first, and the 

 latter are, again larger than the two laterals of the third row ; the inner 

 eyes of the latter are situated very close to those of the second row (PI. 

 xxi., fig. 38). Legs. — Long, tapering, concolourons with cephalothorax, 

 hairy, armed with moderately long spines, and thickly beset with black 

 spine-like setae; tibia i. furnished with an apophysis (PI. xxi., fig. 39) ; 

 metatarsi and tarsi i. and ii. scopulated ; relative lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3 ; 

 fourth pair strongest. Palpi. — Concolourons with legs, and similar to 

 them in colour and armature, short, robust ; tibia furnished with an 

 apopyhsis (PI. xxi., fig. 40) ; tibial joint small ; bulb red, rounded 

 shining, uneven ; stigma broad, twisted, spatulate, and terminating with, 

 a short, stiff, blunt style ; interior of spatula yellow (PI. xxi., fig. 41). 

 Falces. — Concolourons with cephalothoiax, short, not robust, moderately 

 projected forward, arched, hairy ; favg, reddish-brown, moderately long, 

 well curved. Maxilloi. — Long, divergent, arched, heel well rounded at 

 base, yellow, hairy, a few small spines on inner angle. Labium. — Concol- 

 ourons, normal, not spined. Sternum. — Yellow, pyriform, veiy moderately 

 arched, broadest between third pair of coxae, clothed with yellow hairs and 

 stiff black bristles ; posterior sigilla largest, situated at a point between 

 second and third coxae, subniai-ginal. Abdomen. — Ovate, slightly over- 

 hanging base of cephalothoi-ax ; superior surface dark biown (nearly 

 black), well arched, hairy, thickly beset with spine-like setae, and display- 

 ing near the middle two large and prominent, yellow lung spots ; sides 

 dark brown also, and similar to superior surface in clothing and armature ; 

 inferior surface yellow, and clothed with long dai'k hairs. Spinnerets. — 

 Yellow, hairy, superior pair sturdy, first joint longest, the third shortest 

 and dome shaped ; inferior pair very small, and separated from each other 

 by a space equal to about once their individual diameter. 



pa<^i8ovxosi needle-bearing ; in allusion to the creature's armature. 



