ANT-LIKE SPIDERS FROM MALAYA. 



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about |. Organs have a black spine springing from near inner 

 apical end, encircling fovea outwards and backwards and termi- 

 nating in a fine point pointing outwards at about middle of apex 

 after completing somewhat more than a circle. (Text-fig. 5, d.) 



Legs. — -4 considerably > 1 ; 3 missing but up to f = 2. Gene- 

 rally as 2 except that in 2 anterior pairs there are strong black 

 lines along sides of joints which are much strongest in femurs, 

 and tne white centre lines of c and tr 4 occupy the whole of the 

 lower side, and ti has 3 spine pairs instead of 2. 



Opisthosoma. — Abdomen longer and narrower. Width = ^ 

 length. White marking at constriction only at sides. Above 

 and below central brown coriaceous lines running nearly the 

 whole length of the body. 



Short Description. 



Cephalothorax = abdomen in $ = | abdomen in S • Caput = 

 thorax, moderately high, with broad but shallow groove and 

 thorax lower. Strong white-haired wedge at sides of groove, and 

 (5 white hairs along rim. 



2 falx : upper teeth 5 or 6, subevenly spaced, 3 above angle, 

 moderate, remainder small ; lower 8 or 9, close, small. 



c? falx = cephalothorax, subparallel edges, inner concave near 

 apex and terminating in strong bow. Unguis, S curve, slight 

 swelling near point, =paturon. Upper teeth 1 at base of unguis, 

 5 evenly spaced over basal half, of which 2-5 very strong. 

 Lower 9 dots evenly spaced with dark ridge at base. 



Sternum narrow, rounded between C2.3, short points in front 

 and between C] t 2, longer point behind, ci.i about \ their width 

 apart. 



Legs. — First 2 pairs white, black side-lined in cT . Posterior 

 dark with c 4 and tr 4 dark below, c A > c , tr 4 = #c 4 . Order 4.1 

 (2 . 3 ?). p T 1 spine below towards outer side, t,i l 4 spine pairs, 

 m T 2 spine pairs, ti 0 2 2 spine pairs ( <$ 3), m 2 2 spine pairs. 



Pedicel: 2nd joint notably longer than 1st. 



Abdomen cylindrical, narrow, gently constricted at 1, with 

 white oblique lines down side, in 2 extending below. <5 has 

 brown longitudinal centre above and below. 



Epigyne an equilateral triangle. 



c? palpus : very small process at outer apical angle of tibia. 

 Organs are encircled by a black spine pointing outwards at centre 

 of apex. 



General colour of prosoma dark mahogany with even darker 

 eye-frame, of opisthosoma dark grey-brown. 



Note. — The description is based on 1 and 2 2 > one 01 ^ ne 

 latter being much lighter in colour. The <$ and this 2 were 

 both found at Bukit Besar, alt. 2500 ft., 011 tree-trunk 35 ft. from 

 ground on 6 Sept. 1901 : the other 2 ^ Bukit Besar. 



Ants accompanying, nos. 12 and 16. 



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