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A NEW VICTORIAN ATiAXEIAP 



NEOSTORENA I'ENATOPIA, S f. nov. 



Fig. i Ntostorena venato 



Eyes and Falces. 



n. Epigynum. 



Cephaloihorax ? 7.7 m.m. long 



m.m. broad; abdomen, 11 mm. long, 7.3 m.m. broad (fig. 1). 



Cephalothorax. — Obovate smooth dark brown, shining. Pars ccphalica strongly elevated and 

 arched, sloping torward and rearward : sides declivous ; a few long coarse scattered hairs spread 

 over the surface; groove separating cephalic and thoracic segments distinct; clypeus deep, slop- 

 ing inwards, thickly fringed with long coarse hairs. Pars thoracica arched, radial grooves dis- 

 tinct; thoracic fovea moderately deep, longitudinal; marginal band, broad, white. 



P.yes. — Eight, in two rows of four each; both rows strongly pracurved; front median eyes 

 largest of the group and separated from each other by a space equal to about one-half their in- 

 dividual diameter, side eyes equal in size to rear median (fig. 2). 



Legs. — Moderately long, tapering, upper surfaces pubescent; sides and inferior surfaces also 

 pubescent, and sparingly furnished with a few long hairs; inferior surface of femora i. and ii. 

 more thickly clothed than the rest; each tibia, metatarsus and tarsus armed with a series of short 

 moderately strong spines; each femur is yellow from base to about midway, thence dark brown to 

 apex; all other joints reddish-brown; claws, three; superior claws long, furnished at base with a 

 comb of seven teeth; inferior claw, very small. Measurements in millimetres as follows: — 



Leg. 



Coxa 



Trochanter and 

 Femur. 



Patella and Tibia. 



Metatarsus and 

 Tarsus. 



Total. 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 



2-6 

 2-6 

 2-2 



2 6 



7 



6-1 

 6 

 74 



6-7 

 6-4 

 4-2 

 6-5 



7-4 

 7-2 

 71 

 9-7 



23-7 



22 3 

 19-5 

 262 



Palpi. — Short, not strong; femur yellowish ; other joints reddish brown; thickly clothed with 

 short, black pubescence, and Sfaringly furnished with a few long, black hairs: tarsi armed with 

 a few short spines ; claw long, not toothed. Measurements in millimetres as follow : — Trochan- 

 ter and femur, 3.3; patella and tibia, 2.7; tarsus, 2.3; total, 8.3 



Falces. — Reddish-brown, hairy, tapering; outer angle of furrow of each falx armed with two 

 very small teeth at apex, close to base of fang; fang small, weak. 



Maxillae. — Yellowish, with a large reddish-brown patch at inner angle near base ; short, 

 arched, curving inwards, apices acuminate, surface moderately clothed with coarse, black hairs. 



Labium, — Reddish-brown at base, sides and apex yellow, longer than broad, coniform. 



