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probably a mistake, as on examination of Lucas's type of the above- 

 named species, he finds it to be a male Eriodon. 



He further ascertained that Spliodros ahboti Walck. (loc. cit.) 

 was described from the same specimen. 



The cephalothorax is described as black, the cephalic part blue- 

 black, the abdomen yellow above and black underneath. 



M. Lucas at the same time described a female as P. rvfipes 

 (loc. cit.), which from the colouring (black all over, bluish head- 

 part, yellow hairs on abdomen) would appear to be the female of 

 the above. 



The rear middle eyes are depicted in this female as close up to 

 the rear side, while in the male they are about half-way, which 

 may doubtless have led M. Simon to reject it as cospecific; the 

 drawings given of details of other parts, however, are clearly not 

 to be taken too literally. Of course there is the doubt as to its 

 locality, and it has not been recognized since. 



Eriodon semicocoineum Simon. 



Eriodon semicoccineum Simon, Liste der Arachn. der Semon'sehen 

 Sammlung in Australien und dem Malay ischen Archipel (E. Simon, 

 1896). 



Black, with cephalic part and mandibles red ; 9 mm. long. Erom 

 Burnett River, Queensland. 



From M. Simon's description (loc. cit.) it is not clear that this 

 differs from E. rvhrocapitatiim Auss., unless the " very long, 

 straight, thin " palpal stigma mentioned means something more 

 than about twice the lenath of the bulb. 



Subfamily M i G i N ^. 



This subfamily is represented only by the genus Migas Jj. Koch, 

 which is confined to New Zealand. Unlike the other members of 

 the family, the mandibles are short, convex, kneed at the base and 

 thence almost vertical. The thoracic fovea is recurved, and the 

 front row of eyes (sec. Koch) straight or (sec. Goyen) procurved. 

 The New Zealand species are unknown to me. I recorded a muti- 

 lated specimen from Central Australia (Horn Expedition, Zool. 

 vol. ii. p. 334) as probably M. paradoxus L. K. ; but on recon- 

 sidering my notes I feel sure that it must be a new genus — to be 

 described when more material is available. 



Genus Migas L. Koch. 



Migas L. Koch, Die Arachn. Austr. 1873, p. 467 ; E, Simon. 

 Hist. Nat. d. Araign. vol. i. 1892, p. 84. 

 Type, M. paradoxus L. Koch. 



