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Gnaphosoides, nov. gen. 
Gnaphosoides albopunctata^ sp. n. (Fig- 10). 
Ceplialothorax black-brown, with paler brown along the median area. 
8 terniun, mandibles, lip and maxilhe reddish-brown to oi'ange. Alidomen on the 
upper and under side jet black, with blue metallic sheen down the middle of the 
back and over the under surface. Four white spots at the shoulders and the rear 
corners of the back. Femoral joint of legs black-brown, other joints paler brown. 
Hairs on the legs pale brown. 
Ceplialothorax inversely cordate, truncate, narrowed anteriorly. Pars 
cephalica not distinct, slightly rounded above. A round depression in the middle 
of the ceplialothorax, with a deep thin short fovea behind it. 
Eyes all round. Four lateral ones form a trapezium, bi’oadest at the rear, 
equal in size, two diameters between the front side eyes and the same between the 
front and rear side eyes, three diameters between the rear side eyes. The four 
median eyes equal in size, half the diameter of the side eyes, and forming a 
rectangle; the two front ones touch the front side eyes, with the upper edges of all 
four touching a straight line ; the four posterior recurved ; the two small middle 
eyes of the hinder row are a dull grey colour and flat, and give the impression of 
being blind. 
Sternum oval, smooth, slightly arched, with a few thin hairs at the edges. 
APaxillcc inclined inwards, meeting in front above the lip, the top ends forming a 
straight line, swelling and rounded at the basal end, Hatter and thinner at the 
anterior, slightly impressed in the middle. 
Lip two-thirds length of maxilhe, arched to a point. 
Mandibles conical, fangs short and weak. 
Legs moderately slim, femoral joint thickest at the base and narrowing to the 
front end 3 rather thickly covered with stiff hairs and a few upstanding bristles or 
thin spines; two line short curved tarsal claws, with live or six pectinations, over 
line hair tufts; a double row of black bristles on the under side of the tarsus and 
metatarsus. 
Abdomen oblong, square in front and straight at the sides, also rather s(juare 
at the posterior end ; two longitudinal depressions on the under surface. 
