468 MR. H. R. HOGG ON SPIDERS 



fringes. Sternum pale yellow-brown, with four large black s])ots along the front- 

 margin, two at the posterior end, and two intermediate at the sides, with yellow-grey 

 bristles. Legs orange, with yellowish-grey hair, dark grey spines, scopulse, and claw- 

 tufts. Palpi similarly coloured, with the anterior joint dark brown. 



The abdomen is pale yellow-brown above, with nearly white hair and short brown 

 bristles intermixed. From the anterior end to about halfway are two lines curving 

 outwards and consisting of faint brown spots, and below these a similar median line 

 extending to the posterior end. On the underside at the base are four black spots on 

 a yellow ground and a dark brown transverse line above the genital fold, with a silvery- 

 grey hair-spot on each side between this line and the spots. Below the genital fold, 

 reaching two-thirds of the distance to the spinnerets, is a black shield with two white 

 longitudinal streaks inside ; this is flanked by longitudinal black lines at the side 

 separated by silver-grey hair-lines. Yellowish -grey hair between the end of the 

 shield-pattern and the spinnerets. 



The cephalothorax is convex, highest just above the rear slope and curving to the 

 eye-space forward and laterally to the margin. There are no radial depressions there- 

 from nor any separating the cephalic part from the thoracic, and no longitudinal fovea. 

 It is as broad as long, straight in front where it is two-thirds its greatest breadth, 

 rounded at the sides and rear. 



The eyes of the front-row are equal and equidistant, two-thirds of their diameter 

 apart. The median are their diameter away from the rear-median, which are one- 

 fourth smaller in diameter and twice as far apart as the front-eyes. They are rather 

 farther still from the side-eyes, which are the same long diameter (oval) and rather 

 farther forward, thus making the row slightly procurved. The clypeus is about the 

 width of a front-median eye. 



The mandibles are as long as the front of the cephalothorax, slightly geniculate 

 at the base, with powerful fangs. On the inner margin of the falx-sheath are five 

 large teeth, the upper one slightly smaller than the rest, and below these on the 

 outer margin are two rather smaller teeth. 



The lip is broader than long, straight in front, thence broadening to the slightly con- 

 stricted base. The median area from the base to the front-edge is convex, rising above 

 the somewhat flat sides ; it is half the length of the maxillae, which are boldly convex, 

 upright, curved on the outer side; the slightly sloping troncature with long curling 

 fringes lies almost wholly on the upper edge, the shorter even fringe beginning quite 

 high up. 



The sternum is shield-shaped, straight in front, as broad as long, rounded at the 

 sides, and ending in a broad rounded point between the rear coxae, which are not 

 contiguous. It is thickly covered Avith long upstanding bristles. 



The legs are moderately long, thin, and tapering from coxae to tarsi. There is a 

 thick scopula parted in the middle on all the tarsi and extending half the length only 



