34 NEW AND RARE BRITISH SPIDERS. 



area and a large patch from the occiput to the thoracic 

 indentation also blackish. 



Eyes in normal position, two transverse rows ; the anterior 

 row shortest. The posterior row looked at above and sideways is 

 slightly curved, the convexity of the curve directed backwards ; 

 the eyes of this row are of equal size ; the interval between the 

 central pair is more than one diameter (nearly i diameters) ; that 

 between each and the lateral eye next to it is scarcely a diameter. 

 The four central eyes form a quadrangle whose posterior side is 

 the longest and its anterior the shortest. The anterior row is very 

 nearly straight, its two central eyes are rather less than half a 

 diameter apart, and rather more than half a diameter from the 

 laterals. The fore-lateral eyes appear to be the largest of the 

 eight, and are not quite contiguous to the hind-laterals. 



Legs, moderate in length and strength ; 4, i, 2, 3, furnished 

 with hairs and a few bristles ; of the latter the most noticeable is 

 a long strongish one beneath the fore-extremity of the femora, 

 which are strong, especially towards the hinder end on the upper 

 side ; colour of the femora bright red-orange, the other joints 

 paler. 



Palpi, similar in colour to the tarsi and metatarsi of the legs ; 

 furnished with hairs and bristles, the latter stronger and more 

 numerous on the radial and digital joints than on the legs ; 

 several of these bristles are almost spines. 



Fakes, long and powerful, roundly convex and prominent 

 towards their base in front ; straight, perpendicular, of a yellow- 

 brown hue ; a few strong bristles in front. 



Maxilla:, short broad, inclined to the labium, obliquely 

 truncated at their extremity on the outer side, and rounded on the 

 inner margin at the upper part. 



Labium broader than high, somewhat semi-circular, or rounded 

 at the apex. 



Sternum, as broad as long, shield-shaped, slightly hollow- 

 truncate before, posterior end produced into a broad elongation ; 

 spreading out a little, in a slightly fish-tail form, between the 

 coxae of the fourth pair of legs ; colour dark blackish brown. 



