ANT-LIKE SPIDERS FROM MALAYA. 



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2nd. c white, < c v gibbous, 

 tr white, <|c. 

 f white. 



Other joints marked as 1st but much lighter, 

 p = ^ ti, ti 3 pairs of spines, m > \ ti 2 prs., ta > J ti. 

 3rd. c k tr considerably stronger than in 2nd, dark brown, 

 f slightly clubbed, dark brown. 



p brown but very slightly lighter, = J ti, a long hair above 



at distal end. 

 ti dark brown, stout, < f. 



m slightly > ti and slenderer, dark at base, lighter toward 



apex, 

 ta light, > \ m. 

 4th. c largest, light centre strip below, otherwise dark. 



tr light with dark sides, at any rate apically, cylindrical, =c. 

 f long and dark, very slightly clubbed at base, 

 p light except for apex above, — \ ti. 

 ti dark, < f. 



m dark, slightly < ti and thinner, 

 ta = \ In, lighter. 



Sternum. — Short-pointed between 1.1, which are very close, 

 and between 2 . 2, very strongly contracted between 2 . 2, which 

 are very close, swells out with boss between 2 . 3, which are well 

 separated. Tapers between 3 . 3 to a point in front of 4.4, which 

 are as far apart as 1.1. Greatest width =c.,. Dark brown. 



Pedicel = caput. j l much > j.,. 



Opisthosoma. — Fusiform, slightly constricted at ^, widest a 

 little behind middle. Dark greenish, with thin oblique white 

 markings at sides of constriction extending well back below. 

 Epigastric fold straight to procurved ; lung-sacs wide and region 

 between them hairy. 



Epigyne. — A dark horseshoe enclosing a central fork. (Text- 

 fig. 9, c.) 



Spinners. — 1st barrel-shaped, dark. 2nd lighter, longer, 

 thinner. 3rd cylindrical, < 2nd, darkest. 



Anal tubercle. — Two-jointed, not very marked. 



Short Description. 



Prosoina well rounded, with broad shallow groove and caput 

 considerably higher than thorax. Cephalic wedge of strong white 

 hairs but not very broad. 



Falces nearly horizontal, with teeth upper 7 to 8 and lower 8 

 or 9, the latter close and much smaller than the upper. 



Legs 4.1.3.2, with 4 much the longest. p x has a single spine, 

 ti 1 5 pairs on 5 and 6, m l 2 prs., ti 2 3 prs., m 2 2 prs. 2nd legs 

 white, 1st white except coxa?. 



Sternum well rounded, both c 2 .3, Ci.i very close, more so than 

 Ca.4, C2.3 wide. 



Pedicel — caput. j 1 much > j ,. 



