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Order A R A N E ^. 



Family Ctenizidse. 



Genus CONOTHELE, ThorelL 



1. Conothele nigriceps^ sp. n. (PI. XIX. fig. 1.) 



$ . — Colour. Carapace and mandibles black ; anterior legs 

 and palpi blackish brown, with the tarsi yellow ; tibia of 

 palp, distal end of protarsus of first leg and protarsus of second 

 yellow ; third leg rather paler than the second, fourth paler 

 than the third ; sternum and coxfe quite pale yellow ; lower 

 side of abdomen pale grey, dorsal side dark ashy grey. 



Carapace subcircular, rugose throughout, swollen and 

 elevated between the fovea and ocular tubercle, area ja?t 

 behind the tubercle depressed ; tubercle large, wider than 

 long ; anterior median eyes the largest, close together, anterior 

 laterals close to the edge of the clypeus, anterior line pro- 

 curved, posterior line almost straight ; carapace longer than 

 patella, tibia, and tarsus of palp, slightly longer than patella 

 and tibia of fourth leg, equal to those of first, and just about 

 equal to tibia, protarsus, and tarsus of third leg. 



Mandible with fang-groove armed below with five inner 

 teeth and ten outer ; labium with a row of four spinules and 

 a few more behind ; maxlllm sparsely spinulose basally and 

 below. 



Palp slender, scarcely projecting beyond the tip of the 

 patella of the first leg ; tibia longer than patella, slightly 

 narrowed distally, four times as long as wide, furnished with 

 long hairs below ; tarsus short, oval, a little longer than wide, 

 bulb elliptical, spine slender, slightly curved, thicker at the 

 base, filiform at the tip. 



Legs slender, 4, 1, 2, 3 ; femur of first armed internally 

 with an irregular series of short spines ; patella also with an 

 internal series and several spines below ; tibia thickly spined 

 below, especially externally ; protarsus with a double external 

 row and a single internal row beneath; tarsus spiny externally : 

 tibia, protarsus, and tarsus of second leg spiny externally, 

 patella with one external spine, tibia and protarsus with 

 one internal spine, tarsus with one or two internal spines : 

 patella of third leg spiny anteriorly, tibia spiny along its 

 distal margin above ; protarsus with about three superior 

 distal spines and many setiform spines below, tibia with 

 a few inferior setiform spines, tarsus with some spinules 

 in front and behind : tibia of fourth leg with a few spinules in 

 front and below, protarsus and tarsus with many spinules 



