New Family of Spiders — FORSTER 
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FEMUR 
PATELLA 
TIBIA 
META- 
TARSUS 
TARSUS 
TOTAL 
Leg 1 ... . 
4.23 
1.64 
3.44 
3.53 
1.43 
14.27 
Leg 2 ... . 
4.09 
1.54 
3.53 
3.23 
1.24 
13.63 
Leg 3 
3.79 
1.38 
3.03 
3.54 
1.23 
12.97 
Leg 4 ... . 
4.68 
1.59 
4.08 
4.88 
1.53 
16.76 
Palp 
2.29 
0.78 
1.54 
2.04 
6.65 
The male is very similar to the female in 
colouration and many structural features. 
Only the following characters need descrip- 
tion. 
Eyes: Ratio of AME : ALE : PME : PLE = 5: 
8:8:7. The AME are separated from each 
other by a distance equal to 0.6 and from the 
ALE by 1.6 of the diameter of the AME. The 
ALE and PLE are sub-contiguous and are 
placed on a low protuberance. The PME are 
separated from each other and from the 
AME by a space equal to 1.2 of the diameter 
of the AME. The PME are separated from 
the PLE by a space equal to 1.6 of the dia- 
meter of the AME. The median ocular quad- 
rangle is wider behind than in front in the 
proportions of 11:7. 
The chelicerae are as in the female and the 
series of ridges on the retrolateral surfaces. 
Legs: The number and distribution of the 
trichobothria is as recorded for the female. 
The tarsal claws are also similar in structure. 
Disposition of spines. —First leg; femur, dor- 
sal 0-0-2-2-2, elsewhere 0; patella 0; tibia, 
ventral lr-lr-lr-0, prolateral 0-0-0-ld, else- 
where 0; metatarsus, ventral 2-2-2-2, else- 
where 0; tarsus as in female. Second leg; 
femur, dorsal 2-2-2-2-2, prolateral ld-0-ld- 
0-0, elsewhere 0; patella 0; tibia, ventral 
1 p-2-2-2, elsewhere 0; metatarsus, ventral 
2-2-2-2, elsewhere 0; tarsus similar to female 
but with a thick scopula on the retromargin. 
Third leg; femur, dorsal 2-2-2-2-2, pro- 
lateral 0-ld-ld-ld-ld, elsewhere 0; patella, 
retrolateral 1, elsewhere 0; tibia, dorsal 2-lp- 
2-2, ventral ld-0-ld-0, prolateral ld-ld-ld- 
Id, retrolateral ld-0-ld-0; metatarsus, dorsal 
1 p-2-1 r-2, ventral 2-2-2-0, prolateral ld- 
ld-ld-2, retrolateral 2-0-2-ld; tarsus 0. 
Fourth leg; femur, dorsal 2-lr-2-2-2, pro- 
lateral ld-2-ld-ld-ld, elsewhere 0; patella, 
prolateral 1, retrolateral 1, elsewhere 0; tibia, 
dorsal 2-2-2-2, ventral 2-1 p-2-0, prolateral 
lm-lm-lm-0, retrolateral ld-0-ld-ld; me- 
tatarsus, dorsal 2-2-2-2, ventral 2-2-2-2, 
prolateral 2-ld-2-2, retrolateral 2-ld-ld-2; 
tarsus 0. 
Palps: (Fig. 1 /, g) There are five tricho- 
bothria in a single row along the dorsal sur- 
face of the tibia. The tarsal segment is slightly 
longer than the tibia. The genital bulb is 
relatively simple. Near the anterior margin a 
strong lateral branch ' curves back over the 
surface of the bulb, and terminates in a sharp 
curved tooth which rests against a hopked 
process rising from the prolateral surface. 
There is also a small tooth on the anterior 
surface of the lateral branch at about one half 
of its length. A further more slender branch 
is directed inward toward the tarsus imme- 
diately beyond the bulb. The embolus then 
widens to a point halfway between the an- 
terior surface of the bulb and the tip of the 
tarsal segment. The alveolus is oval in outline 
and is situated on the middle of the ventral 
surface. There is a fringe of long hairs along 
the retromargin of the alveolus which ex- 
tends over the surface of the bulb. 
types: Holotype, female, Franz Josef, West- 
land, from under log, 30 April, 1951, R. R. 
Forster (C.M.A. 1042); allotype , male, same 
data (C.M.A. 1043); paratypes — one female, 
same data as holotype (C.M.A. 1044); Fox 
Glacier, Westland, September, 1951, M. War- 
ren, two females (C.M.A. 1045); Halfmoon 
Bay, Stewart Island, January, 1952, O. Allan, 
two immature females (C.M.A. 1049); Ore- 
puki, west side of Longwood Range, Septem- 
ber, 1948, J. H. Sorensen, one immature 
female (C.M.A. 1055); Stillwater Base Camp, 
Caswell Sound, March 13, 1949, R. K. Dell, 
two males, one immature (D.M. 2/1014); 
Leslie Clearing Track, Caswell Sound, March 
16, 1949, R. K. Dell, one male, one female 
(D.M. 2/ 1015) ; Okarito, Westland, December 
7, 1949, R. R. Forster, one male (C.M.A. 
1048); same locality, April 26, 1951, R. R. 
