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Th efalces are rather stout, being nearly as wide as the first 
row of eyes. They are twice as long as the face, parallel and 
vertical. The fang is short and moderately stout. 
The maxillae are parallel, and are enlarged and rounded at 
their extremities. The labium is J4 as long as the maxillae, is 
longer than wide, and is a little contracted and rounded at the 
tip. 
The sternum is very deepset. It is ]/i longer than wide, and 
truncated in front. It projects between the anterior coxa?. 
The palpus has one spine on the distal end of the femur. 
The relative length of the legs is 3, 4, 1, 2. They are equally 
stout. The spines are strong and numerous, and are found on 
the femoral, patellary, tibial, and metatarsal joints of the four 
pairs. On the patella, tibia? and metatarsi of the first and sec¬ 
ond pairs there are inferior rows, and scattered spines above; on 
the third and fourth pairs they are in rows both above and 
below. 
Coloration. The ground color of the cephalothorax is black; 
the sides are reddish, covered with white hairs; a red hand 
crosses above the first row of eyes and passes back on each side 
to the dorsal eyes. There is a longitudinal white band, widest 
in the middle and tapering at the ends, which begins in the 
middle of the cephalic part and extends nearly to the posterior 
border. Two oblique white lines start from a point between the 
middle anterior eyes and extend nearly to the dorsal eyes. 
Around the lower border is a narrow black line. The ground 
color of the abdomen is rich red. It is encircled by a black 
band, below which the sides are white. On the anterior middle 
part is a large white spot, pointed in front and widening behind; 
and a little behind the middle is a short transverse white band, 
two black bands, beginning at the anterior point of the white 
spot, diverging a little as they go, and interrupted by the white 
band, pass backward to the spinnerets; on each of these, behind 
the white band, are two white dots. All the other parts of the 
spider are light brown covered with white hairs, ihe coloisaie 
much paler in some specimens than in others. 
Habitat. G u ate m al a. 
