Genera of the Familij Attidce. 293 



1881. Meneiuerus Thorell, Studi Ragni Malesi e Papuani, III, p. 



500 (ad partem). 

 1883. " L. Koch and Keyserling, Arachniden Australieus, 



p. 1461. 

 1883, " Sim , Arachn., de I'Ocean Atlantique. Ann. Soc. 



Ent. de France, 1882, pp. 261, 284, 303. 



Cephalothorcuv elongated; thoracic part a little dilated, at least a third the 

 longer; cephalic part flat, or very slighily convex, limited by a wide 

 and shallow transverse depression. 



Clypeus scai'c ^ly half the anterior middle eyes. 



Eyes of the fa^e rather unequal, forming a line slightly curved (rarely 

 straight), a little separated, particularly the lateral eyes. Dorsal 

 eyes a little smaller (sometimes as large; M, falsificus) than 

 the lateral, not further apart, since the sides of the head are straight; 

 quadrangle a quarter or a fifth only (M. semilimbatus) wider than 

 long; dorsal eyes as far from one another as from the lateral borders 

 (M. semilimbatus) or further fr )m one another. 



Sternum almost twice as long as wide; attenuated in front. Anterior 

 thighs separated by tiie width of the lip at the base; all the thighs- 

 longer than wide; those of the first pair the longest. 



Legs{ ^ ) 1, 4, 2, 3, or 4, 1, 2, 3; ( ? ) 4, 1, 2, 3. Legs of the first pair thickest; femur 

 compressed; patella and tibia cylindrical, the latter longer (excejDt M. 

 fals ficus); tarsus and metatarsus more slender and much shorter 

 than the patella and tibia; tarsus shorter tlian the metatarsus. 

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

 patella and tibia of the fourth much longer than patella and tibia of 

 the third: tibia of the fourth cylindrical and parallel. Tibial and 

 metatarsal rows of inferior spines on the four pairs. 



PaZpus short; femur very much diiati^d, almost as wide as long; convex 

 above; patella and tibia short and almost equal; tarsus rather small, 

 very convex. 



Abdomen oval, a litt'e flattened. 



This seems to differ from Attus only in the slightly lesser width in pro- 

 portion to thi length of the quadrangle of the eyas. 



DENDRYPHANTES (C. Koch), 1S37. Simon. 



Syn.: 1837. Dendrypliantes C. Koch, Uebers. d. Arachn. -Syst., I, p. 31 



(ad partem). 

 1850. " Id., ibid., 5 p. 60 (saltern ad partem). 



1869. Attus Sim., Monogr. d. Attid., p. 6 (16), 14 (24) (ad partem). 



1870. Doudryphautes Thorell On Europ. Spid., I, p. 214. 



1870. Marpossa Id, ibid., p. 213 (ad partem). 



1871. Attus Sim., Revis. d. Attid. (ad partem). 



