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eyes of this row are very close together, but not contiguous to 

 each other. 



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

 with hairs, bristles, and a few of a spinous nature. Colour like 

 that of the cephalothorax. 



Palpi like the legs in colour, the bristle at the fore extremity 

 of the cubital joint short, tapering. 



Fakes and maxilla similar to the cephalothorax in colour, 

 labium and sternum darker yellow-brown. 



Abdomen oval, dark brown, clothed, but not thickly, with 

 short hairs, genital aperture and process very characteristic. 

 An example of this spider was sent to me some years ago, 

 among others, from Balmoral by my cousin, the late Col. 

 Pickard, R.A. It agrees with the figure and description given 

 by Prof. Kulczynski (I.e. supra), and I believe it to be of the 

 same species. This is its first record in Great Britain. 



Tmeticus commodus, sp. n. PI. A, Figs. 9, 10, u. 



Adult female, length rather over \\ lines. 



Cephalothorax much longer than broad, oblong, rounded in 

 front ; lateral marginal impressions at caput distinct, but not 

 strong ; height of clypeus equal to half that of the facial space ; 

 colour yellow-brown, the normal grooves indicated by a darker 

 hue. 



Eyes sub-equal, width of ocular area from side to side at least 

 double the length (from back to front). Posterior row straight, 

 its eyes equally separated by rather more than an eye's diameter; 

 anterior row curved, the convexity of the curve directed forwards. 

 The fore-central eyes are smallest, but not very small, near 

 together, but not contiguous, and each is as widely separated 

 from its lateral eye as the eyes of the posterior row are from 

 each other. The four central eyes form a quadrangle, whose 

 anterior side is much the shortest. 



Legs rather short, slender, 4, i, 2, 3, furnished with coarse 

 hairs and bristles ; two longitudinal parallel rows of bristly hairs 



