Genera of the Family Attidce. . 289 



'LINUS N. 



8yn.: 1878. Sim's Thorell, Stadi sui Kagni Malesi e Papuani, II p. 369. 



Cej^halothorax not much longr^r thao wide, and very high, sloping steeply 

 in front. 



Clypeus at least half as high as the middle anterior eyes. 



Sternum sub-ovate, wider than the coxae. 



Eyes; quadrangle rather large, occupying about f of the length of the 

 cephalothorax, not much wider than loag, a little narrower behind 

 than in front, and but little narrower behind than the cephalothorax 

 at that place. The anterior row of eyes, which is pLiinly visible 

 when looked at from above, is a litt'e curved upward. Middle an- 

 terior eyes very large, at least three times larger than the lateral 

 eyes, and separated from them by only a small interval; eyes of the 

 second row rather large, more than a third as large as the posterior 

 eyes, and placed half-way between these, and the anterior lateral 

 eyes; the posterior eyes, which are placed more than their own di- 

 ame er higher than the anterior lateral eyes, are further from the 

 lateral borders than from each other. 



Falces short, not. 



Maxillae sub-ovate, diverging, narrow at the base, almost twice as long 

 as the lip; lip a little longer than wide. 



Legs long, 1, 4 (in p 4, 1), 8, 3, metatarsi and tarsi very narrow; first pair 

 only a little more robust than the others, tibiae much longer than 

 patallae; tibiae also spined above; posterior metatarsi with spines 

 thi'oughout their length. 



Abdomen sub-ovate. 



Spinnerets ordinary, two articulations, the superior the longer. 

 Type: S. fimbriatus (DoL). 

 This genus is nearly related to Cocalus^^C. L. Koch). 



HYCTIA Simon. 1876. 



Syn.: 1869. Marpissiis Sim., Monogr. d. especes Europ. de la fam. d. 

 Attides, p. 7 (17) (ad part.). 

 1871. " Id., Revis. d. Attid. 



1876, Ilyctia Id., Arachn. de France, III, p. 18. 



Cephalothorax elongated, almost parallel; thoracic part scarcely at all 

 enlarged, at least a third longer tlian the cephalic part. Cephalic 

 part flat, not inclined, limited by a wide depression, not dtep, bent 

 behind. 



' Linus is substituted for Sinis, the latter name being preoccupied. 

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