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Cephalothorax reddish-mahogany, passing into dark mahogany-brown on margins; eyes on black spots; hairs yellowish, short, sparse, chiefly about frontal region, moderate fringe on clypeus; pars cephalica plano-convex, perceptibly rounded, sides abrupt, limited by an indentation; height of clypeus equals space dividing centre eyes; thoracic part one-third longer than cephalic, convex, sides slightly dilated; contour of profile rises at an angle of 45°, level to posterior eyes, moderately inclined across ocular area. Anterior row of eyes slightly curved, nearly equidistant, laterals one-third size of centrals, separated from them by about their radius; posterior eyes do not differ perceptibly in size from fore-laterals, posited a little closer to one another, divided by a somewhat greater interval than that which separates them from lateral border; eyes of second row equidistant; ocular area about one-third broader than long. Falces red-mahogany colour, transversely rugulose, vertical, moderately strong, length slightly surpasses the pars digitalis of palpus. Maxillæ fulvous, suffused with reddish-brown; nearly twice as long as wide, second half dilated, rounded. Labium darker; enlarged at extremity, apex somewhat rounded, rather less than one-half length of maxillæ. Sternum chocolate-brown; oval. Legs, thighs of two first pairs chocolate-brown; patellæ yellowish-brown; tibiæ chestnut-brown; metatarsi + tarsi yellow-brown, second half of former articles dark-brown; posterior pairs fulvous, fuscous basal and distal annulations on femoral + tibial joints, fore-half of metatarsi similar shade. First and second legs of nearly equal length, moderately strong; tibia slightly exceeds patellary joint in length; metatarsus and tarsus equal; hairs sparse; spine armature normal. Palpi bright straw-colour, humeral joint clouded; hairs whitish, somewhat sparse. Abdomen oviform, moderately convex above; sparingly clothed with short whitish and orange-red hairs; ground-colour drab, perhaps approximating to pale olive-brown; dorsal band ovoid, earthy-brown, without any determinate limits, fading away into ground-colour; ill-defined oblique brown bands on lateral margins; ventral region light-brown. Corpus vulvæ bright yellow-mahogany colour, two red-brown wide pointed marks encroach from above across to foveæ; corpus represents a rather large subcircular, convex, centrally-depressed area, superior half projects rather outwards over the rima genitalis, roundly emarginate; within central depression are two circular foveæ, divided by a narrow septum; fuscous