Rainbow — Akachnida 235 



at the rima epigasteris ami terminate shortly in frcmt of spinnerets where they 

 converge and meet; the twn shurtcr cmcs are also in front of the spinnerets. 



Two males and four females were ohtained. One of the males and 

 all of the females were immature, Init all agree in colour and ornamentation. 

 .\1! taken from old tree ferns. Type, 1. 1151,i. 



DRASSODES EXCAVATUS sp. nov. (T..11.1.) 

 ( I'l. xx\ iii, ligs. 14, 15. j 



9 C'eiihalothorax, 2 () mm. long, 2 mm. hroad; abdomen 5 mm. long. 

 2 v mm. hroad. 



C'ephalothorax ovate, yellow, pilose. Pars cephalica strongly arched, 

 sniocith. segmental groo\e distinct; ocular sac occui)}-ing nearlv entire width; 

 cl\])eus narrow. Pars thoracica strongly arched, smooth, radial grooves 

 faintly indicated: median f(i\ea distinct. F.yes of ecpial size, distributed over 

 two rows of four each; anterior row short, slightly procurved, the laterals 

 oval and arranged obliquely. Legs straw-yellow, long, strong, pubescent, 

 armed with rather long, fine, black spines. Relative lengths, 4, 1, 2, ,v P,ali)i 

 similar in colour, clothing, and armature to legs. Fakes vellow, darker than 

 cephalothorax, coniform, slightly projecting: sujierior angle of the furrow 

 of each falx armed with three large teeth, and the inferior with two; fang 

 concolorous with falces. Maxillae reddish-yellow, long, arched, dilated, inner 

 apical angles pale yellow, truncated, fringed with coarse hairs or bristles : 

 inner lateral angles exca\ated : surface furnished with a few short bristles. 

 Labium concolorous with foregoing, apex truncated and slighth- hollowed at 

 middle; the surface furnished with a few short bristles. Sternum elongate. 

 straw-yelk)w, arched, shining, uneven, anterior extremity truncated, jxisterior 

 e.xtreniit\- obtusely pointed, and terminating between fourth pair of coxae. 

 .\bdomen obo\ate. very slight)}- overhanging base of cephalothorax, yelhiwish- 

 gre\-. pilose. Epigynum small. trans\erse. slightlv raised, thickly clothed with 

 short, dark hairs, and ha\ing two small circular pits ])laced cl.osely together, 

 .spinnerets cvlindrical. hairy: su]K'rior mammillae longer than inferior. T)l>c, 

 1. 11.^14. 



ADELPHODRASSUS gen. nov. 

 t'eph.-ilothorax obovate. Pars cephalica archcfl, cepha.lic segment distinct; 

 ocular area occupying nearly the entire width of the segment ; clyjieus narrow, 

 not broader than anterior median eyes. Pars thoracica broad, strongly arched, 

 r.adial grooves distinct; median fo\ea a moderately long, narrow slit or groove. 

 I^es eight, arranged in two rows of fmu- each, the anterior group being 



