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which they secrete themselves and can easily be picked up with a 

 moistened camel's hair pencil. They are best killed and preserved by 

 immersing them in spirits. 



OONOPS. 



Mandibles elongate, truncated obliquely, forming a groove to receive 

 the claw ; no teeth ; claw short. 



Maxilla approaching, elongate, narrowed at the apex and obliquely 

 truncated internally ; base slightly dilated to receive the palpi. 



Lip elongate subtriangular, rounded at the apex. 



Palpus in the female gradually enlarging to the last joint which is 

 conical, and surmounted by a minute conical joint ; hairy, all the hairs 

 serrated. In the male, the last joint short, and the fecundating appendage 

 pyriform with a long bristle terminating it. 



Eyes oval, the larger pair placed side by side, touching nearly their 

 whole length ; the lateral pairs placed obliquely on their outer side. 



Legs 4th pair longest. 



Oonops pulcher. 



Cephalothorax triangular, oval, pale reddish brown, pinkish, or occa- 

 sionally pale greenish brown, translucent, smooth; eyes bluish, sur- 

 rounded by black elevated rings ; in the greater number of specimens 

 3 rows of scattered strong black hairs pass down the back, one in the 

 middle line and one on each side of it, these end about two thirds of the 

 way down by diverging irregularly towards the legs : beneath pale pinkish, 

 very thickly covered with black hair : hook of the mandible castaneous, 

 jaws covered with scattered black hairs. - 



Abdomen oval, broadest a little behind the middle, anteriorly mount- 

 ing upon the corselet, coccineous, covered with strong black, or occasional 

 pale, hairs, particularly anteriorly : beneath concolorous, with often a 

 dark fascia running from the stigmata to the spinnerets ; spinnerets rather 

 long, projecting a little beyond the apex of the abdomen. 



Legs vitreous, densely covered with fine hairs; the last joint of the 



