No. 1.] ATTID.E OF CENTRAL AMERICA. 21 



as large as the lateral. The clypeus is excessively high — 

 plainly higher than the large middle eyes. The first row of 

 eyes is plainly curved. The second row is nearer the first than 

 the third. The falces are long vertical and parallel, with a 

 strong pointed tooth at the end on the inner corner. The fang 

 is strong and rather long. The palpus is not quite so long as 

 the femur patella and tibia of the first leg. Its tibia is a little 

 shorter than the tarsus and these two joints together are longer 

 than the patella. Like longi-palpus, it has an apophysis at the 

 end of the tibia. 



The cephalothorax and legs are yellowish brown, the coxse 

 and the proximal ends of the femoral joints lighter than the 

 rest. The anterior eyes are surrounded by circles of brilliant 

 red hairs ; just above this row, standing up stiffl}^, is a ridge of 

 long, yellowish red hairs tipped with black, and in the middle 

 line, just behind this ridge, is a patch of snow-white hairs. The 

 anterior end of the abdomen is pale. Beginnmg in two dark 

 spots in front of the middle, a brownish region runs back, on 

 each side, to' the end. On the posterior half there is a band of 

 white hairs down the middle, and on either side of this are two 

 large black spots, while further back is a third pair of spots, 

 much less distinct. Although we have two specimens, both 

 are rubbed, but there have evidently been some transverse 

 bands and spots of white hairs on the anterior part of the 

 abdomen. The clypeus has a strong reddish tinge on the 

 upper half, which is also ornamented with a large central patch 

 of white hairs. The lower half, which overlaps the falces, is 

 black. 



We have two males from Central America, the exact 

 locality being unknown. 



