Order Araneida 



I. Post-abdomen unusually long. (Adult 



males.) P. 262. Uloborid^ 



II. Post-abdomen of usual length. P. 400. 



Argiopid^e 

 GG. Eyes unequal in size. 



H. The trochanters with a deep semi-circular 



notch in thedistal border on the lower side. 



1. The two pieces of the lorum of the pedicel 



either united by a transverse suture or 



the anterior piece with a notch behind 



into which the posterior piece fits. Eyes 



in two rows in our more common species, 



sometimes in four rows. Tibia of the 



pedipalp of the male with an external 



apophysis. Egg-sac carried by female 



by the chelicerae. P. 598. Pisaurid^e 



II. The anterior piece of the lorum of the 



pedicel rounded behind and fitting into a 



notch in the posterior piece. Eyes in 



three rows; the first row consists of four 



small eyes, and the second and third rows 



each of two large eyes. Tibia of the 



pedipalp of the male unarmed. Egg-sac 



carried suspended to the spinnerets of 



the female. P. 618. Lycosid^ 



H H. The trochanters not notched or but slightly so. 



I. Posterior row of eyes procurved. P. 657. 



OXYOPID/'E 



II. Posterior row of eyes recurved. (Adult 

 males.) P. 262. Uloborid/e 



EE. Eyes dissimilar in colour. 



F. Eyes in a compact group near the middle of the 



length of the cephalothorax. (Adult males.) 



P. 287. CEcobiid/e 



FF. Eyes distinctly in front of the middle of the 



thorax. 



G The tibia? and metatarsi of the first two pairs 



of legs armed with a series of very long 



spines regularly spaced, with a series of 



much shorter spines between each two long 



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