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from each other than each is from the fore lateral on its side ; the 

 space between the fore and the hind lateral on either side is about 

 equal to an eye's diameter ; that between the fore and hind centrals 

 is nearly half us much again. 

 Legs very long, moderately strong, tapering, and of a brownish-yellow 

 colour, furnished with long yellowish hairs and blackish spines ; each 

 tarsus ends with two pectinated claws, beneath which is a tuft of brown 

 papillajform hairs ; their relative length is 1, 4, 2, 3 ; those of the 

 third pair are but little more than half of that of those of the first ; 

 the length of these is rather more than three and a half times that of 

 the spider itself. 

 Palpi similar to the legs in colour ; not very long, but rather strong : 

 radial joint longer and stronger than the cubital, and broader at its 

 extremity than at its base ; it is furnished with a pointed tuft of black 

 hairs at its extremity on the outer side : digital joint narrow, oval, 

 pointed at its extremity ; it is longer than the radial joint, and has a 

 long narrow pointed oval patch on its upperside forwards densely 

 clothed with the short, erect, dark-brown, papillaeform hairs : the 

 hairs on the humeral joint are thickest and longest on the underside, 

 and the same joint has some strong black spines on its upperside 

 forwards : the palpal organs are highly developed and rather compli- 

 cated ; they consist of a prominent, somewhat circular lobe produced 

 at its fore extremity into a strong recurved and somewhat concave cor- 

 neous process, terminating in a sharp point ; in front of this, from near 

 the centre of the lobe, springs a long, curved, pale, semitransparent 

 process dilated at its extremity, which extends to, and is almost in 

 contact with, the commencement of the concavity of the digital joint ; 

 at the outer extremity of the before-mentioned lobe is a short, strong, 

 obtuse, dark prominence, from just above which springs a longish 

 slender black spine ; this spine curves round prominently outwards, 

 and, returning, has its fine point near the commencement of the di- 

 gital concavity. 

 Falces long, strong, straight, perpendicular, similar in colour to the ce- 



phalothorax, and furnished with yellowish hairs. 

 Maxillce moderate in length and strength, curved inwardly, and slightly 

 inclined towards the labium : they are enlarged at their extremities, 

 where the outer sides are rounded and the inner ones obliquely trun- 

 cate : in colour, the maxillae are similar to the falces, and are also fur- 

 nished with hairs. 

 Lahium rather more than half the length of the maxillae, oblong, nar- 

 rower at' the base than at the apex, which is very slightly emar- 

 ginate. 

 Sternum oval, longer than broad, truncate forwards, pointed behind, and 

 furnished with hairs, of which many are dark-coloured, coarse, and 

 erect ; it is (with the labium) similar to the falces in colour. 



