601 



Terminal tarsal claws 3. 



Supernumerary spinning organ in both sexes, 

 immediately in front of the ordinary 6 

 spinners. 



Spiders of moderate size, short robust form, 

 with a somewhat quadrate, massive cephalo- 

 thorax, and without lateral constriction at 

 the caput. The colours of the males are 

 bright and vivid. 

 Dictynides. —Eyes 8, in two transverse curved rows. 



p. 48. Calamistra, supernumerary spinning organ, and 



number of tarsal claws as in Eresides. 



Spiders mostly of moderate size, and moder- 

 ately robust form, strongly constricted on the 

 lateral margins of the caput. Their colours 

 and markings are subdued but distinctive. 

 Agelenedes. — Eyes 8, as in Dictynides. 



p. 58. Legs generally long, hairy and armed with 



spines, but without calamistra. 



lerminal tarsal claws 3. 



Spinners 6. Those of the superior pair 

 generally much the longest and upturned. 

 No supernumerary spinning organ. 



Spiders varying greatly in size, but of moder- 

 ately robust form, and strongly constricted 

 laterally at the caput. Colours and markings 

 distinct but generally of a subdued tone. 

 Scytodides. — Eyes 6, in three groups (of two each) forming a 

 p. 74. triangulai figure. Spinners 6. 



Legs long, slender. 



Terminal tarsal claws 3, springing from a small 

 supernumerary claw-joint. 



Spiders of moderate size, and compact form, 

 with great development of the thoracic 

 region, and very slight lateral constriction 



