456 ME. H. E, HOGG ON SPIDEES 



trochanters of the legs are dark yellow-brown, the basal half of the femora bright 

 yellowish-white, the anterior half with the patellce rich brown. The tibiae yellowish- 

 white, with a brown ring at the anterior end and a spot of the same on the upperside 

 about the middle. The metatarsi and tarsi are nearly all white, with a faint brown 

 ring at the anterior end. The hairs are quite pale yellowish-white throughout. The 

 abdomen is silvery-grey on the upperside, with three pairs of small yellowish spots. 

 It is somewhat yellower on the sides and underneath. The hairs are short, upright, 

 and nearly white, but along the sides pale brown on yellow roots over an area reaching 

 from the base of the abdomen to about halfway. The epigyne and spinnerets are 

 rather dark yellow. 



The cephalothorax is smooth, about one-half longer than broad ; the cephalic part 

 small, with straight sides and deep depressions separating it from the thoracic, convex, 

 rounded at the sides of the thoracic part, and truncate at the front and rear. The 

 thoracic fovea is a broad transverse oval in the middle without any side depressions 

 therefrom. 



The front and rear median eyes are equal in size ; the former once and a half times 

 their diameter apart and the same distance from the rear pair, which are not more 

 than half their diameter from one another. The -lateral eyes are about three-fourths 



the diameter of the median, situated on a small protuberance, touching one another. 



Viewed from above, the laterals of the front-row are in a line with the rear median, 



and those of the rear-row directly behind them, so that the front-row is considerably, 



and the rear-row slightly, recurved. The laterals are three times their diameter distant 



from the rear median. 



The mandibles are short, conical, and strongly geniculate at the base. There are 



four teeth on the outer margin of the falx-sheath, of which the second is smaller 



than the others, and three on the inner. 



The lip is broader than long, pointed anteriorly, and less than half the height of the 



maxillae. The latter are triangular, broadest and particularly thick along the anterior 



margin. 



The sternum is shield-shaped, convex, slightly hollowed in front, ending in a point 



posteriorly, above the contiguous rear-coxse. 



The legs are fine and rather short, sparsely covered with moderately long upright 



hairs, which increase in quantity on the metatarsal and tarsal joints. Tliere is a single 



row of longer hair down the back of femora iii. and iv., but there are no spines on any 



of the joints. The tibial joints broaden out at the anterior end. The fourth pair of 



legs is as long as the first. 



The palpi are likewise short and fine, with the femoral joint bent in and thickened 



at the anterior end. 



The abdomen viewed from above is at first oval ; at the posterior end of this portion 



it suddenly narrows into a straight blunt tail, about one-half the length of the anterior 



