Genera of the Family Attidce. 32i 



PHLEGRA Simon. 1S7G. 



Syn: 1850. Eiiophrys (sub-gen. Parthenia) C. Koch, Uebers. d. Arachn.- 



Sy&t. 5, p. 65. 



1869. Attus(9tli gr.) SiM„ Monogr. d. especes Europ. de la fam. d.. 



Attides, p. 85 (551). 



1870. jElurops Thor., On European Spiders, T, p. 219 (ad partem).. 



1871. Attus (lOtb gr.) SiM.; Revis d. Attid. 

 1876. PhlegT.a Id., Arachn. de France, III, p. 120. 



C'ep/m/of/ior«a' very long, parallel in the cephalic part, a littlp dilated be- 

 yond; thoracic part at least twice the longer. Cephalic part plane 

 and inclined not, or barely limite i behind. 



Eyes: those of the fase very unequal; the middle eyes almost touhcing;. 

 the lateral a little separated, forming a line almost straight, or per _ 

 ceptibly curved . Doi'sal eyes a little smaller than th e lateral eyes, 

 not, or very slightly further apart. Quadrangle a quarter wider 

 than long; dorsal eyes a little further from one another than from, 

 the lateral borders . 



Clypeus always more than half as wide as the middle eyes, often fully as- 

 wide ( (5 ), with hairs. 



Sternum contracted in front, at least twice as long as wide, as wide or slight- 

 ly wider than the intermediate thighs. Anterior thighs separated by 

 the width of the lip; thighs of the first, second and third legs al- 

 most equal; those of the fourth longer. 



Legs 4, 1, 3, 2, or 4, 3, 1, 2. Tibia and patella of tha first at least a quarter 

 shorter than the cephalothoiax, these two articulations being equal 

 in length and thickness, and a little longer than the tarsus and met- 

 atarsus, the latter being equal and more slender. Femur, tibia and 

 patella of the fourth much longer than those of the third pair, ex- 

 actly of the same length as the tarsus and metatarsus; tibia of the 

 fourth much longer than the patella, slightly enlarged and com- 

 pressed at the extremity. Posterior metatarsi armed to the base 

 with very long spines. 



Falees vertical or obliquely inclined backwards, shorter than the face inj 

 both sexes. 



OEDIPUS Menge. 1877. 



Syn. : 1869. Attu.s Sim., Monogr. d. Attid., p. 6 (16) 14 (24) (ad partem). 



1876. Ballns Id., Arachn. de France, III. p. 201 (ad partem). 



1877. Oedipus Menge, Preussische Spinnen, IX, p. 482. 



CephalotJiorax oblong; higher than wide between the dorsal eyes; the 

 convex cephalic part inclined forward, the hitid part descending 

 abruptly. The forehead and large middle eyes are so oblique that 

 from directly above only the upper margin of the eyes is visible. 



