Spiders of Victoria. 



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sides, raised up, convex, and rather narrower than the rounded 

 sides of the breast part. Small longitudinal fovea at commence- 

 naent of rear slope. 



The front row of jEyes is i-ecurved, the two middle being round, 

 one and a half diameters apart, and side eyes one diameter distant, 

 oval, rear row procurved, middle eyes smaller than front middle, 

 one and a half diameters apart, two and a half diameters from 

 the side, which are half the long diameter of front side, and the 

 same distance away on a common protuberance. 



The Mandibles, stout and broad, are longer than the front 

 patella and thicker than the front femur, knee-formed, with 

 rather thick, down-lying hair. Fangs, strong and curved, with 

 two teeth on inner falx edge, the lower the larger, a thick fringe 

 and three teeth on the outer edge. 



Maxillae arched, rather inclined over lip, wider in front 

 than at base, rounded on outer edge. Lip more than half the 

 length of the maxillae, straight in front without indentation, but 

 springing from narrower neck at base. 



The Sternum is a broad heart-shape, pointed at rear, and 

 descending one-third of distance between rear coxae, which are 

 separated by a distance equal to half their breadth. 



The Abdomen is ovate, narrowest in front, rounded at sides, 

 and widest about one-third of the length fi'om the rear end. It 

 is thickly covered with fine, down-lying hairs. 



The cribellum in the female is faintly divided by a very thin 

 line. 



The Palpi are curved at the femoral joint, but short, straight 

 and cylindrical in the other joints. 



The Legs are stout, but tapering to the tarsal joints, which are 

 fairly fine. The femur arched on upper side ; short spines on all 

 legs. 



Legs 



or, 1, 4, 2, .3. 



