COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 475 



The mandibles are slightly geniculate at the base, shorter than the front of the 

 cephalothorax, and covered with long bristles at the edges and lower part, fine smooth 

 hair in the middle and basal area, but smooth quite at the base. On the inner margin 

 of the falx-sheath are five teeth, the fourth and fifth smaller than the others, on the 

 outer margin two larger still, and a third the same as the three largest of the inner side. 

 The lip is convex, straight in front, broader than long, and less than half the length 

 of the maxillse. The latter are evenly convex, rounded on the upper outer margin, 

 slightly hollowed in the middle, and narrowest at the base. Thick curling fringes 

 on the front upper margin. 



The sternum is as broad as long, straight or slightly hollowed in front, rounded at 

 the sides, and terminating in a point between the rear-coxae. 



The legs moderately long and fine. The metatarsal scopula extends the whole length 

 of the joint on all legs. On the underside of the femur and tibia of the first and second 

 pairs is a remarkably thick mat of cylindrical straw-like bristles extending from the 

 base to not quite the front end. On the upperside of the femora the hair is thick, 

 but fine and recumbent. 



The abdomen is ovate, rounded on the front and sides, but narrowing at the rear, 

 where the spinnerets are terminal. The hair on both upper- and undersides is very 

 smooth and fine, but there are short upstanding bristles at the posterior end. The 

 superior and inferior spinnerets are about the same length, with short second joints. 

 The inferior pair conical and close together. The superior two diameters apart. 

 The epigyne is of the horse-shoe type, open at the base. 



The measurements (in millimetresj are as follows : — 



Broad. Long. 



„ , , , , _ / 4 iu frout. 



CeplialotJiorax 7 i 



Abdomen II 7-k 



Mandibles 3^ — 



Trochanter Patella Metatarsus 



Coxa. & femur. & tibia. & tarsus. 



Legs 1. 2i 9 10 9i = 31 



2. 2^ 9^ 10 9i = 3U 



3. 2^ 7i 7 6i = 23i 



4. 2i 8i 7} 7i = 26 

 Palpi li 2i 3 2^ = 9i 



