No. 1.] ANT-LIKE SPIDERS OF THE FAMILY ATTID.E. 27 



Ceplmlotliorax : Length, 2.2 mm. ; width, 1.1 mm. 



Legs, 4132 ; ahnost equally stout. 



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



4th leg longer than 3d by tarsus and two-thirds of meta- 

 tarsus. 



Cephalothorax long, flat, moderately high, widest in the 

 cephalic part, with a slight constriction behind the dorsal eyes. 

 Quadrangle of eyes four-fifths as long as wide, very slightly 

 wider behind than in front, occupying two-fifths of cephalo- 

 thorax. Cephalic part on a slightly higher plane than thoracic. 

 Anterior eyes in a straight row, subtouching ; the middle twice 

 as large as the lateral. Second row half-way between first and 

 third rows. Third row as wide as the cephalothorax at that 

 place, prominent. Falces short, vertical, parallel, moderately 

 robust. Lip longer than wide. Coxee i separated by nearly 

 the width of the lip. Sternum oval. Pedicle short. Abdomen 

 long and tapering. Tibia i with five, and metatarsus i with 

 two, pairs of slender spines. 



Color. Cephalothorax dark brown, reddish in the eye- 

 region, with yellowish hairs around the eyes of the first row. 

 Abdomen brown with some indistinct, darker, transverse 

 bands. Legs and palpi dull yellowish-brown ; sternum and 

 mouth parts darker brown. Venter blackish. Falces reddish, 

 brown. 



Habitat. Madagascar. 



SALTICUS ROBUSTUS N. SP. 



PI. XL, Figs. 2 and 2a, male palpus. 

 $ Total length, 9 mm. Falces, 3.2 mm. 



Cephalothorax : Length, 4 mm.; width, 2 mm. 

 Legs, 4132 ; equally stout. 



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

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

 Cephalothorax moderately high, with a very deep con- 

 striction behind the dorsal eyes. Cephalic part much higher 

 than thoracic. Quadrangle of eyes one-third wider than long, 

 wider behind than in front, occupying one-third of cephalo- 



