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of the falces, but the feet are much longer than in the former genus, 

 the tarsi being also longer than the tibiee, as has likewise been noticed 

 in the subgenus Argyopes. 



Nephila angustata, Stoi. Pi. XX, Fig. 7. 



£ Oephalothorax longer than broad, anteriorly bluntly truncated 

 and somewhat narrow, two converging furrows separating the ocular 

 portion from the posterior one, which has the lateral edges curved and 

 tinged with brown, as likewise the central region, being distinctly 

 depressed, while the rest of the surface is pale yellowish and convex. 



The eyes are placed quite near the anterior end, but not on special 

 tubercles ; of the four middle ones the anterior are situated very little 

 closer to each other than the posterior, they are all of equal size. The 

 laterals are smaller, almost touching each other, arranged in about the 

 same line as the posterior middle ones, but more distant from them 

 than these among themselves. 



The falces are cylindrical, thick, not much longer than broad, yel- 

 lowish with brown ends and short brown claws ; their length is equal 

 to that of the sternum ; when in a vertical position they project a little 

 beyond the maxilke. 



The lip is thick, narrow, with parallel sides, obtusely rounded in 

 front ; the maxilla? are about twice as long as the lip, somewhat nar- 

 rower at their base and curved outward, being concave on the outer- 

 and convex on the inner side ; both are dark brown. The palpes are 

 thin, greenish, with long blackish hairs towards their ends. 



The sternum is narrow, truncate in front and pointed behind, brown, 

 with small tubercles opposite each of the first and the third pair of feet • 

 All feet are remarkably slender, the first pair being longer than the 

 second, then comes the fourth ; the third being, as is usual, the shortest 

 and about equal to one half of the second pair ; all are greenish in fresh 

 specimens, becoming yellowish after they had been for a time in spirit, 

 with the tibial and tarsal joints brown ; in some specimens the tarsi are 

 distinctly brown even in a fresh state. 



The abdomen is elongated, subcylindrical, high, anteriorly with 

 two obtusely rounded black protuberances, strongly projecting over the 

 end of the cephalothorax ; the posterior end is obtusely pointed, 

 elevated above the spinners and concentrically corrugated. The general 



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