Peckham—Spiders of the Family Attidae. 
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FISSIDENTATT. 
Tusitala P. 1902. 
Plate XVIII, fig's. 2-2b. 
The cephalothorax is high, with the sides sloping outward 
from the upper surface and widening in a gentle curve from 
front to hack, the widest point being behind the dorsal eyes. 
The cephalic part is inclined forward, and the thoracic rounds 
off rather steeply from the third row of eyes. The quadrangle 
occupies from two-fifths to nearly one-half of the cephalothorax, 
is one-third wider than long and is wider behind than in front. 
The first row of eyes is straight or a little curved down; the eyes 
are large, the middle being less than twice the size of the lat¬ 
eral and subtouching, while the lateral are well separated from 
them. The second row is equally distant from, the first and 
third or is a little nearer the first, and the third is narrower 
than the cephalothorax. The falces are long, strong, and ver¬ 
tical, and are bowed, with a compound tooth on the inferior 
margin. The males have a stiff ridge of hairs on the front 
face. The sternum is oblong and truncated. The first coxa) 
are separated by about the width of the labium', which is longer 
than wide. 
This genus is founded upon T. barbata and includes T. hir- 
suta and T. Braunsii, both from South Africa. 
Tusitala barbata P. 
Plate XVIII, figs. 2-2d. 
$. Length 6.5 mm. Legs 1432, about equal in thickness. 
The first pair is plainly the longest but the others do not differ 
much in length. 
The cephalothorax is covered with a mixture of red, yellow 
and white hairs, the red predominating on the sides, and the 
white on the upper surface. The clypeus is less than half as 
wide as the middle eyes of the first row, and is yellow with a 
few white hairs. The falces are light brown, and have a re- 
