Spiders of the Suh-Family Lijssomanre. 345 



Coloration (dry): Eye region covered with hairs of a rich brownish red 

 color, witli a wide central band of silver hairs extending between the 

 ©yes of the tliird row; thoracic part pale, without hairs. Clypeus 

 with a band of silver hairs. Falces, and entire under side, pale yel- 

 low. Upper surface of abdomen covered with hairs of a rich brown- 

 ish red, encircled by a band of silvery hairs, and having three spots 

 of silvery haii"S on the dorsum, the anterior one being the smallest, 

 and the second and third broader. Legs ])ale, with light brown 

 spines and black tijjs. 



Habitat: Madagascar. 



B. Eyes of third row much smaller than those of fourth (not more than 

 one-thuxl as large.) 



Under this head we have only two individuals of different sexes. The 

 male is gracilis, French Guiana, and the female ^ava, Central America. 



ASAMONEA GRACILIS Tacz. 1875. 



Plate XII, figure 2. 



Jelskia gracilis Tacz. , Les Araneides de Guyane f rancaise, Horae Soc. Ent. 

 Ross., T. VIII, pp. 32-132. 



S . Length of cephalothorax 1.8 mm. ; of abdomen 4 mm. 



Legs 11, 9, 10.8, 10.4. 



Cephalic part not quite so long as thoracic. Quadrangle of eyes more than 

 twice as wide as long. Eyes of the first row three times as large as 

 those of second row, projecting. Clypeus nearly one-half as high as 

 anterior ej^es. Falces very weak, vertical, as long as face; fang weak. 

 MaxiUse rounded and a little enlarged at their extremities, slightly 

 inclined toward labium. Labium as wide as long, about one-half as 

 long as maxillaj. Maxilliaj and labium unusually short. Legs 1, 4, 

 3,2, very long and fine. Coxas of the first more widely separated 

 than usual — by fully the width of maxilte and labium. Femur of 

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



Coloration: Cephalothorax and abdomen, both above and beneath, polished 

 black, with bluish iridescent reflections. Legs very pale yellow with 

 pale spines and hairs; on the upper surface of the first leg a black 

 line begins on the trochanter and extends throughout half the length 

 of the femur; there is a similar line on the upper surface of the 

 second leg, but liere it is much shorter and finer. Falces pale yellow 

 with a black spot on the anterior face of eacli. Mouthparts pale 

 yellow. Palpus black excepting the tarsus, which is Ught reddish 

 yellow. 



Habitat: French Guiana. 



From the collection of Dr. Taczanowski. 



