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length, armed with only 2 short teeth projecting from beneath 

 fore-end, first tooth longest. 



MaxlUce fulvous, long, moderately enlarged forwards, ob- 

 tusely pointed, somewhat curved towards each other. 



Labium deeper tone, clouded ; length somewhat surpasses 

 width, subquadrate, emarginate, nearly one-half length of 

 maxillcE. 



Sternum fulvous, margins clouded ; broad-cordate, emi- 

 nences opposite coxaj. 



Abdomen elongate-oviform, lateral margins and posterior 

 third rugose ; light yellowish-brown, shading off to black- 

 brown at posterior end, dappled with pale flecks. 



Femina. — Ceph.-th., long, 5; broad, 3. Abd., long, 6; 

 broad, 3. Legs, 1, 4, 2-3 = 23-5, 20, 16 mm. 



Ceiihalothorax fulvous, median band shaded with dark- 

 brown, bifurcates at the red thoracic indentation, rapidly 

 compressed at posterior centre eyes ; marginal band broad, 

 similar shade ; almost glabrous; length equals tibia of a fourth 

 leg ; cephalic region quadrate, lateral index equals breadth of 

 hind-row of eyes ; height of chjpens exceeds diameter of a fore- 

 central eye ; thoracic part oval, indentation narrow, longi- 

 tudinal ; radial striae very perceptibly stronger than caput 

 grooves ; profile-line slopes slightly from hind-row of eyes, dips 

 posteriorly at an angle of about 40'\ 



Eijcs grey, on blackish oval spots, enclose an oval space ; 

 posterior row of moderate and about equal size, equidistant, 

 an eye's breadth apart ; centrals of anterior row smaller than 

 hind-pair, separated from each other by a space equal to 

 three-fourths their breadth, and from side-eyes by rather more 

 than an eve's diameter ; laterals posited on low blackish 

 tubercles, divided by an interval equalling two-thirds breadth 

 of the hind-eye; fore-eye oval, rather the largest of eight. 



Legs in colour and armature do not differ essentially from 

 male's ; second leg slightly exceeds the third in length ; supe- 

 rior tarsal claws — first jDair strong, moderately curved, 12 teeth 

 increasing in length and strength ; inferior claw stout, sharply 

 bent, 3 strong backward-curved teeth. 



Palpi fulvous, annulations evanescent ; few spines on all 

 joints ; palpal claw strong, 8 comb-teeth increasing in length, 

 directed forwards ; free end moderately curved, nearly one- 

 half length of claw. 



Falces yellowish-brown ; black hairs ; inclined forwards 

 and out-wards, conical; first half of profile arched; short, 

 tajiering (piano) process beneath angle of caput. 



Maxillce yellow-brown; black hairs; dilated forwards, 

 obtusely pointed, inclined towards each other. 



Labium greenish tinge ; oval, strongly emarginate. 



