Spiders of the Suh-Famihj LijssomancB. 343 



ASAMONEA TENUIPES Camb. 1S69. 

 Plate XII, figures 5, 10, 19a, 19b. 



Lyssomanes tenuipes Camb., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. S. 4, vol. 3, p, 65. 



S . Length of cephalothorax 1 .a mm; of abdomen 2 mm. 



Legs 6, 5, 5, 5.3. 



2 . Length of cephalothorax 1.7 mm; of abdomen 3 mm. 



Legs 5.5, — , 5.5, — . (Second and fourth wanting.) 



Cejihalic part scarcely more than one-half as long as thoracic, in 5 with 

 front and sides projecting like carapace of turtle. Quadrangle of 

 eyes twice as wide as long. Eyes of first row two and one-half times 

 as large as those of second row. ' Clypeus about one-half as high 

 as anterior eyes. Falces ^-ery weak, s inclined backward, p 

 vertical, i scarcely as long as face, almost quadrate, ? as long as 

 face; fang very weak. Maxillae short, truncated, $ a little narrower, 

 ? a little wider at their extremities. Labium wider than long, wider 

 in 5 than in ? , 3 one-third, 2 a little less than one-half as long as 



maxillae, blunt at extremity. Legs, <S 1,4, 3, 2; $ first and third 

 equal. Coxk of the first separated by the width of maxillse and 

 labium. Femur of the first plainly shorter than femur with patella 

 of the second. Suxjerior spinnerets elongated, in $ , curved 'upward. 



Cloloration (dry): S. Cephalothorax dark brown, covered with whitish 

 iridescent scales; a pale central band extends from the anterior eyes 

 to the posterior border, and from this, curved white bands extend 

 around the outer sides of the eye-region ; the anterior part of the eye- 

 region is covered with long white hairs. Clypeus covered with 

 highly iridescent scales. Palpi, dark brown. Sternum and coxee, 

 pale. Abdomen, above and below, dark brown, shading to blackish 

 on the sides, with a wide irregular pale ring near the posterior end: 

 apex and curved spinnerets jet black; the whole abdomen is thinly 

 covered with iridescent scales like those on the cephalothorax. Legs 

 pale yellow; those of the first and second pairs have three black spots 

 on the posterior side, one at the distal end of the femur, one at the 

 proximal and one at the distal end of the patella; the tips of all the 

 legs are black. Spines yellow. 



J' . Light yellow with thick snowy white hairs on eye region and clypeus. 

 Legs tipped]\vith black. 



Habitat: Ceylon. 



