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Show 702 MESSRS. G. W. AND E. G. PECKHAM ON [Nov. 21, 2. Length 5. Length of cephalothorax 2*1. Width of cephalothorax 1*8. Legs, 3 $ , 1,4,3, 2; first pair much the stoutest and longest, especially in the male. The falces of the male are long, longer in some specimens than in others, and horizontal. Their inner edges are parallel for about one-half their length and then diverge; at this point is a tooth, which points forward and crosses the one on the opposite falx. The fang is long and slender and is slightly curved at the extremity. Those of the female are vertical, parallel, and moderately long and stout. The sternum is rather long, and is widest in the middle. The maxillae are nearly twice as long as the labium. The labium is longer than wide. The colour of the male is bronze-brown. A snow-white band on each side extends throughout the whole length of the cephalothorax and abdomen, the cephalothorax having a dark line around the lower margin. The eyes of the first row are surrounded by white hairs. The falces are bronze, slightly rugose above, with a band of white hairs along the outer side of each. The fangs are black. The first legs are bronze above and blackish below, and are thinly covered with white hairs. The other legs are light yellowish brown. The female has the cephalothorax and abdomen thickly covered with a mixture of white, red, and yellow hairs. On the anterior part of the abdomen are two pairs of black dots, and across the posterior part, halfway between the middle point and the spinnerets, is a transverse black band. The legs are yellowish brown, the first pair being the darkest and having some short white hairs. PROSTHECLINA PYGM^A, sp. nov. (Plate LXII. figs. 10-10 e.) 3 . Length 3. Length of cephalothorax 1*5 ; width of cephalothorax 1. 2 . Length 3-7. Length of cephalothorax 1-7; width of cephalothorax 1*3. Legs, 3 1, 4, 3, 2, $ 3, 4, 1, 2 ; almost equally stout in both sexes. The cephalothorax is high, the highest point being at the dorsal eyes ; it is widest in front. The cephalic part is strongly inclined forward and projects over the lower margin, the sides and clypeus slanting inward. Tbe thoracic part falls a little in the anterior two-thirds and then drops abruptly behind ; the lateral slopes of this part are slightly rounded out. Tne quadrangle of the eyes is one-fourth wider than long, is plainly wider in front than behind, and occupies a little less than one-half of the cephalothorax. The four anterior eyes are close together and form a curved row ; they are not very unequal in size, the lateral being about two-thirds as large as the middle eyes. The front face of the cephalothorax is so inclined that the eyes of this row look downward. The second row is plainly nearer the third than the first row, and the eyes are placed on the sides of the cephalothorax. |
