176 
Psyche 
[Dec. 
Cephalothorax brown, cephalic portion pale and cov- 
ered with white hairs, a pair of large circular elevations 
directly posterior to the eyes, anterior margin wide and 
truncate; eyes in three groups, seen from the front, the 
anterior row procurved, median eyes carried forward on 
a small lobe, a.m.e. smaller than the p.m.e., separated by 
about two diameters, p.m.e. separated by a diameter, lat- 
eral eyes subequal on a distinct tubercle at the extreme 
angle of the carapace ; quadrangle higher than wide and 
as wide in front as behind; clypeus below the a.m.e. as 
high as the quadrangle: mandibles brown, vertical, fang 
Figs. 1-5. Acanthepeira venusta (Banks). Fig. 1. Female, dorsal, 
(type); fig. 2. Epigynum, ventral; fig. 3. Epigynum, lateral; fig. 4. Left 
palpus, retrolateral ; fig. 5. Male, dorsal. 
groove oblique, upper margin with a row of black bristles 
followed by three teeth, lower margin with four subequal, 
contiguous teeth, fang short; labium wider than long, 
basal half dark, tip pale ; sternum lateral margins dark, 
triangular, one and a half times as long as broad, fourth 
coxae touching; abdomen pale, with a vague folium on the 
