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Total length of female about 12 mm., of male about 9 mm. ; 

 carapace about 3 mm. long 'm the female and about 2*5 in the 

 male. 



Both lines of eyes are distinctly recurved, the posterior more 

 so than the anterior ; the small anterior laterals are situated very 

 near the posterior laterals. 



The chelicerae are long and strongly divaricate in both sexes, 

 but are much stouter in the female than in the male. In the 

 female the first two dorsal teeth are short and stout and situated 

 near together a little behind the base of the fang ; the next two 

 are larger and more widely separated, the remaining four in des- 

 cending series. The first four ventral teeth are large and widely 



Text-fig. 6. 



Tctrugnatha viridoruja, chelicerae from above. 

 a. — Female b. — Male. 



separated, the rest smaller, the first is situated at the base of 

 the fang, and the first two are larger than the second two. The 

 fang is unarmed. 



The subapical spine of the male is short, broad and obliquely 

 truncate. The first ventral tooth is minute, situated at the base of 

 the fang ; the first dorsal and second ventral are very large, situated 

 a little further back, the former slightly in front of the latter ; 

 remaining teeth small. The fang is very long and slender with a 

 distinct, broad, and more or less truncate tooth on the inner side 

 of the basal bend. 



Tctragnatha viridorufa, Oravely. 



Fig. 6a, b. 



Localities. — Ernakulam, Cochin State; Villi vaukam, Chingle- 

 put District; Barkuda Island, Ganjam District and Balugaon, 



