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A NATUItALISrS WA2fBEltINGS 



Fam, TflOMISmJE.— OENTTHOBCATOltoKB. 



Cephaloihorair Bhort, broad, as broad or broader than long, moderately 

 convex above aud siightly tutereukise; caput short, truncate in front, and 

 Etrongly compressed on its lateral murgins. 



Epes in two curved rows, tlic anterior shortest (the convexity of the 

 corves direcled forward.s, and forming a crescent); small, not greatly 

 differing in asize, bwt the four laterals are largest, and the four centrala 

 smallest j those of the lateral pairs are seated oa or at the base of tuber- 

 cnlose eminences. 



Fakm strong, not very long, conical, and nearly vertical. 



Ma^Uht moderately long and strong, a little wider at the top than in 

 the middle ; rounded at the top on the outer side, and slightly leaning 

 over the hhinm, which is about half the length of the maxillas, and of a 

 fiomewhat oblong form rounded at the apex. 



Sternum oblong-oval. 



Jjegs strong, modt nitely long, 1, 2, 4, 3; those of the first and second 

 pairs much the strongest and longest, but nearly equal in length; those 

 also of the third aud fourth pairs are nearly of equal length and strength. 

 All are somewhat roughened or tuTiorculose, especially those of the first 

 two pairs, and furnished with spines of varied length and strength ; those 

 on the tibiaj and metatarsi of the two anterior pairs are strongest, the 

 longeat fonning two parallel longitudinal rows beneatli the joints. The 

 legs teiTOinate wilh two strong, curved, i)ecUnated claws, beneath which 

 is a small claw-tufL Among the spines are one or two not very long, 

 rather strong, of a pale colour or semi-diaphanous npi>ear!ince, on the 

 np|>er sides of the femora ; the^iO spines have a |KvuIiar function as 

 ohRerve+l in one of the species, and may very (wpsibly be of geueric value, 

 though sjunes of various ftizvB are foTind wmilarly situated in many 

 other Thomisid genera, while their Bjxjcial function (if any) has not been 

 yet observe<l, ei> far a.«i I am av^are, in other instances. 



The tenninate with a single |iectinated claw. 



JWfwu'w broader liehind than in front and truncated atl>olh extemities; 

 the upper surface and hinder part more or less thickly covered with 

 round or snbcjonieal, shining, or other tul>erc«Iflr elevations. The spin- 

 noj-K are shorty stout, and closely grouj-ked within a somewhat circular 

 pheath-liko cint-ture much iiesembling the disiiosition of those of many 

 Epeirids. 



0BKITH09ACAT0JDKS DBCIPIEKS. 



ntmui^tif dtripietts, Forbes, P. Z 5. 1883, p. 586, pi. LI. Adult female, 

 length rather aUive 6k lines* 



The general colour of this spider is a lioary or yellowish ashy grey 

 marked with biark. The alxlomen liajs a large, pomewbat qaudrate black 

 patch at the middle of its hinder extremity; on this patch are placed 

 eight shining ronmlish dark-brf>wn tutKircIes; the fonx largest form a 

 transverse, uneqn ally-sided paiullelogRim at the fore part of the black 

 patch ; the other foTir, which are much the smalleiit, form a longer trans- 

 verse ]>arallelogram imme<liately Miind the other. At the binder part 

 also, on cither side of the shining tu!>erclcs, are several strong tnlierculi- 

 fom3 eminences or prominences, of a similar kind to which are also four 

 enm\l ones in a transvei-se line at the extreme fore margin ; some other 

 depresFcd spots or pits are also {li.<;posed on the upfjer surface, with a 

 dark blackish suffused imich at the middle of the anterior extremity, and 

 another on each side just m front of the foremost lateral eminence. 



