No. 1.] ANT-LIKE SPIDERS OF THE FAMILY ATTIDjE. 37 



of the inner faces, as is usuallj^ the case. In the female the 

 falces are obHque, short and stout. The hp is longer than wide. 

 The abdomen has rather a long, slender appearance in the 

 male, while in the female it is shorter, thicker and more 

 rounded. 



Color. This is a dark species. In the male the cephalic 

 part is dark and iridescent ; the thoracic part is medium brown, 

 darkening below, thinly covered with white hairs, and having 

 a white band around the lower margin. The clypeus is cov- 

 ered with white hairs. The abdomen is beautifullj^ iridescent, 

 with violet reflections, and is thinly covered with white hairs. 

 The falces are dark and iridescent. The legs of the first pair 

 are dark brown, excepting the tarsi, which are pale. The other 

 legs and the palpi are very light brown. The sternum and 

 mouth parts are dark, forming a contrast to the light-colored 

 coxfe. The female is not iridescent. The whole body is dark 

 brown, thinly covered with white hairs, the cephalothorax 

 having a white band around the lower margin. The falces 

 are medium brown ; the legs and the palpi, excepting the tar- 

 sal joints, are pale brown, the tarsal joints of the palpi being 

 blackish. The mouth parts and sternum are not so dark as 

 in the male, but still contrast with the coxee. 



Habitat. Ceylon. 



SALTICUS SPISSUS N. SP. 



PI. II., Fig. 8, male ; 8a and 8b, male palpus. Fig. 9, var. 

 solivagus, male : 9a and 9b, male palpus. 

 S . Total length, 5 mm. 



Cephalothorax: Length, 2 mm.; width, 1.2 mm. 

 Legs, 4132 ; almost equally stout. 

 Falces, 2 mm. 



The cephalic part is high, and is limited by a deep con- 

 striction ; just behind this the thoracic part rises until it is 

 nearlj" as high as the cephalic, and then slopes off' quite steeply, 

 growing narrower behind. The quadrangle of the eyes is one- 

 third wider than long, wider behind than in front, and occu- 

 pies two-fifths of the cephalothorax. The anterior eyes are 



