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are slightly separated from each other, the middle Vjeing twice 

 as large as the lateral. The second row is plainly nearer the 

 first than the third. The third row is narrower than the 

 cephalothorax, the sides being nowhere vertical. The cephalo- 

 thorax is not high, and is gently convex above, rising from the 

 first to the third row of eyes and then falling a very little 

 through the first half of the thoracic part. 



The clypeus is one-fourth as high as the large middle eyes. 

 The falces project forward ; they are long and rather stout. 



The cephalothorax is dark reddish-brown, darkest on the 

 cephalic plate. There is a wide white band with a narrow black 

 line around the margin, and a white transverse band in front 

 of the third row of eyes. The clypeus is covered with white 

 hairs. The falces are dark red and rugose. The abdomen is 

 encircled by a white band. The dorsum is bright yellowish- 

 red with a slender longitudinal white line down the middle. 

 The joalpi and legs are of rather a light brown. 



We have a single male from the eastern part of Guatemala. 



HERA CLE A, gen. nov. 



Rather large spiders. 



The cephalothorax is from moderately high to high and 

 is widest behind the dorsal eyes. The cephalic part is inclined ; 

 the thoracic sometimes rounds off directly behind the dorsal 

 eyes, falling in an unbroken curve to the posterior border, and 

 sometimes falls very slightly in its first half, and then more 

 steeply. The whole cephalothorax is wide on the upper sur- 

 face, being nearly as wide above as below. The quadrangle of 

 the eyes is wider in front than behind, is one-fourth wider than 

 long and occupies from two-fifths to nearly one-half of the 

 cephalothorax. The first row of eyes is straight with the eyes 

 all a little separated, and rather large, the lateral being more 

 than half as large as the middle. The second row is half-way 

 between the first and the third or a little nearer tlie first. The 

 third row is narrower than the cephalothorax at that place. 



This genus seems to be nearest Epinga P. {Atiidas of the 



