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whose convexity is directed backwards, and the other four de- 

 scribe a trapezoid whose shortest side is before ; the posterior 

 eyes of the trapezoid are seated on tubercles, and are the largest, 

 and the anterior ones, which are near to each other, are much 

 the smallest of the eight ; the entire group describes a sector of 

 a circle, whose radii converge towards the frontal margin. The 

 cephalothorax is convex, glossy, compressed before, veitical in 

 front, rounded on the sides, which are marked with slight fur-, 

 rows converging towards an indentation in the medial line of 

 the posterior region, and has a few black bristles behind and 

 before the eyes ; it is of a yellow-brown colour, with a broad, 

 angular, pale-yellowish mark on the posterior part of the ce- 

 phalic region, whose vertex extends to the medial indentation, 

 and has a small red spot on each side, towards its termination ; 

 this angle is bisected by a faint line of the same hue, which 

 originates at the intermediate eyes of the posterior row; the 

 space comprised between the large posterior eyes of the trapezoid 

 and those of the posterior row is of a dark-brown colour; a red- 

 brown line extends from each minute anterior eye to the frontal 

 margin, and there is a parallel one of the same hue on each of 

 its external angles. The falces are long, powerful, subconical, 

 and vertical ; they are of a dull-yellow colour, with longitudinal 

 lines of a red-brown hue, corresponding to those in front of the 

 cephalothorax, the exterior ones being the shortest. The maxillae 

 are long, convex near the base, which is curved towards the lip, 

 but straight and pointed at the extremity ; the lip is much 

 shorter than the maxillse, somewhat triangular, and hollowed at 

 the apex ; and the sternum is heart-shaped, with a few black 

 bristles distributed over its surface. These parts are of a pale- 

 yellowish colour tinged with green, the sternum being the palest. 

 The legs are very long, slender, provided with hairs and long 

 spines, and are of a yellow colour, spotted with brownish black, 

 a longitudinal red line, of greater or less extent, occurring on 

 the inferior surface of the femora ; the first pair is the longest, 

 then the second, and the third pair is the shortest ; each tarsus 

 is terminated by three claws; the two superior ones are curved 

 and pectinated, and the inferior one is inflected near its base. 

 The palpi resemble the legs in colour, but are without any red 

 line on their inferior surface, and have a curved pectinated claw 

 at their extremity. The abdomen is of an oblong-oviform figure, 

 somewhat pointed at the spinners, convex above, and projects a 

 little over the base of the cephalothorax ; it is sparingly supplied 

 with hairs, and of a pale-yellow colour, finely reticulated with 

 dull green ; a yellow band, streaked and freckled with red, and 

 strongly dentated on its inner margin, extends from the anterior 

 extremity of the upper part along each side of the medial line 



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