1947] 
Spiders from Puerto Pico 
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the posterior margin, no thoracic groove ; eyes, anterior 
row recurved, a.m.e. convex, diurnal, separated by about 
a diameter and from a. l.e. by a little less, a. l.e. smaller 
than a.m.e., posterior row procurved, p.m.e. a broad oval, 
largest of the eight, heavily ringed with red, separated by 
less than a diameter and from p.l.e. by fully a diameter 
and a half, lateral eyes touching, p.l.e. larger than a.l.e. ; 
quadrangle wider in front and higher than wide; clypeus 
vertical, and not as high as the quadrangle; mandibles 
vertical and weak ; labium dark, wider than long ; maxillce 
pale, about twice as long as labium and inclined so that 
the tips are almost touching; sternum pale, triangular, 
almost as wide as long, (2.5 : 3.0), widest between the first 
coxae, convex, fourth coxae separated by more than a 
diameter; abdomen wider than long, white, with a large 
dark basal spot and a pair of small dark, widely sepa- 
rated dots on the posterior half, wide dark lateral stripes 
which converge at the spinnerets, abdomen smooth with 
no hairs or bristles, venter pale; legs, 1-2-4— 3, I right 
missing, quite short, pale, femora with a wide distal dark 
band, more distinct on the posterior pairs, I and II tibiae 
with 3 dark ventral spots, metatarsi with 2 ventral spots, 
no spines, but rows of colorless hairs, longest on the pos- 
terior pairs ; epigynum, two dark sacs beneath the sur- 
face, separated by less than a diameter. 
Male. Length, 1.0 mm. 
Cephalothorax pale brown, with no dark marks found 
in the female, anterior margin little more narrowed than 
in the female, cephalic portion high, almost as wide as 
long, no thoracic groove or depression, but a few long 
bristles on the median line ; eyes more closely grouped 
than in the female, anterior row recurved, eyes equidis- 
tant, a.m.e. separated by less than a diameter, posterior 
row almost straight, eyes equidistant, p.m.e. largest of 
the eight, surrounded by red, separated by about half a 
diameter, lateral eyes on a common tubercle ; quadrangle 
narrower in front and higher than wide; clypeus about 
as high as quadrangle; mandibles long and narrow; 
labium wider than long, fused to the sternum; maxillae 
and the sternum as in the female; abdomen oval, two- 
