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their length more thau twice the height of the head in front. 

 Sternum distinctly longer than broad. Legs comparatively stout. 



Dimensions oi ty^ies. — Length of cephalothorax, d^, 6 mm.; ?, 

 7 mm. 



Length of abdomen, cf, 5 mm. ; ?, 6.5 mm. 



Length of first leg, (^,18 mm. ; ?, 20 mm. 



Length of second leg, cf, 17.3 mm. ; ?, 18 mm. 



Length of third leg, cf, 15 mm. ; $,17.5 mm. 



Length of fourth leg, d^, 21 mm. ; ?, 24.5 mm. 



The smallest mature ? has the following dimensions : Cephalo- 

 thorax, 5.6 ram.; abdomen, 6 mm.; first leg, 16 mm.; second 

 leg, 14.5 mm. ; third leg, 14 mm. ; fourth leg, 20 ram. 



Color in Life, dark ?. — Cephalothorax blackish-brown, with 

 paler brown hairs, these forming a broad median brown band 

 which becomes narrower posteriorly and extends from the eyes of 

 the second row to the posterior end of the thorax, at each side of 

 its posterior portion (on the posterior declivity of the thorax) a 

 large triangular black spot; all the hairs are short except those 

 between the eyes. Sternum nearly black, with brownish hairs. 

 Abdomen above buff-brown with no distinct pattern except a pair 

 of black spots at the anterior margin, and an indistinct blackish 

 line along the margins of the dorsum ; sides paler, yellowish-buff ; 

 venter rich buff with numerous small black spots, most abundant at 

 each lateral margin where they form an indistinct longitudinal 

 stripe. Epigynum black. Lung books yellowish. Chelicera, 

 labium and maxillce almost black with lighter tips. Legs ferrugi- 

 nous, the femora with buff annulations, and all joints spai-sely 

 covered with pale brownish hairs ; ventral surface of the tai-si and 

 metatarsi of the first and second pairs, and to less degree the meta- 

 tarsi of the third and fourth pairs, paler owing to scopulro of very 

 short, whitish hairs. Palpi colored like legs. 



Color in Alcohol, ??. — Cephalothorax light to dark brownish- 

 yellow, the median band pale orange. Sternum and coxk yellowish. 

 Abdomen above yellowish-brown, darker than the cephalo- 

 thorax, the black markings quite distinct; sides mottled yellow and 

 brown; venter brownish-yellow, a row of small brown spots on 

 either side, and in the middle either a dark area or a pair of rows 

 of small brown spots converging from the epigynum to the spin- 

 nerets. Epigynum dark-brown. Chelicera reddish-brown, max- 



