DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPIDERS

Abstract

Length ♀ 13 mm.; ceph. 5 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide; patella plus tibia IV. 6 mm. long. Cephalothorax red-brown, darkest around head; mandibles dark red-brown; legs and palpi yellow-brown, lighter at tips; sternum dark red-brown; abdomen nearly black above, with faint indications of a light median streak, in the base of which is a black spear-mark; venter dark gray; spinnerets yellow. Posterior row of eyes straight, broader than anterior row; P. M. E. round, separated by their diameter, nearer to each other than to the larger P. S. E.; A. M. E. about half their diameter apart, and slightly nearer to the A. S. E. than to each other. Legs quite long, no spines above or below on tibia I., and none above on tibia IV.; thick scopulas to all tarsi and metatarsi (except IV.). Sternum broad; the abdomen long and narrow; the upper spinnerets distinctly two-jointed and much longer than the lower pair, the second joint more than twice as long as wide. The epigynum shows a rounded cavity, slightly longer than broad, broader behind than in front, the anterior portion paler than the rest; there is a median septum which in the fore part is narrow, but quite suddenly broadens at the middle and then tapers to the broadly rounded tip.