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NEPHILA. 
ARANEA, Fabricii, 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Thorax elongato-quadratus, anticé abrupté angusticr, pos— 
tice emarginatus: ocult octo; quatuor mediis in elevatio- 
nem sensim efformatam impositis; duobus anticis sub- 
majoribus ; lateralibus duobus utrinque subgeminatis, in 
tuberculum subobliqué impositis: pedes elongati, graci- 
les, subpilosuli; primi, secundi deinde, quarti postea lon- 
giores; tertii multo breviores ; ungues exserti. 
Abdomen valde elongatum, thorace haud aut vix latits. 
Mazille elongate, basi angustate, apice truncate. 
Labium elongatum basi subangustius, apice abrupté sub- 
acuminatum. 
NEPHILA. 
Thorax elongate-quadrate, anteriorly abruptly narrower, 
behind notched: eyes eight ; the four middle ones placed 
on a gradually-formed elevation ; the two anterior ones 
rather largest ; lateral eyes on each side two, subgemi- 
nated, placed rather obliquely on a tubercle: legs elon- 
gate, slender, rather hairy; the first, then the second 
pair longest ; the third pair by much the shortest : claws 
exserted. 
Abdomen very elongate, scarcely thicker than the thorax. 
Mazille elongate, narrower at their base, their apex trun- 
cate. 
Lip elongate, its base rather narrower, the apex abruptly 
subacuminate, 
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