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Eyes of the first row placed in front of the forehead. Quadrangle wider 



than long. 

 Falces nearly straight; ( $ ) rounded, smaller. ( $ ) longer, a little flattened 



bove, sharp on the edges, diverging. 

 Legs:^ first and second pairs more robust and longer than the others; third 



and fourth pairs more slender, shorter, having spines. 

 Abdomen narrower than the cephalothorax; elongated. 

 Spinnerets long. 



HYLLUS (C. Koch). 1846. Keyserling. 



Syn : 1846. Hyllus C. Koch, Die Arachn., xiii, p. 161. 



1846. l>eiiiei'esus White, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., 18, p. 179. 



1877. Hyllus Thorell, Studi Ragni Malesi e Papuani, I, p. 258. 



1878. " Id., ibid II, p. 264. 



1878. " Tacz., Araneides du Perou Bull. Soc. Imp. des 



Nat. de Moscou, LIII, 4, p. 336. 

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



p. 1339. 



Cephalothorax low and flat, a flfth longer than wide, much wider at the 

 third row of eyes, rounded behind, convex on the back . 



Clypeus one. fourth as wide as the large middle eyes 



Eyes of the face in a line a little curved backward, lateral half as large as 

 the middle eyes and separated from t Hem. Eyes of the second row 

 fur. her from the dorsal than from the lateral eyes. Quadrangle 

 wider than long, equally wide in front and behind, placed before 

 the middle of the cephalothorax. Eyes of the third row further 

 from each other than from the lateral borders. 



Sfemuvi nioderately convex, a third longer than wide. 



Falces large, long, somewhat curved, diverging; the fang very long, some- 

 what fine, very pointed; on the inner side, before the bent point, a 

 little corner. 



Maxillae rounded at the extremity. 



Lip more than half as lon^ as the maxillae, growing narrower toward the 

 extremity. 



Palpus ( $ ) slender, almost filiform, the second joint the longest and 

 somewhat bent; the third and fourth equally long, both conical; 

 the last joint bent; the bulb covered frora above. 



Legs ( 5 ) 1, 2, 4, 3, (?) 1, 4, 2, 3; the first legs much longer and thicker 

 than the others, which are nearly equal . Patella with tibia of the 

 third not 1 mger than patella with tibia of the fourth; metatarsus 

 with the tarsus of the fourth shorter than patella with tibia. Meta- 

 tarsus of the fourth with spines throughout its length . 



' Ascyltus pencillatus Karsch. has the legs (!) 1, 4, 3, 3, ( ? ) 4, 1, 3, 2. 

 L. Koch and Keyserling, Arachn iden Australiens, p. 1319. 

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