ANT-LIKE SPIDERS FROM MALAYA. 



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Legs.— I c + trO-6, f 2*2, p + ti 2*2, m + ta 2'2 



2 „ 0-6, „ 2-2, „ 2-2, „ 2-3 



<0-6, „ 1-5, p+tr+m + ta 2-4 

 l'l, „ 3-7 



5? 



4 „ <0-6, 



Ant accompanying, none. 



>5 

 >5 



= 7-2 

 = 7-3 

 = 4-5 

 = 5-4 



Epidius Thorell. 

 cJ . Epidius longipalpis Thor. (Text-fig. 3.) 



E. longipalpis Thor. St. Rag. Mai. i. 1877, p. 152. 



Prosoma. — (a) Caput truncated or very slightly convex in 

 front, swells out slightly and concavely at sides to thorax, which 

 is much wider and rounded at sides and slightly concave at rear. 

 Caput is cut off above by strong stria3, and there is a deep fovea 

 and thoracic stride. Caput has a central longitudinal indentation 

 from fovea to 2nd line of eyes. Colour dirty brown, lighter at 

 indentations and rear of thorax. 



(6) Clypeus vertical, gradual slope up from 1st eyes to mid- 

 thorax, then more abrupt slope to end. 



(c) Clypeus nearly = face, very slightly procurved. Caput 

 convex above and at sides, thorax convex at sides and flattened 

 above. 



Text-figure 3. 



b 



Epidius longipalpis Thor!, 



a. Prosoma from above, b. Do. from in front, c. Sternum &c. 

 d. Tarsus, e. Palpus. 



Eyes. — 1st row recurved, 1.1 = 1.2, 1 = ^2. 2nd row re- 

 curved as viewed from above but less so than 1st row, slightly 

 procurved as viewed from in front, considerably longer than 1st. 

 3 . 3 very slightly > 3 . 4, 4 very slightly > 3. 



Trapezium 1.3.3.1 longer than broad and nearly twice as 

 broad behind as before. - 



Falces. — Vertical or very slightly sloped forwards, parallel 



