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hinder margin. The anterior eyes are rather larger than is 

 usual in this genus. The second row is plainly nearer the first 

 1han the third row. The dorsal eyes are smaller than the 

 lateral. The quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than 

 long, and is a little wider behind than in front. The widest 

 point of the cephalothorax is just behind the dorsal eyes. The 

 falces are obliquely directed forward and divergent, with the 

 fang about as long as the rest of the falx. Their color is bright 

 reddish brown. 



Our specimen is much rubbed. The cephalothorax is of a 

 reddish brown color, which is darkest on the cephalic plate. 

 The abdomen is of a slightly lighter brown, with a thin cover- 

 ing of long, dark hairs, and with patches of golden iridescent 

 scales. It is encircled by a snow-white band, which is broken 

 into spots toward the posterior end. On the dorsum are two 

 pairs of white spots and two pairs of abbreviated white lines, and 

 just at the origin of the spinnerets is a central white spot. The 

 legs and palpi are of a medium brown, and not very hairy. 



We have one male, from Spanish Honduras. 



This species is very close to Philseus chrysis, Walck., which 

 we have from Guatemala and from Mexico, both in shape and 

 in markings, but it is of a lighter color, chrysis being black, 

 while luieus is medium brown. Moreover, in chrysis the first 

 leg is relatively a little longer, exceeding the second leg by the 

 tarsus and the metatarsus, while in lutem it is longer only by 

 the tarsus and about two-thirds of the metatarsus ; and there is 

 a slight difference in the falces, those of chrysis having a ridge 

 on the front face, which is not present in luieus. In chrysis the 

 second leg is slightly longer than the third, while in luteus the 

 third is longer tlian the second. 



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The cephalothorax is moderately high and convex, and is 

 usually not much wider in one jjart than in another, although 

 some of the species (especially conspeda) broaden out a little 

 behind the dorsal eyes. The sides are not far from vertical. 



