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? . Length, 7.5. Length of cephalothorax, 3 ; width of 



cephalothorax, 2. 

 Legs, S , 1423 ; 9 , 4123. The first pair is enlarged in both 



sexes ; the other legs are slender. 



A rather small species, with the abdomen long and narrow, 

 with longitudinal bands. 



The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long 

 and is equally wide in front and behind. The second row of 

 eyes is a little nearer the first than the third row. The falces 

 are small, short and vertical. The maxillae are more than twice 

 as long as the labium. The sternum is oval. 



The colors are nearly alike in the two sexes. The cephalo- 

 thorax is very dark brown — black in the cephalic region, with 

 patches of white hairs behind the dorsal eyes and a white ring 

 around the lower border. There are some short, white hairs on 

 the clypeus. The sides of the abdomen are light brown. The 

 central region is dark brown or black, with two narrow, longi- 

 tudinal white stripes running throughout its length, between 

 which, at the posterior end, are some small, light chevrons. 

 The first leg is dark brown excepting the metatarsus and 

 tarsus. These joints, and all the other legs, are light yellowish- 

 brown. In the male the paljii are dark brown, and in the 

 female they are light. The falces are dark brown. 



We have two females and one male from Bellize, British 

 Honduras. 



ITATA GEN. NOV. 



The spiders of this genus are long and slender and have 

 the cephalothorax rather low. The cephalic part is flat and 

 slightly inclined ; the thoracic part slopes quite steeply from 

 the third row of eyes to the posterior margin, and this slant has 

 a flattened surface, giving from behind a wedge-shaped ap- 

 pearance. The sides of the cephalothorax slope outward ; their 

 widest point is at or just behind the dorsal eyes, the dilatation 

 being slight. 



The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long 

 and is wider in front than behind. It occupies two-fifths of the 



