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of the labium, of the same length as the others. Legs: 3, 1, 2-4, 

 long, the three first pairs equal in thickness, the fouiih more slen- 

 der; patella and tibia of the first longer than the cephalothorax, 

 tibia much longer than patella; patella and tibia of the fourth much 

 longer than ijatella and tibia of the third, and more slender; meta- 

 tarsus and tarsus of the fourth at least as long as patella and tibia; 

 on the two first pairs two rows of very long inferior tibial and meta- 

 tarsal spines; tibias and metatarsi of the two posterior pairs fur- 

 nished with slender spines throughout their length. Tarsal claws 

 long, regularly curved; the external one provided with a series of 

 five broad, short, conical teeth; the internal one with ten teeth which 

 are longer, more slender, equal, close together. 



EPEUS TENER Simon. 1876. 



f . Cephaloth.: length 3.6 mUL, width 2.6 mill. Abd.: length 4.5 mill., 

 width 1.5 mill. Legs: first 9 mill., second 8.4 mill., third 10 mill. , 

 fourth 8.4 mill. 

 White testaceous, with the circumference of the eyes black. Clypeus 

 ornamented with thick, very white hairs. Cephalic square ornamented 

 above with scaly pubescence of a brilliant, slightly gilded yellow, and on 

 the sides with red pubesecence. Abdomen bright red above, with two fine 

 lateral yellow lines. Legs and palpi glabrous. 

 Malamoy, Bassilan Island (Philippine Islands). 



GROUP III. SIMONELLII. 



GENUS SIMON ELLA Peckham. 



Body long, slender, nodose. Ceplialothorax more than twice as long as 

 wide, convex above, constricted near the middle; thoracic part twice 

 as long as cephalic. Eyes very unequal in size, placed in four trans- 

 verse rows of two each, those of the anterior row nearly touching; 

 quadrangle formed by the second and fourth rows of 'eyes, equally 

 wide in front and behind or wider behind than in front, and wider 

 than long. Eyes of the third row very small, sometimes halfway 

 between the second and fourth rows, sometimes nearer the second 

 than the fouilh. 



Legs slender, differing but little in thickness; relative length 4, 3, 1, 2. 



Abdomen long and slender, sometimes constricted in the middle. 



