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Maxillce moderately long, nearly straight, inclined towards 

 labium, which is longer than broad and rounded at its apex. 



Falces long, strong, and inclined backwards towards labium. 



Cephalotkorax and abdomen, together with the legs and 

 palpi, variously furnished with tubercles and tuberculate 

 spines, giving the spider a very singular and hirsute appear- 

 ance. 



Legs apparently laterigrade, relative length 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Stephanopis altifrons, n. sp. 



? . Adult ? Length 4 lines. 



Cephalotkorax broad behind and flattened, elongated and 

 narrowed towards the fore part ; caput elevated in a sloping 

 direction forwards into a strong laterally rounded eminence, 

 the summit of which has a large tubercle on either side, end- 

 ing in a short bluntish spine ; several bluntish tuberculate 

 spines also in front and on sides of eminence. Clypeus promi- 

 nent, cleft ; each projection formed by the cleft is tuberculate, 

 and furnished with short bristly prominent spines. The whole 

 surface of cephalothorax rugulose, and more or less furnished 

 with tuberculate spines. Colour deep brown approaching to 

 black, mixed with bistre. Clypeus pale hoary yellow. 



Eyes forming a ring round upper part of frontal eminence ; 

 they are unequal in size, and may be described as in two 

 curved rows, of which the fore one is shortest and embraces 

 the fore half of the eminence, while the hinder one girds the 

 hinder half; those of hinder row are about equidistant from 

 each other, and do not differ much in size. Lateral eyes of 

 front row large, and largest of the eight ; middle ones smallest, 

 and very minute ; the eyes of this row are also about equi- 

 distant from each other. 



Legs moderately long ; relative length 1, 2, 4, 3 ; those of 

 first pair stronger than the rest ; all furnished with tubercles, 

 bristles, and short spines, and thinly clothed with short, pale, 

 sessile hairs ; tubercles most conspicuous on tibige, especially 

 on those of first and second pairs, whose tibiae and metatarsi 

 have two parallel rows of strong spines, directed forwards, on 

 their undersides. Colour yellowish, mottled and suffused 

 irregularly with deep brown-black ; tarsi and metatarsi more 

 regularly banded with similar colours. 



Palpi moderate in length and strength, similar to the legs 

 in colour and armature. 



Falces long and strong, similar in colour to the legs, except 

 that their extremities are paler than the other portion ; they 

 are much inclined backwards towards the maxillae. 



Maxillce moderately long, nearly straight, but much inclined 



