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brown ; strong spines on trochanteric libral and metatarsal joints ; three 

 posterior pairs yellowish brown ; second pair most robust and darkest of the 

 three, and provided with strongest spines. Feet provided with a blackish 

 scopula. 



Palpi rather long ; palpal organ tumid, simple in structure, no filament 

 perceptible. Radial joint provided with a strong curved spine on outer side 

 and long coarse curved hairs ; digital joint clothed with coarse hair. All dark 

 brown. 



Falces small and sbort, not occupying much more breadth than the 

 anterior pair of eyes ; red brown. 



Maxillse slightly divergent, rounded at exterior angle ; lip abruptly trun- 

 cated. 



Sternum a long oval, yellowish brown. 



Abdomen ovoid, pointed posteriorly ; upper surface dull sooty brown or 

 bistre colour ; a broad pale band runs down the dorsum with a double darker 

 line in the centre, interrupted at about a fourth of the distance by two minute 

 oval pale spots, the whole obscurely striated by oblique lines. These markings 

 are all very obscure. 



Under surface rather pale, and marked longitudinally by three dark lines 

 originating near the generative pore and converging posteriorly. 



Vulva reddish brown, not conspicuous. 



Favourite habitat — dead leaves clothing the trunk of the cabbage-tree 

 (Cordyline), Piccarton Bush. Abundant. 



6. Salticus mustilinus, n.s. Fig. 7. 



Length, '25 inch. 



Cephalo-thorax oval, truncated anteriorly, deep, sloped abruptly posteriorly, 

 overhanging the falces, no perceptible grooves. Colour, between the eyes 

 mabogany brown, with a lighter patch on the inner side of each posterior eye, 

 a similar pale band down the centre of the thorax, anterior border of caput 

 fringed with coarse yellowish white hairs, thorax sooty brown, with a palish 

 band down the centre, and sometimes a bordering line of whitish hairs. 



Legs, 1, 4, 3, 2 ; first pair far the most robust, dark reddish brown, 

 except the femoral joint, which is paler ; other legs honey colour ; second and 

 third not differing much in length. 



Palpi rather long ; palpal organ oval, proximal end concealing radial 

 joint, at distal extremity a short slightly curved dark brown filament ; on 

 outer side of radial joint a short dark slightly curved spine. 



Falces long and powerful, conical, dark brown ; claw strong and curved, 

 with two slight projections on outer aspect, one small tooth on inner aspect. 



Maxillse straight, rounded internally, forming a rather acute angle at 



