COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA, 469 



of the metatarsi ; on the upperside of each femur is a single short spine followed by 

 two pairs of similar length, much longer ones underneath and at the sides. There are 

 no spines on the upperside of the tibiae. On the tibial joint of the palpi is an 

 apophysis at the anterior end, hollowed on the inner side and curved inwards at the 

 point. The flagellum is of the spiral or grooved support type, with about twelve 

 turns. 



The abdomen is ovate, straight in front, curved at the sides, and narrowed to the 

 posterior end ; the spinnerets terminal ; the inferior conical, close together, with short 

 second joint. 



The measurements (in millimetres) are as follows : — 



Long. Broad. 



4 in front. 



6 



Abdomen 7i 3 J 



Mandibles 4 — 



{4 



Trochanter Patella Metatarsus 



Coxa. & femur. & tibia. & tarsus. 



Legs 1 . 2 8 Qi 9 = 28i 



2. 2 9 lOi 9^ = 31 



3. 1| 6 7 6 = 201 



4. 2 7 8 71= 241 

 Palpi 1 3 2 4 = 10 



This species is a typical Olios {Sparassus) in every way, excepting the mandibular 

 teeth, by which it differs from the normal ; in this it more nearly resembles the genus 

 Clastes, but is quite different in its other points. 



Group Heteropodese. 



Genus Heteeopoda Latreille. 



Heteeopoda eegia. 



? Aranea ocellata Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 1035, no. 34 {S)- 

 Aranea regia Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 408 (1793) ( ? ). 

 Heteropoda regia Fabr. L. Koch, Simon, Pocock, et auctores. 



Eight females. Two males. 



Heteeopoda eegia, var. plueidektata. (Text-fig. 32.) 



Heteropoda venatoria, var. pluridentata Hogg, Abstract P. Z. S. 1914, p. 57 (Nov. 17). 

 Two females, Setakwa River. [Types of the variety.) 

 These differ from the normal form in havina: four large teeth and one smaller on the 



