Rainbow — Arachnida 257 



? CHIRACANTHIUM PALLIDUM sp. nov. (L.H.I.) 

 (PI. XXX. figs. 79-S2. ) 



d Cephalothorax, 2 7 mm. lono-, 2 4 mm. broad; abdomen, 3-2 mm. 

 lono-, 1 8 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax obovate, arched, pale yellow, pilose. Pars cei)halica nar- 

 row in front, truncated, arched, slightly raised, segmental groove distinct: 

 clypens narrow. Pars thoracica broad, radial grooves distinct : median stria 

 short ; marginal band narrow. Eyes black with pearl-grey centres, of almost 

 equal size, in two rows of four each: front row slightly recurved, and the rear 

 slightly pmcurved. Legs long, tapering, not strong, concolorous with 

 cephalothorax, moderately pilose, armed with fine, long, smoky-brown spines ; 

 meta-tarsus and tarsus finely scopulated. Relative lengths: 1, 2, 4, o. Palpi 

 concolorous with legs, and similar to them in clothing and armature, moder- 

 ately long: tibial segment furnished with a small apophysis; tarsus coniform, 

 spiral as in figure. Falces moderately long, robust, concolorous also, shining; 

 inferior ridge of the furrow of each falx armed with three teeth, and the 

 su])erii)r with two. Maxillae very ])ale, almost white, arched, rather long, 

 slightly constricted near the base. Lalninn concolorous with foregoing, arched, 

 apex straight, not much longer than broad. Sternum concolorous also, shield- 

 shajied, rather broad. Abdomen ovate, not overhanging base of cephalo- 

 thorax, arched, superior surface and sides concolorous with cephalothorax, 

 inferior surface concolorous with sternum. 



9 Cephalothorax, 3-2 mm. long, 2 4 mm. broad; abdomen, 4 mm. long, 

 2 4 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax ovate, pale yellow, smooth, shining, arched. Pars cephalica 

 moderately high, sloping forward, truncated in front, segmental groove faintly 

 distinct ; clypeus narrow. P'ars thoracica narrow, radial grooves faintly 

 indicated ; median stria very short ; marginal band narrow. Eyes black with 

 pearl-grey centres, in two rows of four each ; front row slightly recurved, and 

 the rear slightlv procurved. Legs long. weak, tapering, concolorous with 

 cephalothorax, moderately pilose, armed \\-ith long but \\'eak smoky-brown 

 spines; sco])ula smoky-brown. Relative lengths, 1, 2, 4, 3. Pal])i not long, 

 similar in colour, clothing, and armature to legs. Falces concolorous with 

 cephalothorax, stout at base, tajicring ; inferior ridge of the furrow of each 

 f;dx armed with three and the superior with two teeth. Maxillae long, arched, 

 club-shaped, constricted at base, pale yellow, almost white. Labium con- 

 colorous with foregoing, long, arched, apex slightly excavated. .Sternum 

 concolorous with labiuni, long, narrow, arched, shining, shield-shaped. Ab- 



