310 Wisco)isin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 



Maxillae long, contracted at the base, dilated toward the anterior; anterior 

 margin rounded. 



Labium more than one half the length of the maxillae, contracted tow^ard 

 the anterior, apex truncated. 



Legs 1, 2, 4, 3 or 1, 4, 2, 3: 2, 3, 4 of almost equal length. First pair of legs 

 more robust than the others, and in the male much longer than in 

 the female. Patella and tibia of the third pair shorter that these 

 joints in the fourth pair; the patella with the tibia is longer than the 

 metatarsus with the tarsus in the fourth pair. 



VICIRIA Thoeell. 1877. 



"Viciria Thorell, Studi Sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani, I, p. 233. 



Cephalothorax about a third long-'r than wide, moderately high. 



Clypeus at lea^t half as wide as the anterior middle eyes. 

 Sternum rather short, not twice as long as wide, wider than the coxae, not 

 projecting between coxae of the first pair of legs, which are sepa- 

 rated by at least the width of the lip. 



Eyes: those of the first row plainly visible when the cephalothorax is looked 

 at from above; this row slightly curved upward. Middle anterior 

 eyes large, very pro ninent; the lateral eyes are rather small, and 

 are separated by an interval greater than their owa diameter from 

 the middle eyes. Quadrangle of the eyes a little wider in front than 

 behind, not occapying half the length of the cephalothorax, much 

 narrower behind than is the cephalot lorax at that place. Eyes of 

 the second row miaute, ab^ut in the middle, or a little in front of 

 the middle, between the anterior lateral and the posterior eyes. Pos- 

 terior eyes placed about their own diameter higher than the anterior 

 lateral eyes, and further from the lateral borders than from each 

 other. 



Falces dir-^cted downward and more or less forward. 



Maxillae long, diverging a little, and slightly curved outward, about half 

 longer than the lip; lip nearly half longer than wide, plainly nar- 

 rowing toward the rounded or suh-truncated extremity. 



Paljms slender, in the female neither dilated nor fiattened at the extremity. 



Legs rather long, slender or moderately stout, first pair, at least in some 

 cases, more robust than the others; third pair (sometimes excepting 

 the first), longer than the others; tibia with the patella of the third 

 longer, or at least not shorter than tibia with patella of the fourth. 

 Tibiae much longer than patellae. Metatarsi of the fourch spined 

 throughout their length. 



Abdomen long and slender. 



Spinnerets six, long and cylindrical. 



Type: V. Paveiii. 



