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equidistant from the eyes constituting its extremities. The 

 cephalothorax is large, convex, glossy, and somewhat quadri- 

 lateral ; it slopes to each extremity, projects a little beyond 

 the falces in front, and has a broad shallow indentation be- 

 tween the posterior pair of eyes ; its prevailing colour is black ; 

 a broad red-brown band passes from the posterior pair of eyes 

 to its base, and another band of the same hue extends along 

 each side, a little above the lateral margin ; these bands are 

 densely covered with white hairs ; in the cephalic region there 

 are some pale-grey hairs constituting a continuation of the 

 medial band ; a few red hairs occur above the anterior eyes, 

 and some long ones of a pale-yellow hue project from its an- 

 terior margin. The falces are subconical and vertical; the 

 maxillae are straight, and enlarged and rounded at the extre- 

 mity ; and the lip is oval. These parts are of a dark-brown 

 colour ; the apex of the lip and the extremity of the maxillae 

 are tinged with red, the latter being much the palest. The 

 sternum is oval, provided with long hairs, and has a yellowish- 

 brown hue. The legs are robust, especially those of the first 

 and second pairs, and are provided with long hairs and sessile 

 spines ; they are of a yellowish-brown colour, the tarsi being 

 the palest, and have dark-brown spots and longitudinal streaks 

 on the sides and upper part, those on the femora being the 

 most conspicuous ; the anterior pair are much the darkest- 

 . coloured, the genual joint, tibiae, and metatarsi being of a 

 dark-brown hue, and the tarsi having a tinge of red; the 

 fourth pair is the longest, then the first, which a little sur- 

 passes the third, and the second pair is the shortest; each 

 tarsus is terminated by two curved, pectinated claws, and be- 

 low them there is a small scopula. The palpi are short, well 

 supplied with hairs, and of a dull-yellowish hue, the base of 

 the humeral joint having a tinge of brown ; the radial joint 

 projects a pointed apophysis from its extremity, on the outer 

 side ; the digital joint is oval, convex and hairy externally, 

 concave within, comprising the palpal organs, which are well 

 developed, prominent and convex at the base, and have a fine 

 pointed spine curved from the inner side round their extremity 

 to the outer side ; their colour is a mixture of dark and pale 

 reddish brown. The abdomen is oviform, somewhat depressed, 

 rather pointed towards the spinners (which are prominent), 

 well clothed with hairs, and projects a little over the base of 

 the cephalothorax ; the upper part has a black hue ; a white 

 band, whose posterior half is the broadest, extends along the 

 middle, from which a short white ray projects on each side at 

 about a third of its length from the spinners ; the sides are 

 white, with soot-coloured streaks and spots ; and the under part 



