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Motiomaso aiislralis gen 
XOTIOMASO AUSTRALIS SJ). IIOV. 
Cephalothorax yellowish brown, rather darker in front, Ijlack in 
eye-region. P. M. E. not one-half their diameter apart, A. M. E. nearly 
diameter apart. Mandibles pale; legs pale yellowish, unmarked, very 
hairy; sternum black; abdomen blackish above, with faint pale stripe 
each side on basal part, and followed by a median series of narrow pale 
chevrons ; venter black ; vulva with a large corneous reddish black area, 
the anterior edge a raised, concave ridge ; behind are two pale transverse 
cavities and a broad plate ; the male palpi are short, the tibia with a large 
long acute process on the outer side ; the style is long and spirally 
curved. Length $ 2.5 mm.. 9 3 mm. 
From Possession Ilav, Snutli (icoreia Island ( R. C. 
Murphv coll.). 
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