ANT-LIKE SPIDERS FROM MALAYA. 



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2nd. c very short and gibbous, dark, 

 tr very short, light. 



f less clubbed than f,. light with dark sides, 

 p — i ti, no spines, 

 ti, 3 or 4 spine pairs. 



m, 2 spine pairs, all spines are very strong for 2nd' leg. 



ta < k ti, light. 

 3rd. c & tr larger than c, and tr„. 



f dark, clubbed slightly. 



p = iti. 



ti cylindrical. 



m > ti, ta — ^ m. 

 4th. c a little > c 3 , but much < c x , slightly tapering. 



tr much longest, > c, < c x , cylindrical, light with dark sides. 



f long, slightly clubbed, dark. 



p — -I ti, slightly curved, dark. 



ti cylindrical, dark. 



m slightly < ti, darkest at end sides. 



ta — \ m. 

 Colour contrasts of legs very slight. 



Sternum. — Short-|)ointed between ci.i, which are about \ their 

 width apart, and between C1.2, sharp-pointed between C2. 3, which 

 are only very slightly further apart than the others, and thence 

 undulating to a not very long point in front of C4.4, which are 

 not quite in contact. 



Pedicel. — Shortish, ] x > j , 1st lorum parallel -sided and con- 

 cave behind, slightly wider than 2nd. Below lorum is continued 

 forward by a narrow projection towards sternum, but not to 

 meet it. 



Opistiiosoma. — Ovate, thickest at middle, very slight con- 

 striction at |-, which is marked by slight oblique white lines at 

 sides. General colour brown-green. Below, central longitudinal 

 wide lighter marking from epigastric fold to spinners, slightly 

 constricted near front. Epigastrie fold procurved, with area in 

 front yellow-brown and corneous. 



Spinners. — As biseratens is. 



Anus. — Distinctly protuberant, with two joints. 



Short Description. 



Prosoma very slightly > opisthosoma — : p t -}-t r Caput > thorax. 

 Groove and thorax moderate. 



Falces = cephalothorax, unguis > f paturon. Upper teeth 6 

 or 7, of which 1 very strong at root of unguis and 2 or 3 adjacent, 

 remainder distantly spaced at other end. Lower teeth 7 to 9. 



Palpi. — Trochanter rather long, tibial process strong. Ta 

 distinctly > ti. Fovea occupies more than half tarsus : organs 

 have spine springing from outer base and passing round inner 

 edge to terminate in fine point in front. 



Legs 4.1.3.2, considerable intervals. Spines of ti, from 6.7 



