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in the metatarsi, especially those of the two hinder pairs, 

 furnished with long and rather slender spines, particularly on 

 tibiae and metatarsi ; femora, genua, and tibiae of first two 

 pairs dark black-brown ; metatarsi and tarsi pale brownish ; 

 hinder half of femora of third pair, and nearly all of femora of 

 fourth, bright reddish ; the remaining joints of third and fourth 

 pairs similar to the corresponding ones of first and second — if 

 anything, rather darker ; legs of fourth pair much the longest. 

 Relative length 4, 2, 3, 1. Owing to the specimen from which 

 this description was made being dry and pinned, the claws 

 terminating its tarsi could not be satisfactorily observed ; but 

 they appeared to be (like those of the next species described) 

 three in number, — two upper ones curved and pectinated, the 

 inferior one very small and simple. 



Palpi moderately long ; cubital and radial joints short, the 

 former nodiform, the latter produced slightly on inner side, 

 and to a considerable length on outer side ; this latter produced 

 portion is strong, and curved downwards and backwards ; 

 extremity of the production bifid, one limb of the bifid part 

 enlarged at its extremity, and stouter, though shorter, than 

 the other : digital joint very long, and furnished with hairs ; 

 its extremity is curved, and projects considerably beyond the 

 palpal organs ,• these are highly developed and complicated, 

 consisting of several corneous pieces and lobes, with which 

 some curved spines are connected. 



Falces moderate in length, not very strong, much inclined 

 backwards to maxilla, which, with the labium and sternum, 

 could not be examined, owing to the circumstance, before 

 mentioned, of the specimen being dried and pinned. 



Abdomen too much shrunk out of all shape to be accurately 

 described : it appeared to be of an oval form, very convex 

 above, thinly clothed with hairs, and of a dark black-brown 

 colour, with some faint markings of a rusty yellow towards 

 the hinder part of the upper side. 



A single adult $ in the Hope Entomological Collection at 

 the University Museum, Oxford. 



Ilab. Australia. 



I am indebted to the kindness of the Curator of the Hope 

 Collection (Prof. Westwood) for the opportunity of describing 

 this very distinct spider, which, after much hesitation, I have 

 assigned to the genus Storena, Walck. 



Storena maculata^ n. sp. 



An immature ^ , closely allied in general appearance and 

 structure to 8. aiistraliensis, was received from the Swan 

 River, New South Wales, in a small bottle of spiders collected 



