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Eyes not very unequal in size, in four pairs, and seated on slight tuber- 

 cles; the two central pairs form a square whose anterior side is very 

 slightly longer than the posterior; the eyes of each lateral pair are 

 placed a little obliquely, and the fore one of each is nearer to that of 

 the fore central pair on its side than the hinder one is to the hind 

 central on its side ; this causes the hinder row to be the longest and 

 most curved, and the eyes constituting it are about equidistant from 

 each other, while the centrals of the front row are much further apart 

 than each is from the lateral on its side. 

 Legs long, slender, furnished with longish hairs and a few longish fine 

 black spines; relative length 1, 4, 2, 3; but little difference in length 

 between those of the fourth and second pairs ; those of the third pair 

 are much the shortest, and those of the first disproportionately long, 

 being at least five times the length of the spider : in colour, the legs 

 are yellow; the genua and a small portion at the extremities of the 

 tibiffi are strongly tinged with reddish orange, and the extremities of 

 the metatarsi of the first and second pairs are black. 

 Palpi short; the radial and cubital joints are both very short, the latter 

 has a long curved black bristle projecting forwards from its upperside, 

 and a shorter one of the same kind issues from the upperside of the 

 radial; digital joint oval, longer than the radial and cubital together. 

 Palpal organs well developed but not very complicated ; they have a 

 short, stoutish, blunt, black, corkscrew-form corneous spine project- 

 ing forwards from their fore extremity. 

 Falces long, rather straight, not very strong, tapering, and projecting 



very slightly forwards. 

 MaMlce long, rather strong, inclined towards the labium, and obliquely 



truncate at their extremities on the outer sides. 

 Labium short; shorter than broad; somewhat semicircular in form; 

 this part, together with the falces, maxill<s, and sternum (which is 

 heart-shaped), are rather paler in colour than the cephalothorax. 

 Abdomen oblong-oval, a Uttle higher behind than before when looked at 

 in profile ; from the highest point it falls rather abruptly to the spm- 

 ners; it is of a straw-colour, with seven or eight short, strong, ob- 

 lique'ly transverse black lines or bars on either side of the medial 

 line, leaving a broad longitudinal space between their inner extremi- 

 ties'; the four hinder bars converge (two and two on either side) at 

 their outer extremities, and form a sort of bold dentation ; immedi- 

 ately behind these at the commencement of the hind slope of the ab- 

 domen is a curved transverse row of four long and strongish, black and 

 very slightly curved spines directed backwards and (each pair on either 

 side) outwards ; the two middle ones of these spines issue from two 

 black spots, and several other black spots run from the outer spines 

 downwards in two straight lines which converge to the spinners ; each 

 side of the abdomen has a single medial black spot ; in addition to 



