270 Records of the S.A. Museum 



Cephaldtliorax elongate, ovate, flat, reddisli-brown. Par.« cephalica not 

 raised, truncated in front, where it is decidedly narrowest, sides declivous, two 

 dark jiatches midway between front and rear eves ; eyes surrounded with 

 l)lack. segmental groove distinct. Pars thoracica smooth, retreating toward 

 posterior angle, sides decli\(nis ; marginal band narrow, black. Front row 

 of eyes recurved, median pair largest of the series ; those of the intermediate 

 row mitiute. and placed rather closer to anterior lateral eyes than the posterior 

 pair; rear eyes larger than anterior laterals; eyes surrounded bv long hoary 

 hairs. Legs concolorous with cephalothorax, exce]3t tarsi ii, iii, and iv, which 

 are \-e11ow ; anterior pair stout, and longer than the fnnrth, and armed with 

 ]iowerful spines: other legs not S])ined ; each leg clothed with cilia; third pair 

 siightlv shorter than seccnid. Relati\e lengths, 1, 4, 2, 3. Pal])i concolorous 

 \\'ith legs, ii, iii, and iv, short, weak, sparingly hairy; genital liulb small, 

 simple; tibial segment with an ai)oph\-sis at its a])ex. Falces short, stout, 

 concolorous with cephalothorax, arched, apices divergent ; inferior margin of 

 each falx fissidentate ; the sui)erior armed with three large teeth. Maxillae 

 concolorous with falces, elongate, club-shaped, arched. Labium concolorous 

 also, elongate, slightly arched, apex somewhat concave. Sternum yellow, 

 smooth, elongate, slightly arched, truncated in front, acrnninate posteriorly. 

 Abdomen elongate, cylindrical, arched, siightlv overhanging base of cephalo- 

 thorax, jjubescent ; superior surface and sides }-ellow with brownish lateral 

 markings; inferior surface yellowish grey with a broad, somewhat undulating 

 smoky-brown median band running the entire length. Spinnerets yellow, 

 short, coniform. com])actly grouped. Type, L 11546. 



