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profile-line rises from thoracic junction at an angle of 30 \ 

 slopes some^Yllat steeply with a slight cun-e to edge of 

 occiput. 



Eyes small ; posterior row perceptibly recurved, median 

 pair separated by an interval visibly surpassing their dia- 

 meter, divided from laterals by their space and a half ; 

 anterior row recurved, centrals dark, black rings ; largest of 8 ; 

 removed from each other and hind-centrals by a distance 

 scarcely equal to twice an eye's breadth; rather more than 

 their space from side-eyes ; laterals have the lake tinge and 

 lake-brown rings of hind-centre eyes, placed obhquely on a 

 low tubercle, their radius apart. 



Legs fulvous, green tinge on thighs ; dark patch beneath 

 patellary joints of two first pahs ; somewhat obscure brown 

 annulations on metatarsi ; hairs light, sparse ; few light-yel- 

 lowish spines on femora, cluster of strong spines on inner side 

 of first pair ; spines moderately strong and numerous on other 

 joints ; superior tarsal claws — first pair, 9 open teeth, increas- 

 ing in length and strength ; inferior claw, 2 close teeth. 



Palpi pale brownish-yellow ; armature of legs ; moderately 

 slender, length of cephalothorax ; palpal claw moderately 

 curved, 6 open teeth. 



Falces shade paler than palpi, glossy, conical, gibbous in 

 front, stouter than femur of first leg, length equal to digital 

 joint of palpus. 



MaxillcB light -brown, green tinge, margins paler ; neai'ly 

 as broad as long, roundly pointed, inclined over labium, latter 

 organ shade darker ; wider than long, subtriiingular. 



Sternum fulvous, marbled with gi-eeu ; cordate, eminences 

 opposite coxae. 



Abdomen triangular-ovate, depressed above ; folium sub- 

 triaugutar, acutely-crenate ; two large, black, nearly contiguous 

 spots on humeral angles ; small black spot on either side of 

 petiole, which is broad, curves round base of abdomen, black, 

 white spot ; ground-pattern consists of a series of creamy- 

 coloured, purple-spotted, sinuous hues, converging upwards, 

 resolved more or less into coalescing spots, intersected by 

 piu'ple streaks ; lightly suffused with olive-brown ; folium suf- 

 fused with a deeper shade ; crenatures on posterior end brown- 

 black ; ventral field purple, sides brown ; shield quadrate, hght 

 olive-brown, border flecked. Vulva light greenish-brown, 

 passing into ohve-green on lateral margins, stylus yellowish 

 amber-colom', side-lobes glossy brown-black ; corpus vulvie 

 projects outwai'ds, rather wider than long, strongly convex, 

 transversely wrinlded ; scapus large,' about length of corpus, 

 transversely rugose, sides developed into two very remarkable 

 centrally-depressed discs, surpassing shaft of scape in length ; 

 deep sides of discs project outwards at an obtuse angle from 



