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Psyche 
[June 
Genus Stoides Simon 1901 
Stoides placida spec. nov. 
Figure 4 
Female. Length, 3.4 mm., ceph. 1.5 mm., abd. 2.1 mm. 
Cephalothorax dark brown, ocular area covered with 
golden iridescent scales, a large pale transverse spot, 
twice as wide as long on slope posterior to the dorsal eyes, 
probably in life covered with white scales as a few remain 
on the lateral margins, a few white scales on margin 
above the posterior legs, clypens with white scales, cepha- 
lothorax very high, widest posterior to the dorsal eyes, 
in a lateral view, slightly depressed posterior to the ocu- 
lar area, then sloping very gradually to near the posterior 
margin where it falls abruptly, thoracic groove very short 
and faint ; eyes, anterior row recurved, so that the pos- 
terior margins form a straight line, the eyes inclined 
downward, so they can not be seen from the dorsal view, 
a.m.e. very large, almost touching, a.l.e about a radius 
of a.m.e. and separated from them by less than a diameter 
of a.l.e., eyes of the second row midway between the first 
and third rows, eyes of the third row snbeqnal with a.l.e. 
and on the extreme margin of the carapace ; quadrangle 
slightly narrower behind than in front and about two- 
thirds as long as wide ; clypeus retreating, about two- 
tliirds as wide as the diameter of a.m.e., with a long re- 
curved bristle between a.m.e. ; mandibles brown, with 
many white scales, rather small, cone-shaped, fang groove 
short, no teeth on either margin, fang short with a very 
thick base ; labium pale, longer than wide, tip pointed ; 
maxillae pale, one and a half times as long as labium and 
inclined ; sternum pale brown, about as long as wide, con- 
vex, fourth coxae almost touching; abdomen a broad oval, 
dorsum flat with scattered scales and white hairs and 
longer dark hairs or bristles, a short dark basal band, fol- 
lowed by a pale brown median stripe with irregular mar- 
gins, on anterior half a pair of large brown spots, fol- 
lowed on the posterior half by a pair of darker brown 
spots, venter pale with three narrow brown stripes, spin- 
nerets pale, long, closely grouped and extending some 
distance from the abdomen; palpi pale, patella and tip of 
