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LYSSOMA.NES PARALLELUS. N. Sp. 

 Plate XII, figure 15. 



? . Length of ceplialothorax 1.9; of abdomen 3 mm. 



Legs 9, 7, 7, — . (Fourth leg missmg.) 



Cephalic part as long as thoracic. Quadrangle of eyes scarcely wider than 

 long. Eyes of first row a little more than twice as large as those of 

 second. Second row narrower than first. Clypeus scarcely one-fifth 

 as high as anterior eyes. Falces moderately stout, somewhat in- 

 cHned forward, diverging, as long as face. Maxillse excavated on 

 inner sides for labium; extremities rounded, near together, but little 

 enlarged. Labium but little longer than wide, truncated, a little 

 more than one-half as long as labium. Legs 1, 2, 3, — ; femur of 

 the first as long as femur with patella of the second. 



Coloration (dry): Eye region covered with mixed red and white hairs; 

 upper surface of thoracic part brown, glabrous, with a pale trans- 

 verse band just behind the fourth row of eyes; sides pale excepting 

 lower margin, which is brown. Clypeus covered with white hau's. 

 Abdomen pale with two longitudinal brown bands originating separ- 

 ately at the base and meeting at the apex. Falx yellowish brown 

 with a fringe of red hairs at extremity. Mouthx^arts light brown. 

 Stei'num, coxse, and venter pale yellowish. Legs pale; first leg and 

 femur of second with a dark line on each side; sjaines brown, tips 

 black. Palpus pale excepting tarsus, which is light brown. 



Habitat:. South America. 

 From the collection of M. Simon. 



B. Quadrangle of eyes from one-fifth to one-third wider than long. 



MALES. ' 



( Tarsus of palpus five times as long as tibia velox. 



l-l (Brazil). 



( Tarsus of palpus only twice as long as tibia 2 



r Femtu- of the first as long as femur and patella and one-half tibia of 



2 J the second longipes. 



I (French Guiana). 



[ Femur of the first scarcely longer than femur of the second 3 



Legs 1 3 4 2 robustus. 



(Peru). 



Legs 13 3 4 amazonicus. 



(Amazpn). 



FEMALES. 



Eyes of first row three times as large as those of second; eyes of 

 fourth row a little smaller than those of second amazonicus. 



1\ 



Eyes of first row only twice as large as those of second; eyes of fourth 



(Amazon). 



row as large as those of second , blandus. 



(Guatemala). 



