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the cephalothorax. The upper surface of the abdomen is cov- 

 ered with a rounded, hardened cap, with a ghstening surface, 

 which has exact!}'' the appearance of the wing-covers of beetles. 

 The quadrangle of the ej'es is one-third wider than long, 

 is almost equally wide in front and behind, and occupies about 

 one-half of the cephalothorax. The anterior eyes are close to- 

 gether, the middle being from nearlj"- twice to nearly three 

 times as large as the lateral. The position of the second row 

 is variable. The third row is as wide as the cephalothorax at 

 that place. 



The whole spider is both longitudinally and transversely 

 convex. 



The relative length of the legs is 4132 or 23. 

 The shape and minute size of Coccorchestes separate it 

 from other genera. 



The type of this genus is C. rufipes Thorell, Ragni Malesi 

 e Papuani, Vol. III., p. 672. The onlj^ species in our collec- 

 tion, however, is Coccorchestes (Rhanis), cupreus Simon, from 

 Brazil, Hist. Nat. d. Araignees, p. 309. In this species a line 

 touching the tops of the anterior eyes would be curved down- 

 ward — not upward as in Thorell's species. M. Simon considers 

 Salt, coccinelloides Cambridge, a sj^nonym of C. cupreus. 



Thorell describes the type, rufipes, as having the quad- 

 rangle of the eyes a little wider in front than behind, but his 

 other species either agree with cupreus in having it a little 

 wider behind, or have it equally wide in front and behind. 



COCCORCHESTES CUPREUS SIMON. 



Plate XV., Figs. 10— lOrf. 



S and $ . Total length, 2.2. 



The cephalothorax and the upper part of the abdomen 

 have the integument hardened and covered with little punctate 

 spots. It is glistening and iridescent, the color being 

 purple on the cephalothorax and brown on the abdomen. 

 There are some white hairs on the face and around the large 

 middle eyes. The falces are very small. The first row of eyes 



