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MARATUS Karsch. 1878. 



Maratus Karsch, Diag. Attoid. aliquot nov. Novae Holl., cet., in Mittheil. 



d. Mimcliener Entom. Ver., 1878, p. 37. 

 {JepJialothorax not long, high. 

 Eyes: those of the third row, a little in front of the middlft of the cephalo- 



thorax. Eyes of the second row half way between the posterior 



and the anterior lateral eyes. Quadrangle of the eyes a little wider 



in front than behind. 

 Legs slender. 

 Abdomen flat, with parallel sides, quadrangular, longer than wide. 



Body hairy. 



MOPSUS Karsch, 1878. 



Syn: 1878. Mopsus Karsch, DiagD. Attoid. aliquot nov, Novae Holl., cet in 



Mittheil d. Mtinchener Entom. Ver, 1878. 

 p. 81. 

 1881. " Thorell, Studi sui Ragni Mai. e Pap., Ill, p. 462. 



Mopsus is vtiy like the genus Ascyltus ia appearance, but the clypeus is 

 not dilated on the sides, is higher and not so wide, grows a little narrower 

 above, and is covered above on the anterior cephalic margin and on the 

 sides, with long, slender hairs. 

 Cephalothorax: Cephalic part higher and shorter than in Ascyltus. Thorax 



sloping obliquely behind the dorsal eyes. 

 Eyes: Those of the first row curved backward, touching, placed below 

 the frous. Those of the second row placed further from the lateral 

 eyes and a little within the quadrangle. 

 Falces nearly perpendicular to the face . 



The species placed by Koch & Keyserling (Archinden Australiens, p. 

 330) in this g nus were subsequentlv made the basis of the genus Sanda- 

 -lodes, Arachniden Australiens, p. 1476. 



ASCYLTUS Karsch. 1878. 



Syn : 1878. Ascyltus Karsch, Diagn. Attoid. aliquot nov. Holl.. cet. in 



Mittheil. d. Miiachener Entom. Ver., 

 1878, p. 29. 

 1881. " L. Koch and Keyserling, Arachniden Aus- 



traliens, p. 1319. 

 Cephalothorax not high, rounded, wider in front, narrow behind, cephalic 



part not inclined. 

 ■Clypeus transversely vertical on the sides, somewhat extended, forming an 

 acute angle, dilated, the extreme edge of the dilatation ornamented 

 with some long hairs. 



