No. 3.] SPIDERS OF THE HOMALATTUS GROUP. \iVi 



The cephalothorax is dark reel-brown, with whitisli iiairs 

 growing thinly on the sides and around the eyes. Looked at 

 from in front tlie anterior eyes all seem to be surrounded with 

 red rings, and the clypeus is covered with long, whitish haii'S. 

 The palpus is light brown, with white hairs. The first legs are 

 dark brown ; the second, third and fourth pairs are lighter, with 

 black tips and black rings between the tibial and metatarsal 

 and between the metatarsal and tarsal joints. The abdomen is a 

 lighter brown than the cephalothorax, Avith four indented dots 

 on the dorsum, and seems to have been thinly covered with 

 whitish hairs. The spinnerets are short and are scarcely visi- 

 ble from above. 



A single female from Calcutta. 



RHEXE VAGA SP. NOV. 



Plate XA\, Figs. 5— 5c. 



S. Length, 3. Length of cephalothrorax, 1..5 ; width of 

 eephalothrorax, 1.5. 



9 . Length, 3.3. Length of cephalothorax, 1.5 ; width 

 of cephalothorax, 1.5. 



Legs in both sexes, 1432; first pair plainly the largest, 

 especially the tibifc. 



The quadrangle of the eyes is plainly wider behind than 

 in front, and is, at it widest point, one-third wider than long. 

 It occupies fully two-thirds of the cephalothorax. The anterior 

 eyes are in a straight row, all touching ; the middle are less 

 than twice as large as the lateral. The lateral ej'cs are a little 

 smaller than the dorsal. The second row is a little nearer the 

 first than the third row. The third is as wide as the cephalo- 

 thorax at that place. The cephalothorax is flat and much 

 wider behind than in front. The ocular quadrangle .seems to 

 occupy nearly all of it, the thoracic fall being steep. The sides 

 slope inward from the upper surface. The falces in the female 

 are small, vertical and parallel. In the male thej' are divergent 

 and project a little, and are rather long, with long fangs. The 

 clypeus retreats from the first row of eyes. 



