Superfamily Argiopoidea 



downward. The tarsi of the legs are furnished with three claws. 

 There are usually eight eyes, but in one of our genera there are only 

 six and in another one pair is represented by very minute vestiges. 



There is a group of three eyes on each side; 

 each group consists of an anterior lateral and 

 two posterior eyes, all of which are pearly 

 white; the anterior median eyes, when present, 

 are isolated, smaller and dark in colour. The 

 claw of the chelicerae is short and is opposed 

 by a tooth-like projection of the basal seg- 

 ment (Fig. 317). The endites, in all of our 

 genera, are convergent and contiguous at 



Fig. 317. CHELICERA 



OF PHOLCUS PHAL- 



ANGIODES 



Fig. 31S. ENDITES OF PHOLCUS 



the extremity (Fig. 318). The abdomen varies greatly in 

 form. 



Six genera are represented in our fauna; these can be separated 

 by the following table: 



TABLE OF GENERA OF THE PHOLCID/E 



A. With only six eyes, or with the vestiges of one pair, the 

 anterior median exceedingly minute. 

 B. Eyes situated on a very prominent eminence, and not 

 arranged in two widely separated groups. P. 327. 



Modisimus 



BB. Eyes not situated on a prominent eminence but arranged 



in two widely separated groups of three each. P. 327. 



Spermophora 

 AA. With eight distinct eyes. 



B. Abdomen elongate. P. 328. Pholcus 



BB. Abdomen globose. 



C. Femur of the first legs not twice the length of the 



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