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The cephalo-thorax of tho female has a broad, central, longi- 

 tudinal, pale yellowish-white band, slightly clouded with duBky 

 trreonish-brown behind the eyes ; on each side of this band is a 

 narrower one of a dull olive-green hue, softening off into the, 

 brownish-yellow colour of tho remaindor, which terminates 

 laterally with a fine marginal whitish line. 



The legs of tho first two pairs are moderately long, strong, 

 and scarcoly different in length ; beneath the metatarsi are two 

 longitudinal rows of spines, with a few less strong ones beneath 

 the tibise. Tho third and fourth pairs are much shorter and less 

 strong, but of almost oqual length ; all are of a yellowish hue, 

 and their relative length is 1.2.4.3. 



The abdomen is large and projects over the base of tho 

 cephalo-thorax ; it is much broader behind than in front, and is 

 rounded at both extremities. The five impressed spots are con- 

 spicuous in the form of a regular isosceles triangle on the fore 

 part of the upper side, with sometimes two other similar spots 

 bohind them. Its colour is yellowish, but different examples 

 vary a good deal, from yellow to greenish-yellow and greenish- 

 white ; a very pretty varioty is not unfroquent in which there 

 is a broad irregular, obliquely, longitudinal, blood-red band 

 on each side of the fore half of the abdomen ; sometimes these 

 bands are each divided into two large, irregular blotches. 



The cophalo-thorax of the male is dark, brownish- 

 black on the sides with a longitudinal, central, whitish- 

 green band, slightly tinged with reddish-brown, in the 

 region of the four central eyes. The legs of the two first pairs 

 are much longer in proportion than those of the female ; they 

 are of a dark roddisk-brown hue, annulated more or less 

 distinctly with brownish-yellow on the tibiee and metatarsi; 

 the third and fourth pairs are very short, and of a dull yellowish- 

 green colour. Tho palpi are short, of a pale hue, excepting the 

 digital joint, which is largo, and of a short-oval form. The 

 radial joint is smaller than tho cubital, and has a large apophysis 

 at its extremity on tho outer side onding in a sharp curved point. 



