Description: Length of animal, including mandibles, 3 mm.; length of pedipalps, 3 mm. Color—Cephalothorax and pedipalps dark yellow brown; abdomen and legs very light yellow.
Cephalothorax: A little longer than broad; front margin slightly truncate, rounded; sides so slightly convex as to be almost straight; lower margin slightly recurved; no transverse sutures; one pair of eyes.
Abdomen: Elongate and slender; scuta entire; both abdomen and cephalothorax with a few simple scattered hairs.
Palps: Long and slender; coxa smooth; trochanter lacks large protuberance of many of the Cheliferidæ; femur hardly as long as cephalothorax, very slender and not pedicellate; tibia shorter and broader than femur, pedicellate, convex on inner edge, only slightly so on outer edge; trochanter, femur, and tibia covered with short, stout simple hairs; claw long and slender; finger little longer than hand, and only slightly curved; hand twice as long as broad; hand and claw covered with long, simple hairs; mandibles large, serrula attached only at base; spinnerets long and transparent.
Legs: The femur and tibia of the first two pairs of legs rather stout; no trochantins; covered with simple hairs.
Habitat: Found in oak trees in the wash around Claremont.
This differs slightly from that described by Banks in that:
1. The upper margin of the cephalothorax is not rounded, but truncate.
2. The fingers of the claw are not shorter than the hand.
3. The femur and tibia of the first two pairs of legs are not stout.