84 A NEW SALTICID SPIDER 



Chelicerse and maxillae yellowish -brown. Labium and sternum brown. Coxae 

 yellowish. Legs i, ii, and iv, yellowish, irregularly marked with brown, clothed 

 with yellowish hairs and fine black bristles, femora; somewhat lighter in colour. 

 Leg iii with femur and patella yellowish-brown, tibia and metatarsus brown, 

 clothed with reddish-brown hairs and black bristles, except for the base of the 

 femur, which has yellowish hairs; black spatulate hairs are present ventrally 

 on patella and apex of femur, ventrally and dorsally on tibia and metatarsus, 

 being much denser and extending over the lateral surfaces of the metatarsus; 

 tarsus yellow, clothed with long white hairs which are particularly thick and 

 fringe-like dorsally. Palpi yellowish, clothed with yellowish hairs; tarsus 

 brownish-yellow; patella, tibia, and apex of femur densely clothed dorsally 

 and prolaterally with long white hairs. Abdomen with scarlet squamose hairs 

 forming a crescent-shaped figure at the centre of the dorsal epidermis, surround- 

 ed by a circular band broken anteriorly and, in most cases, posteriorly; except 

 along the inside edge and at the anterior and posterior divisions of this band, 

 in the concavity of the crescent, and along a median longitudinal stripe from 

 the rear of the crescent, where the bluish metallic hue of the epidermis can be 

 seen, yellowish-white squamose hairs are present, but on the lateral margins 

 they become less dense towards the rear; at the posterior extremity the epider- 

 mis is of a greenish metallic hue; a few long black hairs are scattered over the 

 surface. Ventrally, the abdomen is yellowish-brown, mottled with black, 

 and covered with short white hairs. Spinnerets brown. 



Carapace high, convex, truncate in front, rear margin rounded and with an 

 almost semicircular concavity, cephalic part fairly flat and sloping forward 

 from near the P.L.E., thoracic part sloping more strongly towards the rear. 

 Clypeus sloping backwards, equal to approximately 13/24 of the diameter of 

 A.M.E. 



Eyes arranged in three rows, the front row recurved srith the apices in a straight 

 line. Ratio of eyes A.M.E. : A.L.E. : P.M.E. : P.L.E. = 24 : 15 : 5 : 14. The 

 A.M.E. are separated from each other by 5/24, and from A.L.E. by 6/24 of 

 their diameter. The P.M.E. are separated from A.L.E. by 15/24, and 

 from P.L.E. by 13/24 of the diameter of A.M.E. The P.L.E. are separated 

 from each other by 78/24 of the diameter of A.M.E. The ocular quadrangle is 

 broader than long in the ratio 56 : 37, and slightly broader in rear than in 

 front in the ratio 56 : 55. 



Chelicerae conical, placed well behind clypeus. Lateral condyles wanting. 

 Promargin of furrow with a single double-pointed and deeply-notched tooth; 

 retromargin with a single large cone-shaped tooth. 



Maxillae slightly converging, with scopulae. Labium somewhat triangular 

 in shape, almost as long as broad, apex provided with a group of moderately 

 long bristles. 



Sternum oval, convex, broadly truncate in front, longer than broad in the 

 ratio of approximately 4 : 3. Fourth coxae close together. 



Legs 3, 4, 1 = 2. Trichobothria in two rows on tibiae, in one row on metatarsi 

 and tarsi. Tarsi with claw-tufts and two claws, each claw with about five teeth 

 which increase in length distally. Palpi short, with a long, curved, pointed 

 apophysis at the retrolateral apex of tibia. Palpal bulb has the form shown 

 in Fig. B. 



Spines on legs arranged as follows. First leg— Femur: dorsal 1.1.1, prolat- 

 eral 1, elsewhere 0. Patella : prolateral 1, elsewhere 0. Tibia : prolateral 1.1, 

 ventral 2.2, elsewhere 0. Metatarsus : prolateral 1.1, ventral 2.2, elsewhere 0. 

 Second leg — as in leg i. Third leg — Femur : dorsal 1.1.1., prolateral 1.2, retro- 

 lateral 1, ventral 0. Patella: prolateral 1, retrolateral 1, elsewhere 0. Tibia: 



