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respects of normal form ; it (as well as all the rest of the fore part 

 of this Spider) is of a rather bright yellow-brown colour, clothed, 

 but not at all densely, with greyish-yellow pubescence, and some 

 prominent black bristly hairs in the ocular region ; the normal 

 grooves and indentations are not strong, but are well indicated by 

 being of a rather deeper hue than the rest. 



The eyes are in the ordinary position, two transverse curved 

 rows ; the front row is the most curved, the hinder one being very 

 nearly straight ; the lateral eye of each row is nearer to the 

 opposite lateral eye of the other row than the central eyes of the 

 one are to those of the other ; the eyes of the hinder row are 

 equidistant from each other and of about equal size ; those of the 

 front row are large, all larger than those of the hinder one, and the 

 fore central pair much the largest of the eight ; each of these latter 

 is very nearly contiguous to the lateral of the same row on its side, 

 and they are separated from each other by nearly about half of an 

 eye's diameter. 



The legs are strong, especially the femoral joints, and moderately 

 long, their relative length being 4, 1, 2, 3 ; they are furnished with 

 hairs, spines, and bristles ; and each tarsus ends with two curved 

 claws, beneath which is a claw-tuft or scopula. 



The palpi are pretty strong, but not very long. The radial and 

 cubital joints are short; the former is rather the shortest but strongest, 

 and has its outer extremity produced into a long and strong apo- 

 physis ; this is a little tapering at first, but has its extremity divided 

 into two very peculiar and distinct limbs ; one of these (the upper one) 

 is strongly bent inwards and sharp-pointed, the other obtuse and 

 straighter. The digital joint is large, of the ordinary oval form, and of 

 a darker hue than the rest of the joint. The palpal organs are well 

 developed but simple, having some longitudinal, parallel, dark, sinuous 

 markings on the surface of the principal corneous lobe, and a small 

 curved corneous process at their fore extremity ; the humeral joint 

 has three curved, black, spine-like bristles near its fore extremity on 

 the upperside ; two are near the margin, and the third a little way 

 behind. 



The falces are vertical and not very long nor strong ; the maxillae, 

 labium, and sternum are of normal form. 



The abdomen is oval, rather truncate before, and projecting over 

 the base of the cephalothorax ; it is of a uniform pale brownish- 

 yellow hue, clothed sparingly with fine yellowish-grey hairs ; and on 

 the fore part of the upperside is a large bright yellow-brown patch 

 of a shining semicorneous nature, similar in colour to the cephalo- 

 thorax and other fore parts ; this patch is of a curvilinear, ta- 

 pering form ; and along its centre is indistinctly visible an elongate 

 tapering, and rather darker marking, the sharp point of which extends 

 beyond its hinder and pointed extremity : also on the fore part of the 

 upperside of the abdomen are four impressed spots or dark punctures 

 in an oblong quadrangular figure ; the foremost pair of these spots 

 are rather obscured by the shining patch above described. The spin- 

 ners are yellow-brown, rather long and strong, those of the inferior 



