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distance between the central eyes; the cephalothorax is very sparingly furnished with 
short hairs and some short black bristles, on the clypeus and sides of the caput directed 
forwards. 
Eyes eight, in normal position. They are in two curved rows on the fore part of the 
caput, the curves directed forwards, forming a crescent; the four central ones describe 
nearly a square, whose transverse diameter is rather less than the longitudinal, which is 
exactly equal to the distance between each hind central eye and the lateral one on its 
side. The four eyes of the hinder row and the central ones of the front row are equal in 
size ; the laterals of the front row are considerably larger, and are all seated on tubercles, 
though those of the four central eyes are very slight. 
Legs long and strong; relative length 2—1, 3=4, but little difference in length between 
2 & 1 and 3 & 4; femoral and genual joints deep red-brown, obscurely mottled with yel- 
lowish; the latter have a more or less perfect longitudinal yellowish-white streak on the 
outer side; this streak is continued down the tibi», which, with the metatarsi and tarsi, 
are of a paler yellowish red-brown. There are four longitudinal rows of semisessile 
dark black-brown spines on the tibiæ, two on the under part and one on either side near 
the upper part, and a single row on the upperside of all the femora, except those of the first 
pair, where there are several rows towards the outer extremity; the metatarsi have two 
rows of longer and paler-coloured spines underneath ; the tarsi are furnished with hairs, 
and two terminal curved and pectinated claws. 
Palpi short and strong; eubitaljoint enlarged and oblique at the extremity; radial 
joint shorter than the cubital, and produced on the outer side into a tapering projection, 
which adheres closely to the side of the digital joint, and is thus not so easily perceived ; 
the extremity of this projection is blunt, and furnished with a short pointed spine. 
Near the underside of the radial joint is a second projection, perpendicular, as long 
as, or longer than, the joint itself, strong, somewhat irregular in form, and with the ex- 
tremity enlarged and sharply hollow on the side facing the lateral projection ; these joints 
are furnished with black bristly hairs. 
Digital joint broad, oval, pointed at the extremity, convex, furnished with hairs on the 
upperside, and with a prominent semitransparent pointed projection near the extremity 
of the lateral projection of the radial joint ; palpal organs prominent, but not very com- 
plicated; a long black spine, commencing on the inner side near the base, runs round 
nearly the entire outer margin; and from the centre issue two strong black spines 
slightly eurved, projecting perpendicularly, and with their points in opposition to each 
other, like the blades of a pair of scissors; at the base of these spines is a short, strong, 
corneous projection. The colour of the palpi is red-brown, the radial and digital joints 
being much the darkest. 
Falces moderate in length, strong, conical, and perpendicular; their colour is red- 
brown mottled with yellow. 
Maaille long, and very slightly inclined towards the labium. 
Sternum long-oval, pointed behind, of a dark red-brown colour, mottled obscurely with 
yellowish. 
Abdomen oval, projecting greatly over the base of the cephalothorax, truncate before, 
