466 MR. H. E. HOGG ON AUSTRALASIAN SPIDERS. [DeC, 2. 



Australia and has been recorded from wherever collections have 

 been made at all. 



"Walckenaer states that the first specimens were brought to 

 Europe from Tasmania by M. Peron (in 1804). The cephalothorax 

 and abdomen are more flattened than in any other species of the 

 family, while the typically laterigrade position of its legs enables 

 it to hide in very narrow crevices, but otherwise leaves it rather 

 helpless. It is somewhat remarkable that with its wide range 

 there should be very little variation in colour or form, this being 

 the only species in the Australasian region. The palpal spiral 

 has ten or eleven turns. 



Loc. Australia, Tasmania. 



I wish heartily to express my great indebtedness to Prof. 

 Stirling, F.R.S., of the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, for 

 providing me with much important material, and to Mr. R. I. 

 Pocock, of the British Museum, not only for placing at my 

 disposal the collection in his charge, but for his valuable advice, 

 freely given on the many occasions whep doubts and difficulties 

 have presented themselves. 



