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Psyche 
[Sept. 
abdomen oval, with a white basal band that continues 
as lateral stripes to the spinnerets, a pair of dark stripes 
that unite above the spinnerets with inner margins irregu- 
lar, leaving a pale median stripe, venter with three dark 
stripes united in front of the spinnerets by a short dark 
band; legs , 3-4-1-2, I pair heaviest, dark brown, with a 
distinct prolateral darker stripe on the femur, patella 
and tibia, the dark area on the femur flattened, II, III 
and IV pairs pale, with dark rings at the base and distal 
ends of femur and tibia, patella with a pair of dark spots 
near tip, spines, I pair, patella, 0, tibia, ventral, 2-2, lr, 
metatarsus, ventral, 2-2, III and IV tibiae with a dorsal, 
basal spine and a ventral retrolateral spine near the base ; 
palpus not as long as cephalothorax, femur and patella 
with white iridescent scales on the dorsal side, tibia and 
cymbium dark, with coarse dark hairs, tibia not as long 
as patella, tibial apophysis dark, shining and pressed 
close to the cymbium, palpal organ of the usual type with 
the outer process longer and starting from the side and 
ending in a slender tip at the end of the cymbium, the 
inner process heavier, starts about the middle of the bulb 
and ends about opposite to its origin. 
Female. Length, 3.0 mm., ceph. 1.6 mm. long, 1.1 mm. 
wide, abd. 1.9 mm. long, 1.2 mm. wide. 
Cephalothorax dark chestnut-brown, ocular area thinly 
covered with golden iridescent scales which continue in 
parallel lateral stripes from the dorsal eyes and end 
abruptly above the posterior margin, these lateral stripes 
are shorter than in the male, marginal stripe of white 
scales on the posterior margin only, cephalothorax high, 
sides not as much rounded as in the male, thoracic groove 
short, in a semi-circular depression; eyes as in the male; 
clypeus equals about half a diameter of a.m.e., brown, 
with scattered golden scales, palpus, femur and patella 
covered with whj.te scales; mandibles brown, vertical, 
mouth parts as in the male; sternum brown; abdomen 
with three dark triangles, one median and basal, and the 
other two lateral, just posterior to the middle, posterior 
to the basal triangle, a transverse pale band of white 
iridescent scales, the median area between the dark lateral 
