Spiders of the Suh Family Lyssomcuue. 241 



LYSSOMA.NES BLANDUS N. Sp. 



Plate XII, figure 13. 



? . Length of ceplialothorax 3.8 mm. ; of abdomen 4.6 mm.'] 



Legs 12.3, 10, 9.6, 9.6. 



Cephalic part as long as thoracic. Quadrangle of eyes one-fourth wider 

 than long. Eyes of first row twice as large as those of second. First 

 and second rows equally wide. Clypeus one-half as high as anterior 

 eyes. Falces robust, nearly horizontal, one and one-half times as 

 long as face. Maxillae a little enlarged and rounded at their extremi- 

 ties, slightly excavated on their inner sides. Labium longer than 

 wide, a little more than one-half as long as maxillas, widest in the 

 middle, blunt at extremity. Legs 1, 2, ^, 4; femur of the first shorter 

 than femur with patella of the second. 



Coloration (under alcohol): Ceplialothorax light yellow; eye-region sur- 

 rounded with red and white hairs; anterior thoracic partw^itli a dark 

 central longitudinal line. Abdomen white witli scattered light brown 

 hairs; on the posterior part of the dorsum are two abbreviated, long- 

 itudinal, fight brown bands, and there are some irregular, light 

 brown spots on the anterior part. Falces, legs, palpi, mouthparts 

 and sternum all pale yellow. 



Ilahitat: Guatemala. 



GENUS ASAMONEA (Cambridge) Simon. 



Cejjhalothorax low; cephalic plate usually but little higher than thorax, oc- 

 cupying a little more than one- third of the ceplialothorax. 



Eyes in four transverse rows of two each. Eyes of first row close together, 

 from two and one-half to three times as lai-ge as those of second row 

 (relatively larger than in Lyssomanes), occupying the entire face. 

 Second row of eyes wider than first. Eyes of third row much nearer 

 the second than the fourth and much nearer together than those of 

 second row; third row narrower than second, and sometimes wider, 

 sometimes narrower than fourth. Eyes of fourth row about as 

 large as those of second and nearer together. Quadrangle formed by 

 second and fourth rows, at least twice as wide as long. 



Sternum httle, if any, longer than wide, truncated in front. 



Coxse separated by the width of tlie labium and part or all of that of the 

 maxillae . 



Labium at least as wide as long. 



Abdomen long, slender, tapering. 



Legs slender; (3)143 2 or 1 4 2 3; ( ? ) fourth leg longest, others nearly equal. 

 Femoral, tibial, metatarsal and sometimes patellary spines on tliefour 

 pairs. 



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