312 ARANEIDAN FAUNA OF SANTA CRUZ, 



Genus Heteropoda, Latr. 



13. Heteropoda venatoria, Linn. — The common house spider 

 of the tropics. Two 2 specimens were obtained. 



Genus P r y c h i a, L. Koch. 



14. Prychia gracilis, L. Koch. — Originally recorded from the 

 island of Viti. Mr. Jennings secured one immature example. 



Genus P a l y s t e s, L. Koch. 



. 15. Palystes IGNICOMUS, ^, L. Koch. — Originally recorded 

 from New Ireland. Dr. Willey collected specimens of this species 

 in New Britain. Mr. Jennings' specimen is a ^, and unfortu- 

 nately immature; nevertheless I do not think there can be any 

 doubt as to its identity. 



16. P.ALYSTES reticulatus, sp.nov. 



(Plate xxiv., fig. 4.) 



9. Cephalothorax 4-9 mm. long, 4 mm. broad; abdomen 6 mm. 

 long, 4 mm. wide. 



Cephalothorax longer than broad, moderately convex, hairy. 

 Caput moderately arched, sloping forward, thickly clothed with 

 yellowish hairs, narrowest in front, yellowish. Clypeus yellowish, 

 moderately arched, hairy, radial grooves indistinct, median groove 

 a distinct longitudinal cleft or furrow. 



Eyes arranged in two transverse rows; of these the first is the 

 shorter of the two, and forms a straight line, whilst those com- 

 prising the second row are very slightly procurved; of the first 

 row the median pair of eyes are the smallest of the group, and 

 those constituting the second row are a little smaller than the 

 anterior lateral eyes, and are separated from each other by a 

 space equal to twice their individual diameter. 



Legs yellowish, long, strong, hairy, armed with long, dark 

 brown spines. Relative lengths : 1, 2, 3, 4. 



Palpi long, similar in colour and armature to legs. 



Falces yellow, long, robust, hairy, inferior margin armed with 

 three teeth. 



