Spiders from Pacific Islands — MARPLES 
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Chelicerae : Small, with pale hairs on the 
prolateral surface. Groove oblique. A single 
pointed tooth centrally placed on the retro- 
margin of the groove, two teeth close to- 
gether at the ventral end of the promargin. 
Maxillae : Converging but not meeting, 
rounded anteriorly. 
Lip: Longer than broad, narrower ante- 
riorly. 
Sternum: Length 0.87 mm., breadth 0.46 
mm., oval. 
Palp: The claw appears spoon shaped and 
is turned prolaterally at right angles to the 
axis of the tarsus. The palp is covered with 
pale hairs and there are three dark bristles on 
the patella and one on the tibia. 
Legs: 
IV 
I 
III 
II Palp 
1.67 
1.32 
1.23 1.16 0.54 
PATELLA 
AND 
META- 
FEMUR 
TIBIA 
TARSUS 
TARSUS TOTAL 
Palp 
0.47 
9.36 
0.26 1.09 
I 
0.90 
1.07 
0.43 
0.26 2.66 
II 
0.79 
0.89 
0.38 
0.28 2.34 
III 
0.78 
0.92 
0.46 
0.32 2.48 
IV 
1.05 
1.25 
0.66 
0.41 3.37 
Tibial Index I 
3.5 
Tibial Index IV 
6.2 
Leg I 
much 
the 
stoutest 
especially the 
femur which is somewhat flattened and ex- 
panded dorsoventrally. On the prolateral sur- 
face at the distal end is a row of 6 hairs 
arising from dark sockets, appearing at first 
sight like a black line. Claws with 2 pectina- 
tions. Spines: Metatarsi; I, 2 pro ventral, 1 
retroventral; II, 1 pro ventral, 1 retro ventral; 
III and IV, 5 spines arranged around the 
distal end. Tibiae: I, 1 prolateral; II, none; 
III, 1 proventral, 1 retrolateral; IV, 1 pro- 
ventral, 1 retroventral and 1 retrolateral. Fem- 
ora with 3 dorsal and 1 prodorsal stout bris- 
tles. Trichobothria in a single row on the 
tarsi and metatarsi and a double row on the 
tibiae. 
Abdomen: Length 3.03 mm., breadth 1.76 
mm. Elongated oval, epigynum as in Figure 1. 
Menemerus bivittatus Dufour 
Id Korolevu, Viti Levu. A widespread spe- 
cies not apparently recorded previously from 
Fiji. Id, 2 $ Tahiti; Id, 1$ Upolu. 
Mollicia microphthalma (L. Koch) 
Id, 1$ and 3 imm. Papeete, Tahiti, lcfl 
from the mountains near Uturoa, Raiatea. 1 d 
Akaiami, Aitutaki. The specimen from Raia- 
tea is larger than the others. The species is 
known from New Caledonia, and the Loyalty 
Islands in the west, and from Rarotonga, 
Tahiti, the Marquesas, and Hawaii. 
Plexippus payculli Audouin 
1 $ RakiRaki, Viti Levu, first record from 
Fiji. A cosmopolitan species known from 
many parts of the Pacific. 
Sandalodes calvus Simon 
1 $ Huahine. First record from Huahine 
though it is known from others of the Society 
Islands. Id, 1$ Tahiti; 12$ Raiatea. 
Ascyltus pterygodes (L. Koch) 
Id, 3 $ and 5 imm. Sili, Palauli and Tapuele- 
ele, Savaii. 2d, 1 $ and 2 imm. Kolo-i-Suva, 
Korolevu, Lami and Nandarivatu, Viti Levu. 
Known previously from Tahiti and Upolu. 
1 immature male from Lautoka, Viti Levu, 
may belong to another species, two of which 
