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at that place. Clypeus retreating, one-half as high as middle 

 eyes. Falces not much wider than the two middle eyes, three times 

 as long as face, vertical, parallel; fang not long. Maxillae parallel, 

 enlarged and rounded at extremity. Labium one-half as long as 

 maxilla?, a Uttle longer than wide, contracted and blunt at tij). 

 Sternum nearly twice as long as wide, rounded behind, slightly con- 

 tracted in front. Anterior coxse separated by nearly the width of 

 the labium. Legs of the first and second pairs stoutest; with femoral 

 jomts enlarged and compressed; femoral, iDatellary, tibial and meta- 

 tarsal sjaines on the four i^airs, those on third and fourth especially 

 stout; metatarsi of the fourth spined throughout their length. There 

 are some stout femoral spines on the palpus. 



Coloration: Cephalothorax and abdomen white, with two wide longitudi-' 

 nal black bands extending from anterior eyes to spinnerets, and two 

 white dots, one on each band, on the posterior part of the abdomen. 

 Clypeus covered with white and rufus hairs; a reddish band extend- 

 ing from each anterior lateral eye downward to the lower border. 

 Falces brown with fringes of white hairs on the inner borders. 

 Mouthparts dark brown. Sternum and cox^ hglit brown. Venter 

 black with a white band on each side. Palpi and legs light brown 

 (legs of the first pair- darkest) with white hairs and black bpines. 



Habitat: Florida, Guatemala, New Grenada (from collection of Count 

 Keyserling), Europe, North Africa, India, Malay Archipelago, Aus- 

 tralia, Madagascar. 



HOMALATTUS (White) 1841. 



Cephalothorax rather low, as wide as long, flat above, a little conti-acted in 

 front, the contraction beginning opposite the dorsal eyes, and trun- 

 cated in front and behind, where it is hollowed to receive the anterior 

 margin of the abdomen. Sides gently rounded. Cephalic part oc- 

 cupying abouf two-thirds of cephalothorax, not separated from tho- 

 racic part. Thoracic i3art level in the first half and then falhng 

 abruirtly; this slanting portion being concealed by the overlapping 

 abdomen gives the cephalic part, when looked at from above, an ap- 

 pearance of exaggerated length. Quadrangle of eyes much wider 

 behind than in front, and, behind, one-third wider than long. First 

 row of eyes straight or sUghtly curved; middle eyes near together; 

 lateral one-half as large, and separated from the middle eyes, some- 

 times by more than one-lialf their own diameter. Ej-es of second 

 row at least twice as far from dorsal as from lateral eyes. Dorsal 

 eyes as large as lateral, much further from each other than from 

 lateral borders (often twice as far), forming a row as wide as cephal- 

 othorax at that place. Clypeus from one-fourth to one-half as liigh 



