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entirely separate vow. The centres of the rear row are in a sti-aight 

 line, all four eyes oval and longitudinally parallel. The long 

 diameter of the median equals that of the front middle eyes, and 

 the rear laterals, twice the length of these, are one-third of their 

 length away from the medians, which are not quite three of their 

 own long diameters apart. 



The lip is as long as broad, veiy convex, rounded at the base, 

 and straight in front. It is furnished with rather thick ordinary 

 bristles and stout spines on the upper half, tapering from base to 

 point. The maxillce are rather wide, rounded at the lower outer 

 corner and curving round the lip. They are straight in front. 

 On the inner lower corner they have an area with spines, much 

 like those on the lip, but longer. 



The sterrmm is piriform, narrowest in front ; the posterior 

 sigilla are moderate in size, about their diameter from margin, 

 the remainder close to it. 



The legs are rather short and stout. The metatarsus and 

 tarsus of front two pairs somewhat flat, thickly scopulated, and 

 particularly short, with stout spines on the under side of both 

 joints. The superior tarsal claws have from one to three long- 

 basal pectinations only and are much curved. The third claw is 

 small and bare. 



The abdomen is oval, with fine down-lying hair and long fine 

 bristles on the upper part. The superior spinnerets are short and 

 stout. The first joint about equal to the other two, the third 

 hemispherical at the anterior end. The inferior spinnerets ar^ 

 very small and about their diameter apart. 



kale. Colouring like the female. The long dark spinous 

 bristles on the upper part of abdomen give the latter a darker 

 colour than in the female (supposed). The under side also is 

 covered with thicker and longer brown hair. 



The front median eyes are of the same diameter as the front 

 laterals, the former i and the latter 1| diameters apart. The 

 rear row is straight, the laterals being in long diameter larger 

 than those of the front row. The whole eye-space, though of the 

 same proportionate length and breadth, is only two-thirds the 

 size of that of the (supposed) females, but the eyes appear closer 

 together owing to their larger comparative size. A long median 

 row of long spinous bristles runs from near the thoracic fovea to 

 the margin of the clypeus. 



The lip and maxillce are unbespined. The sternum is pear- 

 shaped ; the posterior sigilla away from margin, small and 

 apparently slightly convex. The teeth on the inner edge of the 

 falx-sheath are small and six in number. On the outer edge and 

 intermediately are 14 or 15 spread imliscriminately, some very 

 small. The legs are long and rather thin. The superior tarsal 

 claws have five or six pectinations. The tarsi of the front two 

 pairs only are scopulated and the anterior end of the metatarsus. 

 Near the anterior end of tibia 1 are two horny apophyses longi- 

 tudinally, one below the other on the inner side. There are 

 spines on all metatarsi and on tarsi 3 and 4, but not on 1 and Z. 



