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equally divided longitudinal lines, which converge as they run back- 
wards. The height of the clypeus exceeds by a little the length of 
these lines ; the lateral eyes ot the hinder row are widely separated 
from the central pair, and are situated a little further backwards, 
forming a longer line than the longitudinal ones above mentioned. 
The legs are of a dark yellowish-brown colour, tinged with olive- 
green, the femora and the undersides of the tibize being the darkest ; 
they are furnished with hairs and spines varying in length and 
strength, mostly on those of the two hinder pairs; the tarsi termi- 
nate with three claws. 
The mazille, labium, and sternum (whose form and structure are 
given in the generic characters) are of a yellow-brown colour, the 
maxille being tinged with olive. 
The palpi are short and strong; the humeral joints are much 
enlarged, or tumid beneath and on the outer sides of their hinder 
part ; the cubital and radial joints are equal in strength, the former 
being rather the longest ; these two fit closely to each other, and 
the latter has a bifid prolongation at its outer extremity ; the upper 
limb of this prolongation is much the longest, and its point is cor- 
neous, bluntish, and bent downwards; the digital joint is strong 
and rather long, exceeding in length the radial and cubital joints 
together ; it has a slight lobe at its hinder extremity on the outer 
side, close beneath the projection on the radial joint; it is thinly 
furnished with fine hairs, and has at and near its extremity several 
strong curved claws or talons of different sizes; in colour the palpi 
resemble the legs, the digital joints being of a deep chestnut-brown 
approaching to black. ‘he palpal organs are well developed, but 
not complex, consisting of a long, oval, corneous lobe, divided lon- 
gitudinally by a deep cleft near its outer margin. 
The faices are long, strong, and conical, a little inclined backwards 
to the labium, furnished with short hairs, and similar in colour to 
the sternum. 
Abdomen oval, very convex above, and greatly projecting over the 
base of the cephalothorax; it is clothed sparingly witb hairs; its 
sides and underside are nearly black ; almost the whole of the upper 
side is occupied by a broad pale orange-yellow band, somewhat 
indented or irregular on its outer margins, enlarging about the 
middle and narrowing towards the spinners; the yellow band is 
charged with a longitudinal somewhat oval patch of blackish colour 
on its fore part, and this is followed by several transverse curved 
dusky bars between the blackish patch and the spinners; these 
latter (six in number) are short and not very strong, those of the 
superior pair being the strongest. 
An adult male received from Natal, Africa. 
This genus, founded on the very distinct and fine Spider above 
described, is closely allied to Lachesis (Savigny) and Storena 
(Walck.), but may be easily distinguished by the position of the 
eyes, which differs remarkably from that of those genera. As a 
species it is strongly characterized (in the male sex at least) by the 
