Siinopsift (1rs Prodiilnm'ulnc 329 



« 9 Long. 2,12; côpIialotU. Lo9 (largeur 1,00); paltcs : IV = o,3Ô 

 111= 3,81 ('). » 



« Tlie céphalothorax is oval, con\'ex, glossy, pointed in front, and 

 ^\ithout an indentation in tlie medial line : the lalces are short, coni- 

 cal, vertical, and somcwhal divergent at the extremity : the maxillae 

 are enlarged and convcx at the base, rounded at the extremity, and 

 ciirved towards the lip, which is triangular; and the sternum is oval, 

 with minute eminences on the sides, opposite to the legs : the legs 

 are moderately long, and provided with hairs and fine spines; the 

 îourth pair is the longest, then the first and the third pair is the shor- 

 test; each tarsus is lerminaled by two curved, pectinated claws, and 

 below them there is a small scopula. Thèse parts, with the palpi, 

 which are inserted near the middle of the outer side of the maxillae, 

 are of a dull yellow^ colour, the sternum, which has some long dark- 

 brown hairs on its margin, beingthe palest. The abdomen isoviform, 

 convex above, and projecls a littlc over the base of the céphalotho- 

 rax; it is clothed with short hairs, and the upper part is of a pale red 

 colour; the under part as a yellowish-white hue, faintly tinged with 

 red; the sexual organs, which are nol hightly developed, are of a 

 pale red-brown colour; the spinners hâve a pale yellowish-brown 

 hue. and the two inferior ones arc terminaled by long soot-coloured 

 papillae. The eyes are closely grouped on tho anlerior part of the 

 céphalothorax; four form a straight transversc row immediatcly above 

 the frontal margin, which is fringcd with long hairs, the two inter- 

 mcdiate ones being the largcst of th(^ eight; the oder four are placod 

 in pairs directed obliquely inwards, behind each latéral eyc of the 

 front row; the three latéral eyes are near to each other, and form a 

 short shightly curved line whose convexily is directed outwards, and 

 the posterior eye of each has an oval ligure. » 



« An adult female of this species was taken in a liouse among spé- 

 cimens of fossils. It appcars tobe most nearly allied to the Ewjo ama- 

 ranthina of M. Lucas, but diiïers from it in various parliculars. » 



Habitat : ile de Madrre. 



Cette description, indiquant la disposition du groupe oculaire trian- 

 gulaire et les lilicres inférieures à longues fusules, ne peut s'appliquer 

 qu'à un Prodidomidc. Un seul des caractères fournis, « pectinated 

 claws », infirmerait cette assertion, mais l'ensemble de toutes les 



(1) Les dimensions indiquées en fractions de pouces, sont réduites en inilli- 

 métres. 



