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of eyes is two-fifths wider than long, wider behind than in front 
and occupies about two-sevenths of the cephalothorax. ‘The first 
row of eyes is a little bent downward and is recurved. The 
2nd row is nearer the first than the 3rd row. ‘The dorsal eyes are 
of about the same size as the anterior lateral. The pedicle is very 
long indeed, more than 2 mm. in length, the longest I have seen so 
far in these spiders; it is biarticulate. The falces are short and 
stout and a little oblique. The sternum is long and narrow and 
the lip is longer than wide. The abdomen is long and oval ard 
has a constriction in the anterior third. The structure of the 
epigynum is shown in pl. xxxil, fig. 9. 
Colour.—The cephalic part is of a deep blue colour ; in strong 
light it gives a metallic, burnished lustre. The thoracic part, the 
pedicle and the falces are medium brown. The palps are also of a 
shining blue colour. The abdomen is darkish, olivaceous or dull 
black behind the constriction; anteriorly it is greyish-white. 
There are white hairs on the clypeus and also in the constriction 
between the cephalic and the thoracic parts. There are two white 
oblique bands, one on each side of the abdomen, running behind 
and from the abdominal constriction; they meet dorsally on the 
constriction. The last two legs are dark brown, but the Ist two 
are pale white in colour. The patella and tibia of the Ist leg 
and the trochanter, femur, patella and tibia of the 2nd leg are 
black-lined anteriorly. The tibia of the 1st leg bears 2 rows of 
4 spines and that of the 2nd leg bears 2 rows of 3 spines on its 
under surface. 
This species is allied to M. praelonga (—=Synemosyna prae- 
longa), Thorell (Ann. Mus. Genova, XXX, p. 64, 1890) from which 
it is easily distinguished by the depression and convexity of the 
cephalic part, the great length of the pedicle and also by the 
colour. 
List OF LITERATURE. 
Simon, E. .. Histoire Naturelle des Avaignées, vol. 
II, Paris, 1897, pp. 496—505 and 
866 — 867. 
2. Peckham, G. W. and 
HG: Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae, 
Occasional Papers of the Nat. Hist. 
Soc. Wisconsin, vol. II, No. 1, 1892. 
3. Peckham, G. W. and 
BE; G .. Spiders of the Homalattus Group of 
the Family Attidae, Occasional 
Papers of the Nat. Hist. Soc. Wiscon- 
sin, vol. II, No. 3, 1895, pp. 17I— 
172: 
4. Simon, E. .. Bull. Soc. Zool. de France, X, 1885, 
pp. 440—44I. 
5. Thorell, T. .. Abhandl. Senckenb. Naturf. Gesellsch. , 
1906. 
