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of abdomen. Looked at fi'om the under side, the tibia of the 

 palpus is about half as long as the tarsus. 



Color. Cephalothorax black, with violet reflections ; there 

 are white hairs on the face, and in a snowy band around the 

 constriction. Abdomen black, except on the sides at the point 

 of constriction, where it is brown. On its dorsal surface are 

 several spots and bands of snowy white hairs arranged rather 

 irregularly, as follows ; One pair of spots in front of the con- 

 striction, a band around the constriction ; another pair of spots 

 close together, just behind the constriction ; a third, widely 

 separated, on the posterior part of the abdomen, and, finally, a 

 single spot at the spinnerets. Legs light yellowish-brown, form- 

 ing a contrast with the dark body. Palpi and falces dark 

 brown. Under surface dark, excepting where the band at the 

 constriction comes down on each side of the venter. 



Habitat. Manilla. 



SALTICUS EDENTULUS N. SP. 



PL II., Fig. 5, epigynum. 

 9 . Total length, 5.5 mm. 



Cephalothorax: Length, 2.8 mm.; width, 1.3 mm. 



Legs, 4132 ; equally stout. 



1st leg longer than 2d by tarsus and metatarsus. 



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

 one-fourth of tibia. 



Cephalothorax rather high for this genus. Quadrangle 

 of eyes one-fourth wider 'than long and wider behind 

 than in front, occupying a little less than one-half cepha- 

 lothorax. First row of eyes straight, all subtouching ; 

 middle twice as large as lateral eyes. Clypeus, only a line. 

 Second row of eyes a little nearer the first than the third row. 

 Dorsal larger than lateral eyes. Falces short, vertical, parallel, 

 moderately robust. Lip longer than wide. Coxse of first legs 

 separated by less than the width of the lip. Sternum very nar- 

 row. Pedicle moderately long. A moderately strong constric- 

 tion behind the dorsal eyes, and a very slight one in the ante- 

 rior half of the abdomen. 



