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ON A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF SPIDERS. [Feb. 4, 



Fritzia muelleri, sp. n. 



Length of the adult female 1| line. 



Cephalothorax deep blackish brown, the ocular area being black ; 

 it has a narrow submarginal line of white hairs ; and its whole upper 

 surface is thinly clothed with similar hairs. 



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Fig. 1. Spider enlarged, a. Natural length of Spider. 



2. Ditto, in profile, without legs or palpi. 



3. Leaf of plant with nest on midrib (natural size). 



Falces small, set rather back beneath the fore margin of the 

 rcphalothorax, nearly vertical, and of a dark-brown hue. 



MaxillcB and labium dull brownish, tipped with a paler colour. 



