306 ARANEIDAN FAUNA OF SANTA CRUZ, 



what the largest of the group; those constituting the posterior 

 row are distributed in pairs, and of these the lateral eyes are 

 somewhat the largest. 



Legs yellow-brown, moderately long and strong, densely clothed 

 with coarse yellowish hairs, and armed with long thin spines; 

 metatarsi and tarsi furnished with scopul?e; tarsal claws long and 

 strong. Relative lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3. 



Palpi long, strong, similar in colour and armature to. legs; each 

 palpus terminating with a claw and scopula. 



Falces long, strong, projecting well forward, yellow-brown, 

 densely clothed with coarse yellowish hairs; fangs long. 



Maxilke long, narrow, divergent, yellowish-brown, densely 

 clothed with long yellowish hairs. 



Labium concolorous, arched, broader than long, truncated at 

 apex. 



Sternum concolorous also, longer than broad, shield -shaped, flat, 

 densely clothed with coarse hairs or bristles. 



Abdomen obovate, moderately projecting over base of cephalo- 

 thorax, clothed with fine, yellowish hairs; colour yellow-brown 

 with dark cloudy markings; the two superior spinnerets long and 

 cylindrical. 



Epigyne a simple transverse slit with a strongly arched over^ 

 hanging lip. 



Family PHOLCIDtE. 



Subfamily PHOLCINJ:. 

 Genus P h o l c u s, Walck. 



2. Pholcus ANCORALis, L. Koch. — Originally recorded from the 

 islands of Upolu and Tonga. 



Family ARGIOPID^. 

 Subfamily AKGYROEPEIRA, Emer. 



3. Arogyroepeira celebesiana, Walck. — This species is evi- 

 dently of Malayan origin, and is widely distributed. From the 

 Malayan region it ranges from the west in Burma, eastward 

 into New Guinea, Australia, and the South Pacific Islands. 



