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(PI. ,viv.. Hit. 1-J : IM. .x.xii., li--. 71.) 



9. Cephal(>tliorM.\, 155 mm. long-, 125 mm. hioiul ; abdomen. 17S 

 mm. long, ir.S mm. bi-oad (PI. .\iv., fig. 12). 



l'ep}u(lit{lior<i.i\ — Obcivate, reddisli-biowii, .sliiuing, iiiieveii, sparingly 

 clothed with U)ng, fine, yeUowi.sli hairs. ['ui:< c.eiiliaUca high, arched, 

 ascending, sliglitly depressed behind ocular tubercle, sides steep, com- 

 pressed, segmental groove profound ; i>cnJiir urea broader than long, 

 raised, arched, fringed in Front with a cluster of stout bristles ; rhjitcns 

 hyaline, deep, sloping Forward, undulated. I'nr^ flinrnririi broad, arched, 

 sharply retreating rearwai'ds, {)osterior angle nai-row, radial grooves 

 distinct, lateral and posterior angles refle.ved ; fhornric fovea profound, 

 deep, well procurved ; iintrr/hud hund moderately broad, yellow, fi'inged 

 with long, black bristles. Eijex. — Compactly grouped, disti-ibnted over 

 two rows oF four each. Front row strongly procurved, I'ear row [)rocnived 

 in front, i-ecurved behind ; anterioi' laterals largest of the group, elliptical, 

 obliquely poised, ringed with black, close to edge of clypeus, and separated 

 From each other by a space equal to about thiee times their individual 

 diameter; median eyes round, each separated Fi'om its anterior lateial 

 neighbour by a s[)ace equal to about once its own individual diameter, and 

 again From each other by about the same distance ; rear laterals elliptical, 

 distinctly smaller than their anterior neighbouis, obliquely poised, ringed 

 with black; lear medians round, smallest of the group, widely separated, 

 each very close to but not touching its lateral neighbour (PI. xxii., fig. 71). 

 Legs. — Moderately long, very stiong, reddish-brown, well clothed with 

 hairs and long coarse bi-istles, but dis[>laj'ing naked areas ; tibiae, metatarsi 

 and tarsi i., ii., and iii. armed with short, strong black spines; tibia iv. 

 has five very weak spines ; metatarsus and tarsus iv. are armed with 

 short strong black spines ; metatarsi and tarsi i. and ii. scopulated ; 

 relative lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3. Palpi. — Long, very strong, similar in colour 

 and clothing to legs ; tibia and tarsus armed with short powerful spines ; 

 tai'sus scopulated. Falces. — Projected forward, concolorous with cephalo- 

 thorax, Avell clothed with shoi-t black hairs and stiff bristles, but 

 displaying naked areas; inner angle oF the furrow of each falx arjned 

 with eight strong teeth, and the outer with ten small ones; in addition 

 to these there is between these two rows an intei'mediate series of ten 

 minute teeth; raatellam consists of a large number of strong teeth 

 distributed over an extensive area ; fang long, shining, black. 'Sla.i'iUce. — 

 Reddish-brown, arched, well clothed with long coarse hairs, basal angle 

 well excavated, tei-minating in an obtusely pointed heel, and furnished 

 at its upper area with a rather dense cluster of spines; inner angle 

 Fi'inged with a reddish beard, and terminating obtusely at apex. Lahiion. — 

 Free, concolorous, shining, aiched, longer than broad, narrowei' at apex, 

 which is gently indented, moderately clothed with bristles and Fui'nished 

 with a few small spines. Stennim. — Broadly pyiiform, moderately 

 arched, concolorous with labium, sparingly hairy, terminating obtusely 

 between fourth pair of coxte ; xigilla lai'ge, the fii-st and second pairs 

 marginal, and the third seated well away from margin. Abdomen. — 

 Obovate, slightly overhanging base oF cephalothorax, arched, hairy, 



