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cephalic part, but begin to slant outward just behind the second 

 row of eyes, and in the thoracic part are plainly wider below 

 than on the upper surface. The quadrangle of the eyes is 

 equally wide in front and behind, is only one-fifth wider than 

 long, and occupies a little more than one-half of the cephalo- 

 thorax. The anterior eyes are close together in a straight row, 

 the middle being twice as large as the lateral. The second row 

 is a little nearer the third than the first. The dorsal eyes are 

 large and prominent and form a row which is a little narrower 

 than the cephalothorax. The legs of the first pair have all of 

 the trochanter and a part of the coxa visible from above. 



Akela belongs to the Homalattus Group. Its pale bod}^ 

 and the thickened, elongated and dark colored first legs give 

 it a general resemblance to Messua, but in that genus the quad- 

 rangle is plainly wider behind than in front, the cephalothorax 

 is widest at the dorsal eyes, and the sides are vertical. It does 

 not resemble any of the other genera of the group. 



AKELA CHARLOTT.E, SP. NOV. 



Plate Aai, figs. 7-7d. 



$. Length, 3.8. Length of cephalothorax, 1 .7; width, 1.3. 

 Legs, 1423 ; first pair much the longest and stoutest. 



A small pale species with the first legs darkened and 

 much elongated, and the cephalic part longer than the tlioracic. 



The cephalothorax is about as long as the abdomen, w^hich 

 it overlaps. 



The clypeus is only one-fourth as high as the anterior 

 middle eyes. The falces are oblique, showing a little from 

 above, and are divergent and moderately stout and long. 



The cephalic part is very dark brown, contrasting with 

 the thoracic, which is light reddish-yellow, with darker rays 

 diverging from just behind the dorsal eyes. The abdomen is 

 very pale yellow with darker streaks, which are made up of 

 fine disconnected lines. The falces are dark brown. The palpi 



