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rounded behind, truncate before ; the profile-line forms a con- 

 tinuous curve ; the lateral marginal impresstons at the caput are 

 very slight. Colour yellowish brown. 



Eyes small, in the ordinary Epeirid position ; the four centrals 

 form as nearly as possible a square, its posterior eyes slightly 

 largest. The 'lateral pairs are close to the anterior corners of the 

 caput, minute ; those of each pair are contiguous to each other and 

 form nearly a straight line with the anterior pair of the central 

 quadrangle. • , , 



Legs short, not very strong, 1, 2, 4, 3, devoid of spines, furnished 

 with fine hairs only; "colour brownish yellow, tinged with orange. 



Fakes short, strong, subcouical ; colour like that of the cephalo- 

 thorax. Maxilla? and labium normal in form, and similar in colour 

 to the cephalothorax, perhaps rather paler. 



Sternum, similar in colour to the legs. 



Abdomen coriaceous, large, subtriangular, broader than long, 

 rounded in front, the fore corners rounded, though scarcely to be 

 described as forming distinct prominences ; upper surface consider- 

 ably elevated in a subconical form ; colour yellowish white, that 

 of the cone tinged with yellow-brown. Near the middle of the 

 anterior margin, quite visible but not very distinct, are three 

 sigilliform markings with two others behind, halfway to the 

 summit of the conical abdomen; behind these last, and one on 

 either side of the base of the cone, are two others similar, in a 

 transverse line, and forming a line equal in length to that formed 

 by the three anterior sigillse ; the upper part of the cone is encircled 

 by some indistinct fine darker concentric lines. The underside 

 is dark dull yellow-brown, and from the outer margins of it sundry 

 fine dark lines issue upwards in groups of two or three, converging 

 until they meet about one-third of the way towards the top of the 

 cone. Genital process broad and very characteristic in form. 



Hah. Singapore (R. Shelford). 



Fam. T H o >L I s in b.. 

 Subfam. Amyoiin.5:. 

 C-fenus Amyci^a 8im. (Amycle Cambr.). 

 Amyci.ia LiNEATiPES, sp. u. (Plate V. figs. 4-4 d.) 



Adult female, length 2^ lines. 



This Spider is nearly allied to A. forticeps Cambr. (P. Z. S. 

 Loud. 1873, p. 122) from Ceylon, and bears a close general 

 resemblance to it ; but it may be distinguished by the shorter legs, 

 by the area of the four larger outer eyes, of which the anterior is of 

 the same length as the posterior side, and the four anterior eyes 

 forming a straight transverse line. The markings on the legs, 

 palpi, and abdomen, and the form also of the abdomen, differ from 

 those of A. forticeps, though it is possible that this last character 

 may only be sexual. 



The i^cdjoi have a longitudinal black streak on their inner sides. 



