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Cyclosa littoralis L. Koch 
14 $ Savaii. First record. Common in Upolu 
and recorded also from Fiji. 1 $ Upolu. 
Epeira flavopunctata L. Koch 
Id from Nandarivatu, Viti Levu. This species 
was described from a single male from Fiji, 
and the present specimen agrees with it except 
in the pattern on the abdomen. 
Epeira pogisa sp. nov. 
1 $ Apia, Upolu. 
female. Length 5.28 mm. Carapace, ster- 
num, mouth parts, coxae and femora pale 
yellowish brown. Distal parts of legs darker 
and obscurely banded. Dorsal side of ab- 
domen dark reddish brown mottled with light 
yellowish. Very little pattern, but an ill- 
defined median band of the dark colour, 
bordered with light. It is narrow in front but 
broadens about one third from the posterior 
end, at which point there is a procurved 
transverse band. Ventral side of abdomen and 
the spinnerets pale yellowish brown mottled 
with white behind the epigynum. 
Carapace: Length 2.58 mm., breadth 2.05 
mm., breadth of eye group 1.32 mm. 
Eyes: From above, both rows recurved. Ra- 
tios of the diameters of the eyes and of their 
distances apart: AM, 177; AL, 165; PM, 157; 
PL, 144; AM-AM, 213; AM-AL, 400; AM- 
PM, 175; PM-PM, 146; PM-PL, 510; L-L, 0; 
clypeus, 95. 
Chelicerae: 4 teeth on the promargin of the 
groove, the third from the fang being con- 
siderably the largest. 3 teeth on the retro- 
margin. 
Maxillae: Truncated anteriorly, ventral sur- 
face distinctly convex. 
Lip: Broader than long. 
Sternum: Length 1.08 mm., breadth 1.01 
mm. 
Palp: Claw with 9 pectinations. 
Legs: 
I 
II 
IV 
III 
Palp 
3.59 
3.37 
3.24 
1.70 
1.01 
PATELLA 
AND 
META- 
FEMUR 
TIBIA 
TARSUS 
TARSUS TOTAL 
Palp 
0.78 
0.89 
0.96 
2.63 
I 
2.77 
3.53 
2.22 
0.96 
9-43 
II 
2.50 
3.29 
2.04 
0.89 
8.72 
III 
1.39 
1.43 
0.99 
0.58 
4.39 
IV 
2.38 
2.60 
2.72 
0.68 
8.38 
Tibial Index I 
9.2 
Tibial Index IV 7.2 
Claws: I, pectinations, pro 8, retro 10, median 
2. Spines: I, metatarsus, 5 proventral, 3 retro- 
ventral, 1 retrolateral, 1 dorsal. Tibia, 3 pro- 
ventral, 3 prolateral, 2 retroventral, 3 retro- 
lateral, 3 dorsal. Patella, 2 prodorsal, 2 dorsal, 
2 retrodorsal. Femur, 3 proventral, 1 pro- 
lateral, 2 dorsal, 1 retrodorsal. II, metatarsus, 
4 proventral, 2 dorsal, 3 retroventral, 1 retro- 
lateral. Tibia, 2 proventral, 4 prolateral, 2 
dorsal, 3 retroventral, 1 retrolateral. Patella, as 
in I. Femur, 1 prodorsal, 1 dorsal, 1 retro- 
dorsal. Ill, no spines, some stouter bristles. 
IV, metatarsus, 3 proventral, 4 retroventral. 
Tibia, 1 ventral, 2 retroventral, 2 dorsal, 3 
prodorsal, 3 retrodorsal. Patella, 1 prodorsal, 
1 retrodorsal. Femur, 1 prodorsal, 1 dorsal, 1 
retrodorsal. 
Abdomen: Length 3.23 mm., breadth 2.39 
mm. Covered with short pale hairs and long 
dark bristles. Epigynum a dark conspicuous 
broad-ended projection, as in Figure 5. 
Fig. 5. Epeira pogisa. a. Ventral view of epigynum. 
b. View of epigynum from left side. 
