220 MR. H. E. HOGG ON [J line 4, 



2. Eyes sessile, front middle very minute, at least 



4 diameters apart E.formidabileGskmhr. 5. 



Side eyes protuberant, front middle eyes about 

 1 diameter apart (sec. Lucas) E. occatorium Walck. ^ . 



3. Cephalothorax and mandibles whole-coloured 



brown or black-brown in male as well as 



female 4. 



Cephalic part or mandibles bright scarlet (in 

 male at least) 5. 



4. Front middle eyes upriglit, oval, larger than 



rear side. 2nd and 3rd pairs of legs of equal 



length E. rugosum KnsB. J. 



Front side eyes largest, middle eyes small and 



round. 3rd pair of legs longer than 2nd in 



female (sec. Cambr.) E. crasstmi C&mhv. $. 



Eyes as in preceding. Cephalic part of 



cephalothorax deeply pitted in male (.sec. 



Cambr.) (? Same as above.) E. gramdosum Cambr. J . 



5. Cephalic part dark reddish black. No spines 



on lip or maxilla! E. incertum Gamhr. (^ . 



Cephalic part bright scarlet 6. 



6. Spines on lip and maxilla^. 4th pair of legs 



longest E. insigne Gamhr. (^ . 



No spines on lip or maxillje, 1st pair of legs 

 longest 7. 



7. Front middle eyes upright, oval, black centre 



on pale yellow iris, or (.sec. Rainbow) brown. 



Stigma of palp in male about twice the lengtli [ ^j" , ? ^ . 



of bulb E. ruhrocapitatwm Auss. 



Stigma of palp "very long" {sec. Simon). 

 (? Same as above) ' E. semkoccineum Siuion. 



Thoracic part of cephalothorax black, cephalic part 

 bluish black. Abdomen yellow above, or 

 yellow hairs only, black beneath. Characteris- 

 tics doubtful (.sec. Simon) . . ? Same. Male E. nigripcs Lucas. 



and Female E. rufiqns Lucas. 



Eriodon occatorium Walck. 



Missulejia occatoria C. A. Walokenaer, Tableau des Araueides, 

 p. 8, pi. 2. tigs. 11-14 (1805) ; id. Ins. Apt. 1837, vol. i. p. 252. 



Eriodon occatorium Walck., Lucas, Ann. See. Ent. Fr. ser. 4, 

 vol. V. 1865, p. 309, pi. 8. 



Eriodon occatorium Walck., L. Koch, Die Arachn. Austr. 1873, 

 p. 457. 



The original specimen, female, from which Walckenaer described 

 this type-species {sec. Lucas), was the same as that from which 

 Latreille formed the genus, the previous year, having been brought 

 from New Holland by M. F. Peron\ naturalist to Capt. Baudin's 

 expedition with the French ships ' La Geographe ' and ' La 

 Naturaliste,' iu 1802. They passed several months refitting in 

 Port Jackson, so probably the spider was from New South Wales. 



In colour it was brown all over. 



Walckenaer gives two drawings of the eyes, in one of which 

 the front middle pair are quite small, about three diameters apart ; 



^ Voyage de d(^couvertes aux Terres Au&trales, redige par M. F. Peron. 

 Paris, 1807. 



