238 Records of the S.A. Museum 



Cephalothorax obcnate. snmcjth, shining-, dark 1)rii\\n, nearly black. Pars 

 cephalica raised, strongly arched, olnnse in fn.mt, segmental groove distinct; 

 ocular area broader than long, occupying entire width of cephalic segment in 

 friint; clypeus deep, fringed with long bristles. Pars thoracica strongly 

 arched, radial grooxes and median fo\ea present, but (>l)scure: marginal band 

 bruad. \\-hite. Eyes in two strnngly procurved rciws of four each: anterior 

 median eyes largest and separated from each other by a space equal to fully 

 once their indi\i(lual diameter; anterior lateral and ]iosterior median eves 

 the smallest ; the latter jia'r are also the closest together. Legs moderatelv 

 long, strong, ta]5ering, pubescent, and armed with short but very strong 

 spines; dark brown, with exce]ition of patellae and tibiae wdiich are shining 

 red. Relati\'e lengths. 4, 1.2, o. Palpi short, strong, similar in clothing and 

 arniatm-e tn legs, dark brown. Falces coucolorous with cei^halothorax. arched, 

 coniform: fang short. Maxillae and labium cone ijon ms with falces. Sternum 

 shield-slia])ed. moderate!}- arched, reddish-l)r(jwn, shining, hair\-, ajjex 

 obtusely pointed and extending 1)etween posterior coxae ; anterior and lateral 

 angles fringed with white ]-)ubescence. .Vbdomen ovate, hairy, slightly o\-er- 

 hanging base of ce]ihalc)t!-iiirax, Idack, flecked with numerous minute yellow 

 spots; to\\ards anterior extremity there are two moderatel_\- large but obscure 

 transxerse mal patches, and below these again an almost circular reddish- 

 brown disc narrowlv edged with yellow; on either side of this disc there is a 

 distinct concolorous spot: at posterior extremity two small but distinct 

 creann--x-ellow patches are present; sides and inferior surface chocolate- 

 lirown, finelv S])0tted witli yellow; the chitouous i)late in front of rima 

 cpigasteris shining, reddish-brown, and im|)ressed with two large and distinct 

 sigilla. E]iigvnum a transverse. irrcgularl\- oval or l)roadly triangular plate, the 

 outline of which is wavv. and haxi'ig a raised n-iarginal ridge; it is broadest jjos- 

 teriorlv, fron-| when.ce it slopes both laterally and anteriorly, thereby forming a 

 deep and irregular lateral and anterior groove ; coarse bristles surround tlie organ. 

 ;ind a few are present at the middle of the sloping plate. 



0\p.-sac white, ellipt'cal, jilano-convex, closely woven, 16 mm. long, 11 

 lum. br(!:id. and 7 n-im. high. 



Three females and one ova-sac. Type. 1. 11.^17. 



F.AMiLv PHOLCIDAE. 

 PHOLCUS LITORALIS L. Koch. (L.I 1.1. and N.l.) 

 From the "Jew's-ear" fungus. Ilcnicola iiiiririila-judac. 



