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Arachnida. 



latter lightest in colour ; cubital joint short and comparatively 

 slight ; radial joint strong and elongated in front, curving out- 

 wards more than half over the digital joint, and with a strong 

 process issuing from within the curvature towards the outer side. 

 The palpal organs have a curved black spine towards their ex- 

 tremity. 



Adult male. Length, 1-twelfth of an inch. Length of the cephalo- 

 thorax, 1 -twenty-fourth. Breadth, 1 -thirtieth. Relative length of 

 legs, 4, 1, 2, 3. 



Cephalothorax shining brownish black, with a slight indentation in 

 the medial line ; it has a large obtuse elevation on the front 

 part, with a strong indentation behind each lateral pair of eyes, 

 and some fine short hairs in front ; the fore part of the elevation 

 slopes off from the summit to the centre eyes of the lower row. 



Eyes nearly equal in size ; in two transverse rows on the fore part 

 of the frontal elevation ; the upper row is very much curved 

 away from the lower row, which is nearly straight ; they form 

 four pairs — one pair wide apart on the upper ridge of the eleva- 

 tion ; a pair below, but considerably above the frontal margin, 

 closer together and rather larger than those above them ; and a 

 pair on each side, placed obliquely on a small tubercle and 

 nearly contiguous. 



Legs moderately long and furnished with hairs. Colour yellowish 

 red. Relative length, 4, 1, 2, 3. Each tarsus ends withjj three 

 claws. 



Palpi less red in colour than the legs. Digital joint tinged with 

 brown. Radial joint larger than the cubital, and its extremity 

 is much lengthened, hairy, and curved outwards in front of the 

 digital joint over more than half its length, and, curving back 

 again, ends in a dark-coloured bluntish point near its outer 

 edge ; a conspicuous prominent process issues from within the 

 first curvature, projecting towards the outer side of the digital 

 joint. This joint is oval and hairy ; the palpal organs are 

 highly developed, prominent, not very complex in structure ; 

 they have a curved black spine at their extremity, and are of a 

 red-brown colour. 



Falces small, conical and inclined towards the sternum. 



Maxilla? short and inclined towards the labium. 



Labium semicircular and prominent at the top, and with the maxillae 

 and falces of a brownish colour. 



Sternum broad, convex and heart-shaped. Colour brownish black. 



