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is very slightly curved, and inclines a little upwards from the eyes 

 to the beginning of the hinder slope, which is abrupt and slightly 

 hollow. The surface of the cephalothorax is shining and (under a 

 lens) slightly rugose on the sides. On each side of the median 

 line, from the eyes to the hinder slope, is a somewhat curved 

 longitudinal line of minute tubercles, each bearing a short slender 

 bristle directed inwards. The colour of the cephalothorax is a 

 dull yellowish brown, rather darkest towards and on the lateral 

 margins. 



Eyes two ; in a transverse oval line, rather obliquely placed, of 

 moderate size, rather diaphanous, whitish, and separated by a 

 small but distinct interval. The height of the clypeus is less 

 than an eye's diameter. 



Fakes moderately strong, considerably convex towards their 

 base in front (where there are a few prominent bristles), and in 

 colour like the cephalothorax. 



Sternum pale yellow ; its surface is thinly covered with minute 

 tubercles, each bearing a fine bristle, and marked with six con- 

 verging indentations (see generic characters antea). 



Legs tolerably strong, of moderate and sub-equal length. The 

 femora and coxae are especially strong. They are of a pale yellow- 

 brown hue, clothed with fine and inconspicuous hairs only ; and 

 the tarsi end with a small supernumerary claw-joint. 



Palpi short, the cubital and radial joints are about equal in 

 length and strength ; the digital joint is very large, oval. Beneath 

 its anterior extremity is the palpal bulb, which is small and 

 scarcely defined. From this issue two long, strong, spiny processes 

 diverging at their anterior extremities. One of these processes is 

 sharp-pointed and both are yellow-brown, becoming blackish at 

 their anterior extremities. Figures alone, however, can give any 

 correct idea of their exact form. 



Abdomen, elongate-oval, connected with the cephalothorax by a 

 short chitinous pedicle. The dorsal scutum covers the whole or 

 nearly so of the upper side, and is rounded at its hinder 

 extremity. The ventral scutum reaches more or less nearly to the 

 spinners, and is also rounded there. A narrow chitinous collar 



