Genera of the Fanu'li/ Attiche. 385. 



Falees vertical, not diverging. 



Maxillae twice as long as the labium, dilated, and rounded in front. 



Labium not longer than wide. 



Sternum twice as long as wide. 



Legs 1, 4, 3, 2. First pair stouter than the others. Patella and tibia of the 

 third shorter than the patella and tibia of the fourth; metatarsus and 

 tarsus of the fourth a little shorter than the patella and tibia. Me- 

 tatarsi of the fourth spmed only at the apex. 



Abdomen oviform; one fourth longer than wide. 



Spinnerets as usual; superi' r and inferior equally long. 



PIRITHOUS Keyserlixg. 1883. 



Syn.: 1882. Eulabes Keyserling, Arachniden Australiens, p. 1387. 



1883. Piritlions Keyserling, Arachniden Australiens, p. 1477. ' 



Cephalothorax a little longer than wide, sides rounded, behind slanting^ 

 and contracted, above moderately high and plane, wider at the dor- 

 sal row of eyes. 



Clypeus low. 



Quadrangle of eyes wider than long, behind wider than in front, almost 

 reaching the middle of the cephalothorax. First row of eyes strongly 

 recurved, lateral eyes from the large middle eyes widely separated, 

 small medium eyes further from the dorsal eyes than from the an- 

 terior lateral. Dorsal eyes further from one another than from tke 

 margin of the cephalothorax. 



Falees diverging. 



Maxillae long, a little dilated in front. 



Labium longer t' an wide, not longer than half the length of the maxilla^ 



Sternum small and a little longer than wide. 



Abdomen oval. 



Legs spined, 1, 2, 4, 3, or 1, 4, 2, 3; first pair stouter than the others, patella 

 and tibia of the third shorter than the patella and tibia of the fourth. 

 Metatarsus and tarsus of the fourth shorter than the patella and the 

 tibia. Metatarsi of the fourth spined. 

 The generic name Eulabes was preoccupied. 



' NEAETHA Simon. 1885. 



Syn : 1869. Attiis Sim., Monogr. d. especes Earop. de la fam. d. Attides,. 

 p. 14 (24) (ad partem). 

 1871. *' ID., Revis. d. Attid. 

 1876. Neera id., Arachn. de France, III, p. 199. 

 1885. Neaetha id., Etude sur Arachn. recueillis en Tunisie, Paris, 

 Imp. Xat. 1885. 



' Neatha= Neera, preoccupied. 



