AKACHXIKA KKoM THE Sdl-dMuX ISLANHS— KA1X1{( iW 



Sni-Oiulrr ARANElDyE. 



F'rmihj AVICULARID^. 



Snh-hiunhj DIPLURINyE. 



(Inniy, ATRACE^. 



The species liereunder described, and for tlie reception of 

 wliicli I propose a new g^enus, appai'ently belong-s to Hog'g's 

 o'rou]!, the Artracete, and wliich he detines as folhiws-' : — 



" Inferior niannnilla^ close togetlier, about 1 diameter a|iai't. 

 Tarsi of all leo-s thicklr bristled and bespined. Two rows 

 (besides an intermediate at lower end) of teeth on talx- 

 sheath. Sternal sio-illa? laro-e and removed from mary'in. 

 Superioi" mammilhx" short, hardly exceeding two-tifths (he 

 leno'tli of the cepluilothoi'ax." 



The p'l'oup AtraceiV, \\\^ to the ])]'esent, hns consisied ol' onlv 

 two oeiiera, each of which are Austialian. Hogo- in liis ))a])er 

 just quoted gives the spiimei'et formiih^? of Ihese two genera as 



■f,.ll,,\vs ^: — 



" Ijjist joint of sMpi'rioi' spinnerets longer tli;ni second, cvlin- 

 (li-ical and sniiiot h ,1// -m , ( 'aml)i'. 



" Last joint of superior spinnerets sImu'I mid cdnio;! I 



Jhnlrnnilrlu, L. Kocll." 



To this s\ no])sis 1 now add : — 



liast joint of sn]iei'ioi' spinnerets ec[ually as h)ng as first 



,S7///'A/.7,/.s Mihi. 



=' Hoj<^.— l^roc. Roy. Soc. If)01, p. liSO. 

 •* Hog^^.— 7.0C. c//., p. '11-1. 



