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been previously recorded from Tongatabu 
and is widespread in the Pacific. 
Scytodes striatipes L. Koch 
1 Eemale and 1 imm. Neiafu, Vava'u. 1 Fe- 
male, 1 male. Ohonua, Eua Island, Ha'apai. 
Previously recorded from Tongatabu and 
widespread in the Pacific. 
PHOLCIDAE 
Pholcus ancoralis L. Koch 
1 Female and 3 imm., 2 male and 1 imm. 
Nuku'alofa, Tongatabu. 1 Male. Neiafu, 
Vava'u. First records from Tonga, widespread 
in the Pacific. 
Physocyclus globosus Taczanowski 
1 Male. Nuku'alofa, Tongatabu. 2 imm. pos- 
sibly this species. Vava'u. First records from 
Tonga, widespread in the Pacific. 
Smeringopus elongatus Vinson 
2 Female. Nuku'alofa, Tongatabu, whence it 
has been recorded. With the exception of a 
record from the Marquesas this species is 
known from the islands in the western and 
central regions of the south Pacific. 
CLUBIONIDAE 
Chiracanthium furax L. Koch 
5 Female, 2 male. Nuku'alofa, Tongatabu. 
1 Female, 2 male. Neiafu, Vava'u. 1 Female, 
2 male. Ohonua, Eua Island, Ha'apai. Ber- 
land (1929), who described the male of C 
furax, states that it differs from that of 
C. longimanum in having a hooked central 
apophysis on the palp, a condition found in 
all the present specimens. These two species 
are very similar and it seems highly likely that 
they are synonymous, in which case C. longt- 
manum has page precedence. A difference 
mentioned by Koch (1872) is a dark streak on 
the carapace of C. furax, which is absent in 
the present specimens. C furax is recorded 
from Samoa and Fiji, C. longimanum from 
these islands and also from Tonga, New 
Hebrides, and Australia. Two males, one 
from Tongatabu and one from Vava'u, re- 
semble the others in palps and chelicerae but 
are considerably smaller, having a carapace 
length about 4.5 mm. instead of 7.5 mm, 
Chiracanthium diversum L. Koch 
1 Female, 2 males. Nuku'alofa, Tongatabu. 
1 Male. Neiafu, Vava'u. One male from 
Tongatabu is somewhat larger and has three 
teeth on the promargin of the groove, as has 
the female. The female has not previously 
been described. 
Fig. 1. Chiracanthium diversum. Epigynum. 
FEMALE. Length 7.36 mm. Pale yellowish 
brown. 
Carapace: Length 3.60 mm., breadth 2.40 
mm. Low and smooth truncated in front. 
Eyes: Eight. Erom above both rows slightly 
recurved, the anterior eyes project anteriorly 
beyond the carapace. Clypeus very low, about 
the diameter of AME. Breadth of eyegroup 
1.60 mm. Ratio of eyes and of their distances 
apart: AM, 80; AL, 85; PM, 77; PL, 80; 
AM-AM, 160; AM-AL, 236; AM-PM, 115; 
PM-PM, 186; PM-PL, 268; L-L, 46. 
Chelicerae: Large and projecting forwards, 
boss present, groove oblique. Three teeth on 
the promargin, the middle the largest. Three 
teeth on the retromargin, the most dorsal the 
largest. The dorsal promarginal tooth op- 
posite to the ventral retromarginal one. 
Maxillae: Much longer than the lip. Semi- 
circular anteriorly, concave laterally. 
