Genera of the Family Attidm. 317 



Cephalotliorax rather short, very high; thoracic part often convex, but 

 shghtly dilated on the side, only a third the longer. Cephalic part 

 slightly convex, very much inclined, limited by a faint depression 

 which is straight or bent forward . 



Eyes: those of the 'face, rather unequal, but little separated, forming 

 a line straight or slightly curved forward. Dorsal eyes a little 

 smaller than the latteral, not further apart, little or not at all promi- 

 nent above; quadrangle scax'cely a third wider than long; dorsal 

 eyes almost equally distant from each other and from the lateral 

 borders. Clypeus about half as wide as the middle eyes. 



Sternum small, long, narro^ver than the in'ermediati thigbs. Interval 

 between the anterior thighs less than the width of the lip at the 

 base. 



Legs 3, 4, 1, 2; the first legs like those of M lurops. Femur, patella and 

 tibia of the third much longer than the same articulations in the 

 fourth pair. Tibiae of the third aad fourth much enlarged from the 

 base to the extremity and a little compressed. Tarsus and metatar- 

 sus of the fourth as long as patella a.nd tibia. 



Falces weak, scarcely as long as the face, vertical or obliquely directed 

 backward in both sexes. 



Palpus short and robust as in JSlurops. 



HELIOPHANUS (C. Koch.) 1833. Simon. 



Syn.: 1833. Heliophauus C. Koch, in Herr.-Schaeff , Deutsihl. Ins., 119, 



1, 3. 

 1837. " Id,, Uebers. d. Arachn.-Syse., p. 29. 



1864. " [Heliophana] Sim., H. N. d. Araignees, p, 332. 



1868. " Sim., Monogr., d. especes Europ. de la fam. d. 



Attides, p. 6(16), 201 (667). 

 1868. Callethera [Callietherus] Id., ibid., p. 6 (16), 180 (646) (ad 



partem). 

 1870. " Thorell, Europ. Spid. I, p. 211. 



1876. " Sim., Arach. de France, III, p. 140. 



1878. " Lebert Die Spinnen der Schweiz, p. 298. 



Cephalothorax high; thoracic part dilated, at least a third the longer. Ce- 

 pholic part slightly convex, a little inclined, limited by a depression 

 which is usually wide, straight, or bent backward; thoracic part 

 presenting indistinct diverging striae. 



Clypeus scarcely one fourth!! as wide as the large middle eyes, without 

 hairs. 



Eyes of the face very unequal iu a straight or slightly curved line; dorsa 

 eyes a little smaller than the lateral and not further apart. 

 Quadrangle a third or a quarter wider than long. 



