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Show 14 IIEV. o. P I O K A R D - C A M B R I D G H O N EXOTIC SPIDERS. [Jan. 15, rounded behind, truncate before : the profile-line forms a continuous curve; the lateral marginal impressions at the caput are very slight. Colour yellowish brown. Eyes small, in the ordinary Epeirid position ; the four centrals form as nearly as possible a square, its posterior eyes slightly largest. The lateral pairs are close to the anterior corners of the caput, minute ; those of each pair are contiguous to each other and form nearly a straight line with the anterior pair of the central quadrangle. Legs short, not very strong, 1, 2, 4, 3, devoid of spines, furnished with fine hairs only; colour brownish yellow, tinged with orange. Falces short, strong, subcorneal; colour like that of the cephalothorax. Maxillae and labium normal in form, and similar in colour to the cephalothorax, perhaps rather paler. Sternum similar in colour to the legs. Abdomen coriaceous, large, subtriangular, broader than long, rounded in front, the fore corners rounded, though scarcely to be described as forming distinct prominences ; upper surface considerably elevated in a subcorneal form ; colour yellowish white, that of the cone tinged with yellow-brown. Near the middle of the anterior margin, quite visible but not very distinct, are three sigilliform markings with two others behind, halfway to the summit of the conical abdomen; behind these last, and one on either side of the base of the cone, are two others similar, in a transverse line, and forming a line equal in length to that formed by the three anterior sigillae ; the upper part of the cone is encircled by some indistinct fine darker concentric lines. The underside is dark dull yellow-brown, and from the outer margins of it sundry fine dark lines issue upwards in groups of two or three, converging until they meet about one-third of the way towards the top of the cone. Genital process broad and very characteristic in form. Hab. Singapore (R. Shelford). Fam. TionsiDi;. Subfam. AMYCIIN.E. Genus AUYCIMA Sim. (Amycle Cambr.). A M Y C L E A LINEATIPES, sp. n. (Plate V. figs. 4-4 d.) Adult female, length 2| lines. This Spider is nearly allied to A. forticeps Cambr. (P. Z. S. Lond. 1873, p. 122) from Ceylon, and bears a close general resemblance to it; but it may be distinguished by the shorter legs, by the area of the four larger outer eyes, of which the anterior is of the same length as the posterior side, and the four anterior eyes forming a straight transverse line. The markings on the legs, palpi, and abdomen, and the form also of the abdomen, differ from those of A. forticeps, though it is possible that this last character may only be sexual. The palpi have a longitudinal black streak on their inner sides. |