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sparingly clothed with fine hairs, tarsal joint stoutest. Falces yellow, arched, 

 tai)ering ; inferior margin of each falx armed with three teeth, and the inferior 

 with two. Maxillae long, }'ellow. arched, glossy, deeply constricted near the 

 base. Labium concolorous, arched, longer than broad. Sternum concolorous 

 also, somewhat shield-shaped, arched, shining, sides indented and uneven, 

 apex acuminate, .\bdomcn large, ox'ate. arched, very slightly overhanging 

 base (jf cephalothorax, finelv jiilose ; su])eri(.>r surface dullish-yellow relieved 

 with bright-yellow spots ; at the middle there is a faintly discernible cruciform 

 impression ; sides and inferior surface dull yellow. Epigynum as in figure. 

 Tyjie, I. 11532. 



CHIRACANTHIUM EXCAVATUM sp. nov. (N.I.) 

 (1*1. XXX. figs. 75-78.) 



$ Cejjhalothorax, 4 '1 mm. long, 3 2 mm. broad ; aljdomen, 6 '8 mm. long, 

 4 -8 mm. Ijroad. 



Cephalothorax yellow, smooth, shining, truncated in front. Pars cephalica 

 arched, segmental groove distinct, two short, finely pencilled lines extend from 

 rear of posterior median eyes to near the middle, where they meet ; clypeus 

 narrow. Pars thoracica arched, radial grooves distinct, marginal band nar- 

 row, pale yellow. Eyes in two rows of four each, the front being slightly 

 recurved, and the rear moderately procurved ; lateral eyes just touching; 

 the anterior and median pairs form a trapezium. Legs straw-yellow, fine, 

 long, tapering, sparingly pilose, weakly spined ; meta-tarsus and tarsus finely 

 sc<>])ulated. Relati\-e lengths. 1, 2, 4, 3. Palpi concolorous with legs, fine, 

 moderately pilose, tarsus scopulatcd. h'alces concolorous with cephalothorax, 

 robust; tapering, apices dark brown; at the base of each falx there is a 

 prominent coniform protuberance, from the extremity of which a distinct 

 channel or excavation extends the entire length; inferior ridge of the furrow 

 of each falx armed with three teeth, and the superior with twn Maxillae 

 straw-}-ellow. long, arched, shar])ly constricted near base. I^abium yellow, 

 dark laterally, arched, longer than broad, apex excavated. Sternum shield- 

 sliaped, arched, smooth, straw-yellow, pencilled with dark brown laterally. 

 Abdomen o\ate, archetl, overhanging base of cephalothorax, superior surface 

 dull yellow, flecked with white spots at the middle, where there is also a 

 faintly discernible scheme of tracery; sides and inferior surface didl yellow. 

 r.|)igynuni a sini|>le tongue-like plaijue. Spinnerets yellow ; superior |)air 

 longest, cylindrical, \ery fine, liiarticulate, a])ica! segment shortest; inferior 

 pair coniform, nibust. Type, I. 11533. 



