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Sternum rounded, plane and a little longer than wide. 



Abdomen long and contracted. 



Legs spined, 4, 1, 8, 3. First pair hardly stouter than the others. Patella 

 and tibia of the third shorter than the patella and tibia of the fourth; 

 metatarsus and tarsus of the fourth a little longer than the patella 

 and the tibia. Metatarsus of the fourth commonly spined through- 

 out its length. 



LANUARULLA Keyserling. 1883. 

 Lauharulla Keyserling, Arachniden Australians, p. 1431. 



Cephalotliorax one-fourth longer than wide, not wider in the middle than 

 in front, scarcely Avider at the third row of eyes, high and convtx. 



Clypeus very low. 



Quadrangle of eyes wider than long, a little contracted behind, almost 

 reaching the middle of the cephalotliorax. Eyes of the first row 

 close together, slightly curved or almost straight. Dorsal eyes a 

 little smaller than the anterior lateral and further from one another 

 than from the margin of the cephalothorax. Small median eyes are 

 nearer the anterior lateral than the dorsal eyes. 



Sternum heart-shaped, scarcely longer than widp. 



Falces vtrtical, short, and not diverging. 



Maxillae more than twice as long as the labium. 



Labium wider than long, rounded in front. 



Legs 4, 1, 3, 2. First pair not stouter than the others. Patella and tiba 

 of the third shorter than the patella and tibia of the fourth. Me- 

 tatarsus and tarsus of the fourth not longer tlun the patella and 

 tibia. Matatarsi of the fourth pair spined only at the apex. 



Abdomen short, as long as wide. 



Spinnerets as usual, superior not longer than the inferior. 



ASTIA Koch. 1879. 



Astia L.Koch. Arachn. Australiens, p. 1152. 



Cephalothorax contracted in front, wider and rounded toward the poste- 

 rior, opposite the third row of eyes wider, one quarter longer than 

 wide. 



Quadrangle of eyes wider thaii long, forming a trapezium contracted be- 

 hind. Third row of eyes as far from one another as from the mar- 

 gin of the cephalothorax. Middle row of eres nearer the front 

 lateral than the posterior eyes, and placed perceptibly higher than 

 these. 



Sternum, ovate-cordate. 



Abdomen ovate, truncated in front, sensibly contracted toward the apex. 



Patella and tibia of third pair shorter than tlie patella and tibia of the 

 fourth pair. Metatarsus with the tarsus of the fourth pair shorter 

 than the patella with the tibia. 



