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."vw n w | v . i nedian line. 1 ":'. - ' k ext< 



11 the upper margin, th e< urths of the \\.".\ down on the 

 cephalothorax, rh< dark en is also covered with 



yellow hairs. Hiese yellow hairs gave a gra} sh appeal ice to the 

 body, rhe coxa oi th< legs and the palp-. w< t da ? brown, the 

 trochanter light brown, the femur dark brown: the tibia 



sus and tarsus a light yellow with upper margin ot each with a 

 dark brown band. Hie legs were covered with light yellow ha s 

 The brown spinnerets were < ered with dark ha s 



rhe young wh< - em< ged ty g i] brown in the 



egs, palpi and cephalothorax; th( nen was a clear yellow 



broM " v\ ith distinct black gi . i e apex rhe 



the legs id palpi were dark brown Some oi the sp 

 igs kept this same < ig pattern for a month, simply grow- 



ig in size Others in th< same »d kept this same color 



pattern for two weeks and then changed. At this time the legs 

 h . ime a clear I .. w n, the tarsus . so ot the same < 



the cephalothorax was the sam< i own rhere were two 



cal grooves, le s< g the head from the thorax and 



at the joining of this grooA e another on< - i d to\* ard either - 

 at the base of the cephalothorax. The abdomen was th< - tm< clear 

 vellow brown, only at th< >as< e the upper mar- 



gin and on eith( side, small patches oi brown rtdicate< i start- 

 dult rhe b ( s gular pattern of the 



s des< ted was si tened to a d - >att< using 



the ( the rest oi the abdomen, 1: was not until the sp 



was tour months old that there was am greal ch ig< rom this 

 only of course, the general growth ot bod} 1". i i led 



the same except that at each moult I was d irk< Vt the < id of 

 four is the humps had dev< sn oiobs rhe 



abdomen and cephalotho \ ... ne like the adult < 



- had not taken on the gra) coloring oi the adult. Hie] 

 were still a dirt} brown Vs both adult male and emal< 



ig >oth sexes o the yoi ig emained the sam< i colo 

 throi . e, the female being 1 ger in the last fe^ moults, 



Vs r i< the egg cases o i • were kepi i captivit] 



all the observat the young of this famih wee made I 



young collected. 



