FROM DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 509 



with the exception of a pale yellow ring at the distal end of 

 the tibial joint. The other legs are yellower. They are all 

 sparsely furnished with white almond-shaped scales and up- 

 standing pale yellow-brown hairs. The palpi are as dark as the 

 first pair of legs. 



The cephalothorax is about one-fifth longer than broad, flat on 

 the eye-space, highest at the level of the rear row of eyes, whence 

 it slopes slightly forward and steeply to the mai'gin all round. 

 The eye-space, broader than long, extends to nearly one-half the 

 total length ; it is slightly narrower at the rear than at the 

 front. The eyes are all ringed with wide black margins. The 

 small eyes of the median row are about midway between the 

 rear and the front side eyes. The clypeus is one-third as wide as 

 the diameter of the front median. The front row is recurved, 

 the side eyes being slightly separated from the median which 

 are close together. 



The mandibles are perpendicular, convex on their outer side. 

 At a short distance from their insertion below the clypeus they 

 begin to widen out towards the anterior end, where they are 

 twice their width at the base. The total thickness at the anterior 

 end, in addition to the space between the inner and outer 

 margins of the falx-sheath, comprises a superimposed raised area 

 reaching from near the outer margin to the corner farthest away 

 from the base of the fang, where it ends in a large prominence. 

 Between this and the normal falx-sheath margin it is hollowed 

 out. On this secondary outer margin is a small fringe. The 

 usual falx-sheath is wide and deep, the inner margin terminating 

 in a large conical tooth at its lower end, from here to the base of 

 the falx the thickness is considerable. 



The lip is longer than broad ; rounded anteriorly and narrowed 

 at the base for about one-four-th of its length, it is remarkably 

 convex, the middle being a considerable height above the level 

 of the margins. The maxillse are upright, rounded anteriorly, 

 narrowed at the base, about twice as long as the lip, and as broad 

 as the latter is long. They are also very convex, being raised to 

 the middle of their area in successively smaller layers, and termi- 

 nating at their greatest convexity in a small boss. 



The sternum is ovate, truncate anteriorly, where it is wider 

 than the lip ; the front coxae are clearly longer than the others. 

 The abdomen is ovate, with rather long terminal spinnerets. 

 There are two spines above on femora i. and ii. One weak 

 spine on the inside of each patella, one pair at the base of tibia i., 

 two single on the outer side, and a row of eleven on the anterior 

 half of the inner side of the same. Four pairs under tibia ii., 

 one pair and an anterior bunch on metatarsus ii. 



The tibial apophysis of the palp is broad at the base but tapers 

 to a fine point. The distal joint is short and broad near the 

 base, rounded at the sides and square at the anterior end, with 

 a short stigma springing from a hollow above the bulb. The 

 patella is as long as the tibia. 



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