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than the posterior ones, which are the largest of the eight ; the 

 eyes of each lateral pair are seated obliquely on a tubercle, and 

 are near to each other, but not in contact. The cephalothorax 

 is compressed before, rounded on the sides, hairy, somewhat 

 glossy, convex, depressed in front and in the posterior region, 

 with a large indentation in the medial line; the falces are 

 powerful, conical, vertical, and armed with teeth on the inner 

 surface. These parts are of a yellowish-brown colour, faintly 

 tinged with red. The maxillse are short, straight, and enlarged 

 and rounded at the extremity ; the lip is semicircular, but some- 

 what pointed at the apex; and the sternum is heart-shaped. 

 These parts are of a dark brown colour, the extremity of the 

 first two and the middle of the last having a dull yellow- brown 

 hue. The abdomen is subglobular, hairy, convex above, and 

 projects over the base of the cephalothorax ; the upper part and 

 sides are of a greyish-brown colour, and a series of obscure, 

 transverse, soot-coloured bars, which have their extremities en- 

 larged, and decrease in length as they approach the spinners, 

 extends along the middle ; a curved line passes round its anterior 

 extremity and along the lower part of the sides ; two short streaks 

 in front converge to an angle in contact with the curved line, 

 and are succeeded by a small spot on each side of the medial 

 line ; the line, streaks, and spots have a yellowish-white hue ; 

 the under part is of a brownish-black colour, with two minute 

 yellowish-white spots placed transversely near the middle, and 

 two others of the same hue are situated on each side of the 

 spinners, at their base ; the colour of the branchial opercula is 

 brownish-yellow. 



Epe'ira grammica. 



Length of the female :^th of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 

 thorax y^j^; breadth ^^ ; breadth of the abdomen ^ ; length of 

 an anterior leg ^ ; length of a leg of the third pair ^. 



The cephalothorax is compressed before, rounded on the sides, 

 convex, thinly clothed with pale hairs, and has an indentation in 

 the medial line ; the falces are long, conical, vertical, somewhat 

 divergent at the extremity, and armed with teeth on the inner 

 surface ; the maxillse are short, straight, and enlarged and rounded 

 at the extremity; the lip is semicircular, but pointed at the apex; 

 the sternum is heart-shaped, with small eminences on the sides, 

 opposite to the legs ; the legs are long, and provided with hairs 

 and spines ; the first pair is the longest, then the second, and 

 the third pair is the shortest ; the tarsi are terminated by claws 

 of the usual number and structure ; the palpi are slender, and 

 have a curved pectinated claw at their extremity. These parts 

 are of a yellowish-brown colour, the base of the lip and obscure 



