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This species seems to be closeh' related to T. hasseUii, Thoreil, 

 whose chelicerae appear to be somewhat variable, but is distin- 

 guished from it by having the lateral eyes more instead of less 

 widely separated than the medians and by its longer and more 

 slender al^domen. 



Tetragnatha fletcheri, sp. nov. 

 Fig. 3«- 



Locality , — Shillong. 

 brigge Fletcher and Mr. 

 mm., carapace 3!- mm. 



Four females collected by Mr. T. Bain- 

 R. Senior White. Maximum length 1 1 



Text-fig. 3. 



a. — Tetragnatha fletcheri 9 , chelicera from above. 



b. — Tetragnatha geniculata 2, fang seen obliquely from in front below. 



c. — Tetragnatha mandibiilata var. bidentaia 9, anterior ventral teeth of 



fang-groove. 

 ci. — Tetragnatha mandibulata, s. sir. 9, chelicera from above. 

 e.— Tetragnatha mandibulata, s. str. >? , chelicera from above. 

 /". — Tetragnatha mandlbnlata var. bidentata ^ , subapical spine. 



The anterior and posterior rows of eyes are very slightly 

 recurved and as a rule approximately parallel, but the laterals appear 

 almost contiguous in some specimens. The anterior laterals are 

 somewhat smaller than the rest ; the anterior medians may be slight- 

 ly smaller than the posterior medians. The ocular quadrangle 

 is very slightly narrower in front than behind and about as long 

 as it is wide behind. 



The chelicerae are nearly as long as the carapace and strongly 

 divaricate. None of the teeth are very large. The first dorsal is 

 situated near the base of the fang; the second is smaller than 

 the first and situated about twice as far from the first as from 



