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Legs, 4312 ; almost equally stout. 



1st and 2d. legs nearly equal in length. 



4tli leg longer than 2d by tarsus and nearly all meta- 

 tarsus. 

 9 . Total length, 4.3 mm. 



Cephalothorax : Length, 2 mm. ; width, 1 mm. 



Legs, 4312 ; almost equally stout. 



1st leg longer than 2d only by tarsus. 



4th leg longer than 3d by tarsus and metatarsus. 

 The female of this species has the cephalothorax long in 

 proportion to its width, while the abdomen is rather mde in 

 proportion to its length. The male has the cephalothorax 

 wider and the abdomen narrower. The cephalothorax, in both 

 sexes, is moderately high, with a marked constriction in the 

 anterior thoracic region. The cephalic part is inclined for- 

 ward ; the thoracic part is convex. Quadrangle of eyes three- 

 quarters as long as wide, slightly wider in front than behind, 

 occupying two-fifths of the cephalothorax. Anterior eyes in a 

 straight row, middle touching, lateral subtouching; middle 

 fully twice as large a lateral. Second row half-way between 

 first and third rows. Third row as wide as cephalothorax at 

 that place. Falces short, vertical, parallel, weak. Lip as wide 

 as long. Coxse i separated by more than width of lip. Ster- 

 num oval, truncated in front. Pedicle short. Abdomen wider 

 behind than in front. 



Color. Cephalothorax black or reddish-brown, darker in 

 the female than in the male, with some white hairs around the 

 anterior ej'es and a snowy, transverse band across the constric- 

 tion. Abdomen black, with a transverse band of white hairs 

 considerably in front of the middle and some whitish hairs at 

 the spinnerets. The coxse of the third pair are blackish, those 

 of the other legs pale, and the femoral joints are all dark red- 

 dish-brown ; the first leg has the remaining joints pale, with a 

 longitudinal black line running along the patella and tibia. 

 The second leg has the patella, tibia and tarsus pale, while the 

 matatarsus is dark brown and has also the black line on the 

 inner face of patella and tibia. The third and fourth legs 



