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NERIEXE DOLOSA, Sp. n. 



Adult malo length 1-1 4th of an inch. 



Tho whole of this little spider, which had evidently not long 

 attained maturity, is of a palo, dull, whitish hue, which would 

 in the course of a short time, probably have deepened into 

 yellow-brown, varying in depth on different parts. 



The profile of tho cephalo-thorax, which is considerably convex, 

 forms a strong curvo on the caput and thorax, to the beginning 

 of the hinder slope, and the normal indentations are not very 

 strongly definod ; fivo bristly hairs, directed forwards, form a 

 straight line along the middle of tho caput. 



Tho eyes are of moderate and not very unequal size ; they aro 

 closely grouped in a transverse and somewhat oval figure ; the 

 posterior row strongly curved, tho anterior almost straight, 

 The eyes of the two lateral, and fore-central pairs form a strong, 

 eyen curve with no porceptible intervals between any of the 

 six eyes of which it is composed. The intervals between those 

 of the hinder row are nearly about equal, and do not exceed an 

 eye's diameter. 



The f alces are moderate in length and strength, perpendicular, 

 very slightly divergent at the extremities, and armed with a few 

 very minute teeth. 



The legs are short, rather slender, 1.4.2.3., furnished with 

 hairs, and a few slender erect bristles on the upper sides of the 

 tibiso. 



The palpi are short, tho radial is stronger than the cubital 

 joint, spreading, and prominent in front; tho digitaljointisrather 

 small, with a somewhat prominent lobe on tho outer sido ; tho 

 palpal organs are moderately complex, with two or three small, 

 black, spine-like projections close together at their foro 

 extremity, and a much larger, sub-triangular process with a 

 prominent black point, at their base on the outer side ; this point 

 is in such close connection with the fore extremity of tho outer 

 side of tho radial joint, that it is not easy to see, at first 

 whether it forms part of that joint or not. 



