7954 Arachnicfa. 



Eyes very nearly equal in size, placed on black spots in two trans- 

 verse rows on the front of the cephalothorax. The front row is 

 immediately above the frontal margin, and the .eyes composing 

 it are equidistant from each other, while in the hinder row the 

 two central eyes are a little wider apart than the two end ones 

 on either side. The central eyes of the front row are the darkest 

 of the eight. 

 Legs furnished with hairs and brownish black sessile spines. The 

 first and second pairs are of equal length, and their relative 

 length is 4, 1, 2, 3. Their colour is dull yellow, and each tarsus 

 ends with two curved pectinated claws, below which is a small 

 scopula. 

 Palpi same colour as the legs. Radial joint rather shorter than the 

 cubital, and has a dark brown crescent-shaped projection at its 

 extremity on the outer side. The outer limb of the crescent 

 is very much longer, stronger and darker than the inner one. 

 Digital joint of moderate size, oval, rather broader at the end 

 than near the radial joint. Palpal organs highly developed, but 

 of simple structure. They have a strong corneous spine con- 

 nected with them. This spine issues from the outer side near 

 the radial joint, passes obliquely over to the inner side, and so 

 underneath and round their extremity, coming up again on the 

 outer side, and ending in a sharp prominent point, in contact 

 with which is some semi-transparent membrane. The colour of 

 these organs and the spine connected with them is dark red- 

 brown. 

 Falces long, very prominent, subcylindrical, slightly hollowed on the 



inner side, especially towards the ends. 

 Labium oblong, slightly prominent at the top, whei'e it is broader 

 than at the bottom. This and the falces are of a dark brown 

 colour, tinged with red, the top of the labium being slightly 

 paler. 

 Maxillaj long, straight, convex at the base, enlarged and rounded at 



the ends, and of a reddish yellow colour. 

 Sternum oval, with eminences on the sides, opposite the legs. Colour 



dull yellow. 

 Abdomen oblong-oviform in shape, thinly clothed with hoary hairs. 

 Colour red-brown, thickly freckled with minute spots of a paler 

 hue. On the upper side a dark red-brown fusiform band, palest 

 in the medial Hue, begins at the end near the cephalothorax, and 

 runs about a third of the length towards the spinners. On each 



