Genera of the Family Attidce. 281 



Sternum wider than the coxae, not projecting between the separated 

 coxae of the first pair. 



Falces short, sub- vertical. 



Maxillae sh )rt, narrow at the base, wide at the apex, ahnost ovate trian- 

 gular. Lip a little Ijnger than wide, r junde 1 at apex. 



Palpi of the female a little dilated and usually convex toward the apex. 



Legs moderately short, 4, 1, 2, 3 (3, 2), femora I'obust and compressed. 



Ahdomen short, almost ovate triangular, high and widely truncated in 

 front, anterior slope convex, and received into the excavation of 

 the cephalothorax, covered with hard shining scales forming a 

 shield . 



Spinnerets six, the superior long r and more slender than the inferior. 

 The whole spider is very convex, both longitudinally and transversely 



when looked at from above strongly resembling a beetle. 



HOMALATTUS White. 1841. 



Syn.: 1841. Homalattus White. Description of new or little known Ara- 

 chn., in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., VII, p. 476. 

 1848. E hauls C. Koch, Die Arachn., XIV, p. 86. 

 1870. Rheiie Thorell, on Euroj). Spid. I, p. 37. 



1877. Homalattus Id., Studi sui Ragni Mai. e Pap., I, p. 289. 



1878. lilieae Tacz,, Araneides du Perou, Bull, de la Soc. Imp. de 



Moscow, LIII, 4, p. 289. 



1879. Homalattus L. Koch. Arachniden Australiens, p. 1083. 



1880. " Karsch, Arachnol. Blatter VIII, Zur Kenntniss 

 der Attiden, in Zeitsch. f. d. gesammt. Naturw.ssensch., 

 LIII, p. 396. 



Cephalothorax flat, transverse, not so wide as the body, covered like it with 

 papillae. 



Eyes eight, on short elevations of thorax; may be considered as placed in 

 three lines, two of which are approximate, the third bein ; distant; 

 the first line, which is somewhat bent, contains four eyes, placed on 

 the front margin of the cephalothorax at nearly equal distances from 

 each other, the two intermediate eyes are much the largest. The 

 second line contains two very minute eyes, somewhat removed from 

 the edge of the thorax; they are placed rather nearer the outer eye 

 of the first line than the outer is to the intermediate; the third line 

 contains two eyes, one on each side of the margin of the thorax, the 

 space between the outer eye and the fiist line beicg equal to tbe dis- 

 tance between the outer eyes of the first line. 



Ahdomen as broad as long; in front straightish; behind somewhat pointed; 

 the sides rounded; it is flat and compressed, and somewhat convex 

 above. 



