ARANEAE— HOGG. 



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and separcated therefrom by one-fourth their diameter, stand a short distance back, but 

 their upper points are on a level with the top of the front median eyes. The clypeus 

 is rather more than half as wide as the diameter of the latter. The small median pair 

 are situated half-way between the front side eyes and the rear row. The eyes of the 

 latter are a little larger than the front side eyes. 



The mandibles are short, square, and transversely corrugated, the fangs well 

 curved. On the outer falx-sheath margin are two teeth, and two on a single base 

 on the inner. 



The Ivp is slightly longer than broad, truncate in front, rounded at the sides, 

 more than half the length of the maxillae, which are upright, rounded anteriorly, and 

 on the outer maroiu. 



The sternum is ovate, longer than broad, and thickly covered with bristly hair. 



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Fig. 2. — Belliena scotti, sp. nov. a, Female, x 2 ; 6, dorsal view of eyes ; c, anterior view of eyes ; 

 d, epigyne ; e, palp of male ; /, body of female, in profile ; cj, similar view of body of male. 



The front coxae are separated by the width of the lip, and the rear pair are 

 contiguous. 



The abdomen is oval, joined to the cephalothorax in the female by a broad stout 

 pedicule visible from above. In the male this is shorter and less apparent. The 

 spinnerets are long, single- jointed, cylindrical, the inferior pair contiguous and standing 

 on a common membranous base. 



The epigyne of the female consists of two oval hollows with a space between, but 

 connected along the lower edges by a narrow chitinous rim. 



The tibial joint of the male palp is longer than the patellar ; the distal joint, of 

 simple oval form, with a short curved, stylus. The whole palp is thickly covered with 

 long bristly hair. 



The legs are short, moderately and evenly stout, the fourth pair longest, patella 



