by John Hewitt. 7 



approximately equal in length. Metatarsi I and II with a single 

 short spine at the apex inferiorly. Tibia I with two spines at the 

 apex inferiorly, the inner one being long and strong and slightly 

 curved : it arises from a small inconspicuous tubercle. Tibia I 

 stouter than the metatarsus, but not specially incrassated towards the 

 apex : it is about f as long as the distance from fovea to hind-margin 

 of ocular tubercle. Tibia II a little weaker than I, with two spines 

 at apex inferiorly. Metatarsus IV with two long strong spines on 

 the posterior surface superiorly and three pairs of long spines on the 

 anterior surface ; also a pair of spines at the apex inferiorly. Tarsal 

 scopulse entire, those of leg IV with some long hairs intermixed. Meta- 

 tarsi all scopulate, but scopulse intermingled with long hairs on I and 

 II, and divided by setae and long hairs in III and IV. Labium with 

 about six very small denticles, and maxilla with a group of about 15. 

 Chelicera with nine teeth, a few rastellar bristles but no definite 

 rastellum, and without any stridulatory bristles although a pair of 

 long setse, representing a ventral group of stridulatory bristles, is 

 present just above the ventral fringe. There is no proper scopula on 

 the chelicera, but silky hairs arranged in about four longitudinal 

 bands do occur on the outer surface dorsally. 



Process of palpal organ long and filiform, drawn out to a fine point. 

 Spinners small, the apical segment short and obtuse, a little shorter 

 than second segment. The colour characters seem to be similar to 

 those of the type female. 



Length of carapace 6*3 mm. ; breadth of carapace 515 mm. ; length 

 of palp 9 mm. ; of first leg 154 mm.; of second leg 14 mm. ; of 

 third leg 12 - 5 mm. ; of fourth leg 17 9 mm. 



If the genus is, as I believe, very closely related to Harpactirella, a 

 comparison between this species and the male of Harpactirella magna 

 shews how very unimportant a character the length of the spinners 

 may be. The spinners in the male of //. magna are very long and 

 slender, the terminal segment longer that the middle segment, and 

 thus quite different from those of a typical Barychelid such as B. 

 robustus. Dr. Purcell, referring to the female of magna, also 

 described the spinners as having apical segment long and terete. In 

 this group of spiders the length of the spinners varies concurrently 

 with that of the legs. Thus it cannot rightly be used in discriminating 

 between families, and, considering the wide range of spinneret 

 variation within the genus Harpactirella, it is doubtful if on this 



