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in this genus have been described from Fiji. 
Some of the females from Savaii are much 
smaller than usual but seem to belong to this 
species. 12 $ Upolu. 
Athamas whitmei Cambridge 
Id Upolu. 
Cytaea piscula L. Koch 
4 c? and 1 $ Sili and Palauli, Savaii. New 
record. Previously known from Upolu, Tu- 
tuila and Australia. 5 c? Upolu. 
Thorellia ensifera (Thorell) 
6c? and 2 imm., 5 $ Papeete, Tahiti. 1 9 
Raiatea. lc? Akaiami, Aitutaki. lc? Upolu. 
It is a common and widespread species, but 
not previously recorded from Tahiti or Ai- 
tutaki. 
Vttia gen. nov. 
Fissidentate. Carapace moderately high and 
rounded. Palp of male long and slender with 
simple bulb and small apophysis. 
Vttia aibipalpis sp. nov. 
1 c? RakiRaki, Viti Levu. 
male. Length 5.05 mm. Carapace dark red- 
dish brown shading to black around the eyes. 
Behind the eyes is a crescent-shaped area of 
lighter chestnut brown, its points anterior to 
the ALE, the broad central part extending 
from the level of the PLE more than half way 
towards the posterior margin of the carapace. 
Chelicerae and maxillae chestnut brown, legs 
darker brown especially the anterior pair. 
Palps brown except for the distal end of the 
femur, the dorsal and prolateral surfaces of 
the patella and the prolateral surface of the 
tibia. These are thickly covered with white 
hairs, longest on the tibia. Abdomen brown 
with darker mottlings and a white recurved 
crescent anterodorsally. Ventral surface pale. 
Carapace: Length 2.67 mm., breadth 1.98 
mm., breadth of anterior row of eyes 1.73 
mm. Moderately high, slightly rounded in 
outline. Thoracic groove a black line, Its an- 
terior end level with the black of the PLE. 
Few bristles around the eyes. 
Eyes: Anterior row recurved. Ocular quad- 
rangle slightly wider in front. Ratios of the 
diameters of the eyes and of their distances 
apart: AM, 300; AL, 188; PM, 47; PL, 166; 
AM-AM, 22; AM-AL, 50; AL-PM, 234; PM- 
PM, 870; PM-PL, 146; PL-PL, 761; L-L, 420; 
clypeus, 92; overall breadth of anterior row, 
1000; overall breadth of third row, 972. 
Chelicerae: A bifid tooth on each margin of 
the groove, the prolateral being the larger 
and wide at the base, the retrolateral con- 
stricted at the base. 
Maxillae: Slightly converging, wider and 
evenly rounded anteriorly. 
Lip: Longer than broad, concave at the tip. 
Sternum: Length 0.91 mm., breadth 0.74 
Fig. 2. Vitia aibipalpis. a . Ventral view of right palp. 
b. Retrolateral view of right palp. 
