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the point of attachment of the oblique thread, 
but it was a sheet and not an orb web. The 
spider rested at this point together with a 
cluster of coccoons. The coccoons each con- 
tained only a single egg about 0.34 mm. in 
diameter. The coccoon consisted of a sphere 
some 0.66 mm. in diameter, woven loosely of 
fine threads so as to be transparent, the whole 
surface being covered with spirals of thick 
thread with the loops projecting from the sur- 
face. The whole structure was thus 0.83 mm. 
in diameter. All the silk was white. This is 
quite unlike the web and coccoon described 
by Hickman for S. glohosa. A first instar re- 
moved from a coccoon had a globular abdo- 
men with no trace of the projections. 
SUMMARY 
A new genus of spiders belonging to the 
family Symphytognathidae is described, with 
a species from Fiji and another from Samoa. 
Members of this family have been described 
from Tasmania, New Caledonia, East Indies, 
and Central and South America, but apparent- 
ly not from the Pacific islands. The new genus 
seems to be close to Symphytognatha from 
Tasmania. • 
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