Spiders of Victoria. 107 



The Maxillae are upright, convex on both inner and outer sides. 

 The upper margin rounded and entirely covered with hair fringe, 

 on the inside slope the fringe grows from the upper, or inner, side. 

 The Lip is broadest at the base, distinctly broader than long, 

 arched in front with a broad sloping margin. It is less than half 

 the length of the maxillae. 



The Sternum is a broad heart-shape, terminating in a narrow 

 point between the rear coxae. It is smooth and shiny, with a 

 few scattered hairs round the edges. 



The Abdomen is rather long ovate, straight in front, and curved 

 at sides, broadest one-third of length from rear end, where it is 

 rather pointed. The spinnerets are short, the front pair being 

 thickest, and the second joint of the superior pair distinctly long 

 and conical. 



The Legs are smooth underneath, but thickly covered on the 

 upper side with short down-lying hair. The spines are very long 

 and strong. On the underside of the front tibiae are five pairs 

 of spines (four long, and then one short). The spines on this and 

 the metatarsal joint are unusually long and stout, and stand up 

 in a remarkable manner in the way M. Eugene Simon describes 

 {Loc. cit. vol. II., p. 125) as the special characteristic of his Zoreae as 

 opposed to his Miturgeae, to which group Argoctenus is referred, 

 but which should here have weak sessile spines. The tarsi and 

 metatarsi of all the legs are fine and without scopula, but a claw 

 tuft terminates all tarsi, the two claws being fine and weak, 

 straight along the shaft, then curved at the end. None of the 

 femoral joints have spines on the upper side. 



I have a male of the species from Frankston, Port Phillip Bay. 

 They live under fallen leaves. 



