Mem. Nat. Mus. Vict., 15, 1947 



A NEW SALTICID SPIDER FROM VICTORIA 



By R. A. Dunn 



Fig. I. 



(Received for publication June 6, 1947) 

 Tins paper deals with a new spider belonging to the genus 

 Saitis Simon. Although world-wide in distribution, it is, 

 according to Simon, "en Australic que le genre possede — les plus 

 belles especes," and certainly the present species does not lose by- 

 comparison with the previously described forms. 



B 



FIG. 1 



A. Saitis pavonis sp. nov., $ . 



B. Ventral view of right palpus. 



Notwithstanding a superficial resemblance to S. splendens 

 (Rainbow), it is more closely related to S. speciosus (O. P. Cam- 

 bridge). A key to the males of the Australian species of Saitis 

 is given, followed by the description of S. pavonis sp. nov. 



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