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apex by a scalloiDed white band ; on the middle of the dorsum is a 

 large triangular white spot, in fi'ont of, and behind which are two 

 white dots; near the apex, extending upward from the encircling 

 band, are two short oblique white bars. Palpi reddish wath long 

 white hairs. Falces iridescent purple. Mouth-parts, sternum and 

 coxae dark brown. Venter black in the middle with a whitish longi- 

 tudinal band on each side. Legs dark brown with long black and 

 gray hairs. 

 Habitat: Texas. 



PHIL^US FARTILIS Nov. Sp. 



Plate n, figure 17. 



? . Total length 10 mm. Width of abdomen 4 mm. 



Caphalothorax: length 4.4; width 3.8; height 2.4. 



Legs 9, 7.2, 7.3, 9.5; patella and tibia of the first, 4; patella and tibia of the 

 tliird, 2.8; patella and tibia of the fourth, 3.6; metatarsvis and tarsus 

 of the fourth. 3.3. 



Ocular area one-third wider than long; anterior eyes small, in a slightly curved 

 row; middle eyes more than twice as large as lateral eyes, separated 

 from them by one-half the diameter of the lateral; dorsal as large as 

 lateral eyes, further from each other than from lateral borders. Cly- 

 peus one-third as high as middle eyes, vertical. Falces as wide as 

 first row of eyes, more than twice as long as face, vertical, shghtly 

 diverging. Maxillae divergent, enlarged and rounded at extremity, 

 excavated on inner side for labium. Labium a little more than one- 

 half maxillae, one-half longer than wide, a Little contracted and trun- 

 cated at tip. Sternum one-haK longer than wide, rather deep set. 

 Anterior coxae separated by less than wddth of labium. Legs 1, 4, 



2, 3; metatarsi of the third and fourth with only terminal circles of 

 spines. 



Coloration: Cephalothorax and clypeus covered with long white hairs, 

 the former with a black marginal line. Abdomen gi'ay excej^t the 

 posterior part which is blackish; the base and anterior sides are white; 

 there is a large irregular reddish spot on each side, and on the dorsum 

 are indistinctly marked three i^airs of white spots. Near the apex on 

 each lower side is a wide white band, and on the upper surface is a 

 white parenthesis, the black region enclosed having a pair of white 

 dots. Falces black, the upper part being covered with long wliite 

 hairs. Mouth parts, sternum and coxae, black. Venter white with a 

 wide, central, longitudinal black band. Legs and palpi dark brown 

 covered with long white hairs. 



Habitat: Mexico. 



