OONOPS. 
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Genus OONOPS, Templeton. 
Eyes aggregated in pairs on the anterior part of the cephalo-thorax; two pairs are placed 
laterally, and the third pair is intermediate, the eyes which constitute it being oval and 
contiguous ; the entire group forms two triangles united by their vertices composed of the 
oval-shaped eyes. 
Maxillce dilated at the base where the palpi are inserted, slightly so at the extremity, and 
inclined towards the lip. 
Lip short, triangular. 
Legs long and moderately robust; the fourth pair is the longest, then the first, and the 
third pair is the shortest. 
Oonops PULCHER. PI. XXIX, fig. 271. 
Oonops pulcher, Templeton, Zoological Journal, vol. v, p. 404, pi. 17, fig. 10. 
— — Blackw., Linn. Trans., vol. xix, p. 129. 
— — Blackw., Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., second series, vol. x, 
p. 252. 
Deletrix exilis, Blackw., Lond. and Edinb. Phil. Mag., third series, vol. x, p. 100. 
Dysdera pulchra, Walck., Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt., t. iv, p. 382. 
Length of the female, T ' 3 th of an inch; length of the cephalo-thorax, ^th, breadth, 3 ' 5 th ; 
breadth of the abdomen, j' 5 th; length of a posterior leg, |th; length of a leg of the 
third pair, ^th. 
The cephalo-thorax is oval, glossy, very convex, pointed before, and abruptly sloping 
behind, with projecting hairs about the region of the eyes ; the falces are slender, conical, and 
vertical; the sternum is broad, heart-shaped, convex, with small prominences on the sides, 
opposite to the legs, and some hairs sparingly distributed over its surface; the legs are 
provided with hairs, and with two longitudinal rows of sessile spines on the inferior surface of 
the tibiae and metatarsi, those on the first and second pairs being the most conspicuous ; each 
tarsus is terminated by two curved, pectinated claws, below which there is a small scopula ; 
and the palpi are abundantly supplied with long hairs, particularly at their extremity. These 
parts, with the maxillce and lip, have a yellowish-brown tint. The abdomen is oviform, thinly 
clothed with hairs, and projects over the base of the cephalo-thorax ; it is of a full, bright, 
orange-red colour, which is speedily extracted by spirit of wine; and the branchial opercula 
and spinners have a yellowish-white hue. Young individuals are frequently of a pale-red 
colour, and sometimes have an obscure band extending along each side of the medial line, on 
the upper part of the abdomen, several irregular, oblique streaks on the sides, and a longi¬ 
tudinal band occupying the middle of the under part of a dull-brown hue. 
