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PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. XI, October, 1957 
CLUBIONIDAE 
Fourteen specimens are included in the 
collection, but only 3 seem certainly to be 
mature. All appear to belong to the genus 
Chiracanthium , of which 7 species have been 
described from the area, but in no case could 
the present specimens be certainly identified. 
The figures given by Koch for epigyna are 
difficult to compare with actual specimens. 
The teeth on the margins of the cheliceral 
groove also do not correspond, and Berland 
(1938) states that, in C. longimanum at least, 
they are variable. In the present series the 
numbers of teeth vary from 3 to 5 on the 
promargin, and from 2 to 4 on the retro- 
margin. A tentative identification is 1 9 C. 
furax L. Koch from Nukualofa, Tongatabu, 
though the dark mark on the carapace is not 
present. This would be a new record, the 
species being described from Samoa. Another 
is 1 $ C. gilvum L. Koch from Raiatea. This 
species has been recorded from Australia, 
New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Samoa. 
The 14 specimens were collected as follows: 
1 from Raiatea, 1 from Borabora, 4 from 
TJpolu, 3 from Tonga and 1 from Fiji. 
SPARASSIDAE 
Heteropoda venatoria (Linn.) 
1 9 and 1 imm. Aitutaki, first record. This 
species has a worldwide distribution in trop- 
ical countries and is common in the Pacific 
area ‘ THOMISIDAE 
Diaea praetexta L. Koch 
All the Thomisids appear to be the same and 
to belong to this species. All however have 
little or no marking on the abdomen, but 
variation in this respect has been noted by 
Berland (1929). The records for Savaii 19, 
Nukualofa 2 9 , and Viti Levu 119, are new. 
SALTICIDAE 
Bavia aericeps Simon 
1 9 imm. Aitutaki, 1 9 imm. Sili, Savaii, Id 
imm. Lomeri, Viti Levu. These are new rec- 
ords, the species having been recorded in 
Malaya and in various islands across the 
Pacific as far as the Marquesas. 1 imm. Tahiti, 
1 9 and 1 imm. Raiatea. 
Savaiia gen. nov. 
Unidentate. Carapace low and flat, nearly 
twice as long as broad. Row of bristles with 
dark bases on each side of carapace and on 
the prolateral side of femur I. Spines on all 
legs. Resembles Flacilla Simon except that 
this is without spines. 
Savaiia punctata sp. nov. 
1 9 Savaii. 
female. Length 5.49 mm. Carapace chest- 
nut brown, darker in the ocular area and black 
around the eyes. Light patch at the thoracic 
groove. Chelicerae, maxillae and lip chestnut 
brown, legs and sternum pale brown. Ab- 
domen pale brown with dark dorsal pattern. 
This consists of a pair of elongated patches 
followed by two pairs of square patches par- 
tially joined middorsally, followed by a 
single dorsal patch immediately anterior to 
the anal tubercle and spinnerets which are 
dark. 
Carapace: Length 2.01 mm., breadth 1.30 
mm., breadth of anterior row of eyes 0.94 
mm. Low, flat dorsally and slightly widest at 
the level of legs III. Posterior slope gradual, 
no clypeus. On each side in the pale area 
below the eyes, and extending the whole 
length of the ocular area, is a row of 10 bristles 
arising from dark sockets. 
Eyes: Ocular quadrangle slightly wider be- 
hind. Anterior row, seen from in front, 
slightly recurved. Ratios of the diameters of 
the eyes and of their distances apart: AM, 
171; AL, 91; PM, 43; PL, 105; AM-AM, 46; 
AM-AL, 23; AL-PM, 138; PM-PM, 553; 
PM-PL, 108; L-L, 288; PL-PL, 542; overall 
breadth of anterior row, 583; overall breadth 
of third row, 642. 
