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the epigynum, very small sclerites on the side and a broken ring of 
sclerites around spinnerets. Total length of female 1.5 mm. Carapace, 
0.60 mm long, 0.52 mm wide. First patella and tibia, 0.41 mm; sec- 
ond, 0.38 mm; third, 0.35 mm. Fourth femur, 0.45 mm; patella and 
tibia, O.44 mm ; metatarsus, 0.22 mm ; tarsus, 0.28 mm. 
Epigynum (Fig. 16) with lip extending behind a slight depression. 
The female was not collected with the male and there is some 
doubt that it belongs to this species. Figures 14 and 18 were prepared 
from the holotype. 
Record. Ecuador. Chimborazo: 48 km SW of Alausi, 2500 m, 
14 Feb. 1955, 1 ? (E. I. Schlinger, E. S. Ross, CAS). 
Wirada tovarensis Simon 
Figures 19-26 
Virada tovarensis Simon, 1894, Histoire Naturelle des Araignees, 1 : 585, 
nomen nudum; 1895, Ann. Soc. ent. France, 64: 148. Male holotype from 
Colonia Tovar [Tovar, Aragua], Venezuela, 1888 (E. Simon), in the 
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, examined. 
Description. Sclerotized areas rich dark red-brown ; areas between 
eyes of male yellowish ; legs yellowish. Non-sclerotized areas on venter 
of abdomen whitish. Carapace and sternum of both sexes heavily 
sclerotized with elongate dark tubercles (Figs. 25, 26), and anterior 
portion of male carapace raised (Fig. 24). Diameter of anterior 
median eyes twice that of other eyes. Anterior median eyes of female 
one-quarter their diameter apart, one-quarter diameter from laterals. 
Posterior median eyes of female one and one-half diameters apart, 
one diameter from laterals. Anterior median eyes of male their radius 
apart, almost touching laterals. Posterior median eyes of male three 
diameters apart, one and one-half diameters from laterals. Chelicerae 
with a double tooth on anterior margin (Fig. 23), no teeth posterior. 
Both sexes with similar sclerotization of abdomen, completely covering 
dorsum, a smaller shield on venter and a sclerotized ring around 
spinnerets. The abdomen is flattened (Fig. 24), slightly thicker in 
female than in male. Male with first leg slightly longer than fourth ; 
female with fourth leg slightly longer than first. Total length of 
female 1.0 mm. Carapace 0.55 mm long, 0.47 mm wide, 0.30 mm 
high. First patella and tibia, 0.32 mm; second, 0.3 1 mm; third, 0.26 
mm. Fourth femur, 0.35 mm; patella and tibia, 0.39 mm; meta- 
tarsus, 0.18 mm; tarsus, 0.23 mm. Total length of male 1.0 mm. 
Carapace 0.47 mm long, 0.45 mm wide, 0.35 mm high in eye region. 
First femur, 0.39 mm; patella and tibia, 0.39 mm; metatarsus, 0.22 
mm; tarsus, 0.27 mm. Second patella and tibia, 0.32 mm; third, 
O.29 mm ; fourth, 0.39 mm. 
