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breadth i"^ ; breadth of the abdomen 3^; length of an anterior leg^j 

 length of a leg of the third pair ^',y. 

 The eyes are disposed on the anterior part of the ccphalothorax in the 

 form of a crescent, whose convexity is directed forwards ; tlie lateral 

 eyes of both rows, which are the largest, are seated on a strong 

 tubercle, but are not in contact, and the anterior ones are the largest 

 of the eight. The ccphalothorax is broad, convex, glossy, truncated 

 in front, and rounded on the sides ; it is of a dark-brown colour 

 mottled with yellowish-brown, particularly on the sides ; a yellowisli- 

 white line passes from the posterior row of eyes, on each side of the 

 middle region, to the base, where the two unite ; the narrow lateral 

 margins are white, a white line passes transverselj' between the inter- 

 mediate eyes of both rows to the tubercules on which the lateral eyes 

 are seated, and there is a fine dark-brown line on the frontal margin. 

 The falces are cuneiform, vertical, and of a yellow-brown colour, with 

 an irregular, transverse, brown bar at the base, and another near the 

 extremity. The maxillae are convex at the base, obliquely truncated 

 at the extremity, on the outer side, and inclined towards the lip, 

 which is triangular ; and the sternum is heart-shaped. These parts 

 are of a pale brownish-yellow colour ; the base of the lip is brown, 

 there is a spot of the same hue on the convex base of the maxillaj, 

 and the sternum is obscurely spotted with pale brown. The legs are 

 provided with hairs and spines, a row of the latter occurring on each 

 side of the inferior surface of the metatarsi and the anterior half of 

 the tibiaj of the first and second pairs, which are much longer and 

 more robust than the third and foiuth pairs ; they have a dull yellow 

 hue, with dark-brown spots and annuli, the annnli on the femora, 

 genua, and tibiae of the first and second pairs being much the 

 broadest, and more or less confluent ; the first pair surpasses the 

 second in length, and the third pair is the shortest ; each tarsus is 

 terminated by two curved, pectinated claws. The palpi are short, 

 rather paler than the legs, and the brown annuli are much smaller. 

 The abdomen, which is somewhat depressed, projects over the base of 

 the ccphalothorax, and is broader at its posterior than at its anterior 

 extremity; it is of a dull brownish-yellow colour, the under part 

 being the palest; the upper part is encircled by an obscure, whitish 

 band, and a short, dark-brown streak is directed obliquely outwards 

 from each side of its anterior extremity; a series of transverse, black 

 streaks, bordered anteriorly with white, occurs on each side of its 

 posterior half, and several of these streaks by uniting immediately 

 above the spinners form there narrow transverse lines ; the sides are 

 spotted with pale brown. 

 All the specimens captured by Dr. Wright were immaturo 



females, several of which were smaller and rather darker- coloured 



than the one described. 



