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the carapace and two rows of eyes are somewhat strongly recurved. 

 The ocular quadrangle is practically square ; the anterior laterals 

 are small and are situated very near to the posterior laterals. 



The clielicerae of the female are slender, but are rather small 

 and not very strongly divaricate. All the teeth are small and the 

 first of each row is situated at the base of the fang with the 

 second far behind, especially dorsally, as in T geniculata. The 

 second dorsal is opposite the fifth or sixth ventral. The fang of 

 the f(!male is somewhat geniculate, much swollen about the mid- 

 dle, where it bears dorsallj' a stout and more or less rectangular 

 tooth. The chelicerae of the male are longer and more strongly 

 divaricate than are those of the female. The subapical spine is 



Text-fig. 4. 



u. — Tetragiiatlia cochinensis 9, clielicera from abo\-e. 



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c. — Tetragiiatlia listen' 

 d.— 



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very slender distally, with truncate apex. The first dorsal tooth is 

 larger than the first ventral, which is minute ; the latter is situat- 

 ed at, and the former slightly behind, the base of the fang. The 

 second tooth of each row is much the largest, the ventral anterior 

 CO the dor.sal. The remaining teeth of both rows are arranged in 

 descending series. The fang is slender and unarmed. 



Tetragnatha liste.ri, sp. nov. 



Figs. 46-, d. 



Localities. — Peradeniya, Ceylon; Ernakulam and Chalakudi, 

 Cochin State; Nara Ghat, ."v epal ; Singla, 1500 ft., Pashok, 3500 



