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posterior half, with ten tubercles on the margin, each 
with a corneous tip, the pointed anterior median tubercle 
extends well over the cephalothorax, the posterior median 
tubercle blunt^ and hairy, and the tip darker, as wide at 
the base as it^is long, extends well over the spinnerets, 
four pairs of graduated lateral tubercles, the largest at 
the lateral angles, bifid at the tip, the posterior pair very 
small and not in line with the other pairs, venter infus- 
cate with a pale transverse bar posterior to the epi- 
gynum; legs, 1-2-4-3, rather short, brown, with darker 
brown rings, more distinct on the ventral side, spines 
shorter than the diameter of the joint, no ventral spines 
on the femora, a dorsal basal spine on III and IV tibiae; 
epigynum, area longer than wide, a narrow chitinized 
base, from which projects a slender, graduated fleshy 
scape, fully twice as long as the chitinized base, tip curled 
inward, each side of the base a circular opening, with a 
second smaller opening at the base of the scape. 
Male. Length, 6.2 mm., ceph. 4.0 mm. long, 3.4 mm. 
wide, abd. 3.0 mm. long, 2.9 mm. wide. 
Cephalothorax dark brown, broader than in the female 
and the anterior margin much narrower, many pale hairs 
in the ocular area, the circular elevations posterior to the 
eyes more distinct than in the female, with a pair of dark 
dots close together as figured ; eyes, median eyes carried 
forward on a lobe, lateral eyes on distinct tubercles; 
mouth parts and sternum as in the female ; abdomen with 
the tubercular pattern as in the female, except that the 
anterior median tubercle is more slender, and the pos- 
terior median tubercle is cone-shaped and extends up- 
ward at almost right angles to the abdomen, not a longi- 
tudinal extension, the muscle spots large and chitinized 
with numerous small chitinized flecks on the dorsum; 
legs, 1-2-4-3, brown, with darker rings on all joints, legs 
longer than in the female, with no hook on the first and 
second coxae, a coniform spur on the fourth coxa, second 
tibia not incrassate, nor with any specialized spines, 
spines longer than in the female, a retrolateral row of 
spines on the fourth femur, with two short chitinized 
