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great hesitation referred to this species, though it is possible that 

 examination of a larger number of specimens may show two species, 

 particularly with regard to a damaged specimen from Hall 

 Sound, the cephalothorax of which is light yellow, marked with 

 a brown longitudinal central band, and two brown lines marking 

 the caput. But, with only one damaged specimen of this type, 

 I have not felt justified in forming a new species. The general 

 form of the cephalothorax and parts, and the marking of the 

 legs, being the same as the other specimens. The type specimens 

 are from Viti Leva and Upolu. 



11th Group. 

 E. caudata, N.S. 



Cephalothorax cordate, as long as broad ; caput high, narrow, 

 and tolerably distinct, covered with short hairs ; color of cephalo- 

 thorax grey ; legs and palpi moderately short, yellowish grey, 

 banded with brown ; mandibles reddish brown ; maxillae yellowish 

 grey ; sternum oval, reddish brown. 



Abdomen rounded in front and gradually broader, nearly as far 

 as the spinnerets (half its length), after which it suddenly contracts 

 into a tail ; colour above greyish ; the underside, as far as the 

 spinnerets, is a dark brown, with a white spot above and another 

 below the epigyne, and two white spots or lines enclosing a cordate ; 

 spot of brown extending nearly from the epigne to the spinnerets 

 these last white spots are narrowest in the centre ; the remainder 

 of the underside grey. 



Length of cephalothorax, lh lines; of abdomen, 4 lines. 



One female from Hall Sound. This is quite a new form of the 

 tailed Epeiras, and should perhaps form the type of a new group, 

 the cephalothorax and caput being very different from those of the 

 other species forming this group. , 



Ebaea (L. Aoch.) 

 E. prcecincta L. Koch. 



E. prrecincta L. Koch., Arach. Aust., p. 130, pi. x., fig. 2. 



One female (? mature) from Palm Island. The species described 

 by Dr. Koch are from Samoa. 



