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arated from the middle eyes, while the middle eyes touch. 

 Second row of eyes much nearer the first than the third row. 



Color. Cephalothorax black, covered wth yellow hairs, 

 which grow thickest on the clypeus and in rings around the 

 anterior eyes. Abdomen brown, also thinly covered with 

 yellow hairs. Legs of the first pair, bright reddish-brown ; of 

 the second pair, reddish-brown, with a black, longitudinal band 

 on the upper surface of patella and tibia ; third and fourth 

 pairs with femur dark brown, almost black; proximal half of 

 patella light reddish-brown ; distal end of patella and proximal 

 end of tibia, blackish ; distal end of tibia and proximal end of 

 metatarsus, bright reddish-brown ; distal end of metatarsus and 

 all of tarsus, pale. Palpus reddish-brown, with tarsus pale. 

 Sternum black, with yellow hairs. " Coxae ii and iv, light 

 brown; mouth parts, and coxae i and iii, dark brown. 



Habitat. Santarem, Brazil. Smith collection. 



DESCAXSO CHAPODA N. SP. 



PI. VI., Fig. 1, female ; la, face ; lb, side of cephalothorax ; 

 Ic, epigynum. 



9 . Total length, 5 mm. 



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

 Legs, 4132 ; first pair stoutest. 



The quadrangle of the eyes occupies two-fifths of the 

 cephalothorax. The posterior slope of the thorax is concave, but 

 not so much as in vagus. The eyes of the fir.st row are all 

 touching. The second row of eyes is a little nearer the first 

 than the third row. There is a slight groove around the hinder 

 thoracic part Avhich extends forward on the sides, but this pecu- 

 liarity is by no means so striking as it is in vagus. The lip is 

 longer than wide. The falces are vertical and parallel. The 

 anterior coxae are separated bj^ less than the width of the lip. 



Color. Cephalothorax dark brown, with a semi-circular 

 white band running around the hinder thoracic part and ex- 

 tending forward to the dorsal ej^es. Abdomen dark brown, 

 with a curved, transverse white band across the anterior 

 end. Spinnerets, light brown. "N'enter, dark brown, with 



