428 ME. H. E. HOGG ON SPIDEES 



The lip is as broad at the base as it is long — narrower, but truncate, in front. 

 Extending along the front margin is a procurved line of ten stout teeth, with five others 

 below about the middle of the lip and a few long bristly hairs over the rest of its area. 



The sternum is as broad between the 2nd and 3rd coxae as it is long. From thence 

 it narrows to the width of the lip in front and to twice that width at the rear, where it 

 is nearly straight, having only a slight point above the contiguous rear coxse. The 

 whole surface of the sternum, coxa;, and legs is finely granulated. The inferior sternal 

 sigilla are large, and are situated halfway between the margin and the median line. 

 There are upstanding bristles at the sides and a single row along the median line. 



The legs are short and stout, the front pair the longest a,nd the others almost equal 

 in length and the same length as the palpi. All the femora are flattened and curved 

 in on the inner side. The tarsal joints of the two front pairs are flattened and quite 

 short, on the two rear pairs cylindrical and longer. The tarsi and metatarsi of the two 

 front pairs are covered the whole length of the underside with longitudinal rows of short 

 stout teeth, bent into a hook at the anterior end (converted spines) ; both these and the 

 long bristly hairs of the upperside have circular roots. The tibiae of the same pairs 

 have a patch of short, stout, straight, pointed teeth at the outer side at the anterior end, 

 and on the smooth upperside of the patellae are two longitudinal depressions reaching 

 the whole length. At the base of tibia iii. there is a depression as in the Myrtaleae. 

 The tarsal claws are stout and strongly curved, Avith a long single tooth near the base 

 of each. The inferior claw is short, stout at the base, and smooth. The underside of 

 the distal and tibial joints of the palpi are covered with stout, tooth-like, hooked spines, 

 similar to those described above. The palpal claw is like the superior tarsal claws, 

 but has a minute tooth behind the longer one. 



As stated above, the palpi are as long as the two posterior pairs of legs. 



The abdomen is apparently as long as, but narrower than, the cephalothorax ; but, 

 being partially destroyed, the shape cannot be seen. On the front part are scattered 

 brown bristles on circular roots. 



The measurements (in millimetres) are as follows : — 



Long. Broad. 



^ , , , „, r4 m front. 



Cephalothorax 7i < ^ 



Abdomen 7 6 



Mandibles 3i, 1 horizontally. 



Trochanter Patella Metatarsus 



Coxa. & femur. & tibia. & tarsus. 



Legs 1. 2A 6 5 3 ^ 16^ 



2. 2 5 41 3 = 14i 



3. 2 5 4 3 = 14 



4. 2 5 4 3 = 14 

 Palpi 2^ 5 4i 2 = 14 



