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Maxillce moderately long, nearly straight, inclined towards 

 labium, which is longer than broad and romided at its apex. 



Falces long, strong, and inclined backwards towards labium. 



Cephalothorax and abdomen, together with the legs and 

 palpi, variously furnished with tubercles and tuberculate 

 spines, giving the spider a very singular and hirsute appear- 

 ance. 



Legs apparently laterigrade, relative length 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Stephanopis altifrons, n. sp. 



? . Adult ? Length 4 lines. 



Ceplicdotliorax broad behind and flattened, elongated and 

 narrowed towards the fore part ; caput elevated in a slojDing 

 direction forwards into a strong laterally rounded eminence, 

 the summit of which has a large tubercle on either side, end- 

 ing in a short bluntish spine ; several blimtish tuberculate 

 spines also in front and on sides of eminence. Clypeas promi- 

 nent, cleft ; each projection formed by the cleft is tuberculate, 

 and furnished with short bristly prominent spines. Tlie whole 

 surface of cephalotliorax rugulose, and more or less furnished 

 with tuberculate spines. Colour deep brown approaching to 

 black, mixed with bistre. Cly[3eus pale hoary yellow. 



Eyes forming a ring round upper part of frontal eminence ; 

 they are imequal in size, and may be described as in two 

 curved rows, of which the fore one is shortest and embraces 

 the fore half of the eminence, while the hinder one girds the 

 hinder half 5 those of hinder row are about equidistant from 

 each other, and do not differ much in size. Lateral eyes of 

 front row large, and largest of the eight ; middle ones smallest, 

 and very minute ; the eyes of this row are also about equi- 

 distant from each other. 



Legs moderately long ; relative length 1, 2, 4, 3 ; tliose of 

 first pair stronger than the rest ; all furnished with tubercles, 

 bristles, and short spines, and thinly clothed with short, pale, 

 sessile hairs ; tubercles most conspicuous on tibiaj, especially 

 on those of first and second pairs, whose tibiae and metatarsi 

 have two parallel rows of strong spines, directed forwards, on 

 their undersides. Colom- yellowish, mottled and suffused 

 irregularly with deep brown-black ; tarsi and metatarsi more 

 regularly banded with similar colom-s. 



Palpi moderate in length and strength, similar to tlie legs 

 in colour and armatm'e. 



Falces long and strong, similar in colom- to the legs, except 

 that their exti-emities are paler than the other portion ; they 

 are much inclined backwards towards the maxillae. 



MaxillcB moderately long, nearly straight, but much inclined 



