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stigmata are behind t: - :iieh correspond? 



: The third abdominal segm :he last abdominal 



- _ :aent there are often two or four light-coloured spots called 

 ommatoods,"' and considered by some authors _ .- : 



Laurie, : rhinks it more probable 



that their are olfac-tory in function. 



- ^ _ o-jointed carapace, and 



do not pc .:ne than : - The: is unjointed 



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In the Tarantulidae Phrynidae the whole I- > much 

 flattened and extended laterally, the undivided carapace being 

 ren]fbrm.and broader than k: _ The long non-chela te pedipalps 

 have their basal joints free and movable, and the: - . ral 



There are nine abdominal teigal pi ~ lasl 



three diminishing zapidlr in size, and the last plate "-ring 

 a bsnoa-Kt? terminal portion of the abdomen. The r 

 abdominal Tentral pla: > ". . _ - Thely- 



pbonidae, and the genital orifice and pulmonary stigmata are 

 in the same situation as in that group. The Tarantulidae h 

 glutinous glands in the first abdominal segment which are capable 



~- arming a few irregular threads. 



In the whole group paired circular depressions are conspicuous 

 dotsally on all the abdominal segmei - These indicare the 

 points of attachment of the dor- ~ral mv_- 



LLiernal Structure. The anatomy of the Pedipalpi has been 

 -idequately studied. Diseonnjected notes on various points 

 of stzucture have been published by various morphol _ - -ut 

 no complete investigation has yet been made of the internal 

 Tt - ;. \y due to the difficulty of obtaining 



material, and the bad state of preservation of the internal p. 

 ecimens as have been available for . - .-n. 



The following points have been made onr in the anatomy of 



The ahinentary canal commences aft- mouth with a 



ph vhk-h, though not dilated, is furnished - eking 



[1 then narrows into an oesophagus which pa~- -- 



through the nerve-mass, and afterwards dilates to form the mid- 



gut, which immediate! _ : '. :_- lateral diverticula 



M. Lnoie ia J. Lim* 1994 



