Genera of the Familtj Attiche. 315 



ERGANE Keyserling. 1881. 



Er^ane KEYSERLixa, Arachniden Austrol'aus, p. 1260. 



Cephalothorax longer th.in wide, a little wider in the middle than in 

 front, behind rounded, above high and convex, sloping in front. 



Clypens less than half the diameter of the large eyes. 



Quadrangle ofeyes wider than long, placed bfore the middle of the ccphal- 

 othorax, as wide iu front ■■■s behicd. Dorsal eyes from one another 

 and from the margin of the cephalothorax almost equally distant. 

 Small median eyes half way between the dorsal eyes and the lateral 

 eyes of the ffrst row. First row of eyes curved. 



Sterum oblong. 



Falces short and touching. 



Maxillae dilated in front, not twice longer than the lip. 



Legs spined. 1-3, 4, 2, 8. 1, 2, 4, 1, 4, 3, 2, or 4, 3, 1, 2. Legs of the first pair a 

 little stouter than the others. Patella and tibia of the third longer 

 than the patella and tibia of the fourth. The fourth pair has the 

 metatarsus and tha tarsus longer than the patella with the tibia. 



Abdomen ovate, longer than wide. 



Spinnerets, inferior and superior equally long. 



PHYALE C. Koch. 1846. 



Sy7i.: 1846. Phyale C. Koch, Die Arachn., XIII, p. 193. 



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



de Moscou, LIII, 4, p. 315. 



Uyes of the first row bent, the two middle eyes nearly touching, very lai'ge, 

 close over the front edge of the head, the side eyes of this row in 

 tbeir diameter not half so large as the middle eyes; the eyes of the 

 third r jw somewhat smaller than the outer eyes of the first row 

 and almost forming a square with them; the eyes of the second row 

 unusually small, half way between the eyes of the third row and 

 the outer eyes of the first row. 

 Falces short, stout, swollen, shining, scarcely longer than thick, fang not 



long. 

 JPalpus of tlie female of the customaiy form, somewhat covered with 

 short hiir; that of the male unknown. 

 All high colored beautiful little spiders. The head is flat above and 

 rather long, the cephalothorax usually nearly as long as wide; the sides of 

 the cephalothorax are gently rounded, and steeply falli g; the head is not 

 much higher than the middle ey^s in front, the clypens being nairow and 

 somewhat retreating. The abdomen is usually oval, almost always rather 



