350 ARACHNIDAN FAUNA OF BRITISH NEW GUINEA, 



Labium longer than broad, obtusely truncated at apex, con- 

 colorous. 



Sternum long, narrow, somewhat shield-shaped, yellow, glossy, 

 sparingly pubescent. 



Ab'hmen oblong-ovate, convex, hairy, moderately projecting 

 over base of cephalothorax; the abdominal punctures are similar 

 to those of the ^, but the delicate tracery noticeable in the latter 

 is not present in ^ examples; the sides and inferior surface pale 

 yellowish. 



Epigyne large, slightly raised, arched, bilobed, yellowish-brown 

 at base, dark brown above. 



Loc. — Neneba, 9th November, 1896. 



Genus Chiracanthium, C. Koch. 



46. Cuiracanthium longimanum C?), L. Koch. 

 Loc. — Neneba, 9th November, 1896. 



Subfamily LIOCEANIN^:. 



Genus Argoctenus, L. Koch. 



47. Argoctenus de visi, sp.nov. 



(Plate vii., fig. 12.) 



9- Cephalothorax 8 '.3 mm. long, 5-7 mm. broad ; abdomen 

 8 -2 mm. long, 6-3 mm. broad. 



C eplialotliorax dark reddish-brown, obovate, clothed laterally 

 with dark greyish pubescence. Caput obtusely truncated in 

 front, but not elevated above the level of the clypeus, clothed in 

 front and at sides with dark greyish pubescence. C7y/>f?2^s broad, 

 glossy, smooth, upper surface rather flat, sides deep and rounded 

 off; the median depression is present in the form of a rather 

 short, narrow, but distinct transverse groove ; radial grooves 

 indistinct. Marginal hand narrow. 



Eyes arranged in four series = 2, 2, 2, 2 ; those forming the 

 front row are separated from each other by a space equivalent to 

 once their individual diameter ; those of the second row are 

 sensibly larger than the latter, and are also separated from each 



