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with white hairs ; ocular area black, thinly furnished with fine shiny 

 yellowish-grey hairs ; the hinder part has several short oblique stripes 

 of white hairs ; and besides other hairs and slender bristles, there are 

 one or two small tufts of stronger black bristles on either side of the 

 ocular area just below the extremities of the anterior and interme- 

 diate rows of eyes, looking (when perfect) like horns ; there is also a 

 patch of white hairs close behind each eye of the posterior row ; and 

 one example also had a similar patch close behind the fore central 

 eye. Clypeus almost obsolete. 



The eyes are in the usual position ; the ocular area is broader than 

 long, and the length of the posterior row of eyes is slightly greater 

 than that of the anterior one. The eyes of the intermediate row are 

 rather nearer to the posterior than to the anterior lateral eyes. 



The legs are moderately long and not very strong, except those of 

 the first pair ; these are long and of inordinate strength, especially 

 the femoral joints ; those of the fourth pair are longer than those of 

 the second, and the third pair are rather the shortest ; the first pair 

 are of a dark reddish yellow-brown colour, armed with a double row 

 of not very strong spines beneath the tibiae and metatarsi, and fur- 

 nished thickly, and chiefly underneath, with fine prominent hairs ; 

 the tarsi are paler-coloured than the rest, and (like those of the other 

 pairs) have a small compact black scopula beneath their terminal 

 claws ; the other three pairs are of a brownish yellow (the femora 

 strongly suffused with dark smoky brown) and furnished with hairs 

 and fine spines. 



The palpi are rather short and slender ; they are of a dark reddish 

 yellow-brown colour, furnished with hairs, many of which are nearly 

 white ; the radial joint is exceedingly short, shorter than the cubital, 

 and its outer extremity terminates with a small curved, deep black- 

 brown, pointed apophysis ; the digital joint is oblong oval, and exceeds 

 in length that of the cubital and radial joints together ; its colour 

 is deep brown, it is clothed with dark hairs, and at its extremity 

 (which is rather of a truncate form) there are some short dull sandy- 

 coloured ones ; the palpal organs are simple in form, and extend a 

 little backwards beneath the radial joint. 



The fulces are tolerably long and strong; they are also divergent 

 and projecting forwards, and are armed with a strong tooth on their 

 inner sides. 



The maxillae and labium are reddish yellow-brown, the latter being 

 the darkest j and the sternum is small, oval, of a dull yellow colour, 

 dark brown in front and on the margins. 



The abdomen is of a long narrow oblong oval form, nearly half as 

 long again as the cephalothorax, and not much more than half its 

 width ; the upperside is clothed with hairs, many of which are of a 

 shining, rather golden-green hue, scintillating in different lights ; it 

 is of a dark brown colour, with a somewhat paler longitudinal central 

 band, from which three well-marked though irregularly defined 

 oblique yellowish stripes, clothed with white hairs, issue on either 

 side ; there are also two others of a similar nature on the fore margin, 

 forming a curved anterior marginal border; the sides are closelv stri- 



