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row much the smallest, with the median smaller than the lateral. 

 Posterior median eyes a little farther from anterior medians than from 

 posterior laterals. 



Sternum equal in length and breadth. 



Labium densely spinulose over distal half. 



Coxae of pedipalps densely spinulose over proximomesal portion. 



Process of tibia I in the male large; curved dorsad; the convex 

 surface densely clothed with short spines. 



Male (type). Length of cephalothorax 15.5 mm.; width, 14.5 mm. 



fem. lib. +pat. met. tar. total 



Leg I 22.5 mm. 28 mm. 15 mm. 8.8 mm. 74.3 mm. 



Leg II 20 24 13.75 8.2 65.95 



Leg III — 



Leg IV 19 23 17 7 66 



POECILOTHERIA BARA.^ Sp. nOV. 



Tjjpe — M. C. Z. 95. 9 . Ceylon. F. Layard. 



Carapace chocolate-brown. Abdomen dorsally with a yellow has- 

 tate band, the sides of which are deeply wavy and bordered with 

 black from which there are indications of black stripes extending 

 obliquely across sides of the abdomen as in several related forms; 

 the hastate band is bisected longitudinally with a dark stripe. Ventral 

 surface of abdomen, coxae, and trochanters of legs and sternum deep 

 chocolate. Femora of legs with a white band of hair across distal 

 end above; patellae with a broad white band across proximal end and 

 a much narrower one at distal end; tibiae with a relatively narrow 

 band of white across each end; metatarsi each with a white band at 

 proximal end, a broader one at distal end, and, extending between the 

 two, a narrow, obliquely longitudinal stripe of same colored hair. 



Fovea thoracica short; transverse or very slightly recurved. 



Female (type). — ^ Length, 60 mm. 



Cephalothorax length, 30 mm. ; width, 24 mm. 



fem. tib. +pat. met. tar. total 



Leg I 22 mm. 31 mm. 17 mm. 8 mm. 78 mm. 



Leg II 22 30 18 8 76 



Leg III 19.5 24 16 7 66.5 



Leg IV 22.7 28 21 8 79.7 



' fiapvi, heavy. 



