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lateral pit and between the bases of the lobes there is a median 
dorsal depression. Eyes: eight in two rows; viewed from above, 
anterior row strongly recurved and posterior row only slightly so; 
viewed from in front, rows as shown in Figure 3. Ratio of eyes 
AME : ALE : PME : PLE = nearly 12 : 12 : 14 : 13* AME 
narrowly separated from one another; separated from ALE by about 
two-thirds of their diameter. PME separated from one another by 
about 2.5 times their diameter; separated from PLE by less than 
their radius. ALE and PLE contiguous. Height of clypeus equal 
to slightly less than three times the diameter of AME. Chelicerae, 
maxillae and lip all apparently typical of the genus; cheliceral fang 
groove with six teeth along promargin and five along retromargin 
(taken from male paratype). Legs: 4123 in order of length; true 
spines seem to be absent. Palp : essential features shown in Fig- 
ures 4-5. Abdomen: typical of the genus; with no important modifi- 
cations. Color in alcohol : carapace light yellowish-brown with 
variations; slightly grayish along ventral margins; with a moderate 
amount of black pigment in ocular area; sternum, mouth parts and 
legs nearly the same as the carapace with variations; sternum with 
a thin, grayish margin; abdomen with a median, dorsal, irregular 
gray stripe extending from near the base to meet three irregular, 
narrow, transverse bars in the posterior third; these transverse bars 
connect laterally with an irregular, dorsolateral stripe reaching for- 
ward nearly to the base (Fig. 6) ; on each side of the group of spin- 
nerets there is a narrow gray stripe; the venter is yellowish-white. 
Considerable variation in color pattern has been noted among the 
paratypes; the gray abdominal areas may be almost lacking in some 
specimens. 
Female paratype. Total length 2.2 mm; carapace about 0.92 mm 
long (overlapped by anterior border of abdomen) ; 0.77 mm wide 
opposite second coxae where it is widest; nearly 0.33 mm tall 
(Fig. 7). Eyes: arrangement quite different than in male; viewed 
from above, anterior row definitely recurved and posterior row very 
slightly so; seen from in front, eyes essentially as shown in Fig- 
ure 8. Ratio of eyes AME : ALE : PME : PLE = nearly 1 1 : 
Figures 1-10. Grammonota tabuna sp. nov. Figs. 1-2. Carapace of 
male holotype ; from above and right lateral view, respectively. Fig. 3. 
Eyes and cephalic lobes of holotype from in front. Fig. 4. Left palp of 
holotype ; retrolateral view. Fig. 5. Left palpal tarsus and tibia of holo- 
type; ventral view. Fig. 6. Abdomen of holotype; dorsal view. Fig. 7. 
Carapace of female paratype; right lateral side. Fig. 8. Eyes of female 
paratype from in front. Figs. 9-10. Epigynum of female paratype; from 
below and from behind, respectively. 
