346 
HORN EXPEDITION—ARANEID^E. 
Mandibles, long and powerful, longer than patella I. ; short down-lying hair 
and a few long bristles. 
Maxilla’, rounded on the front and outer edge, narrowing to base, sloping 
off to the inside and there thickly fringed, rather protruding on the inside above 
the lip. 
Lip half as long as the maxillie, straight in front with a rather deep, sloping 
edge, only slightly narrower in front than at the base. 
Sfer 7 i 7 (ni oval, flat, shiny, rather thickly clothed with hair round the edges. 
Abdomen longish, slightly rounded at the sides, rounded bluntly both at the 
front and rear; rather bare above but with thick, stout hairs pointing backwards 
in transverse rows underneath. 
Epigyne .—A semi-elliptical plate lying ti’ansversely with two round apertures 
on the basal line. 
longer than the cephalothorax, slim; femoral joint slightly cuiwed and 
widened at the anterior end. Tarsal joint well-haired underneath and a rather 
lai'ge female palp claw. 
Legs rather bare of hair; three short, stout spines at the end of the meta¬ 
tarsus, and at the end of each shank a pair of spines. The patell* of the two front 
pairs without spines. On tibia ITT. and IV. above two spines I., I. A thin 
scopula on each tarsal joint. 
Dimensions. 
Cephalothorax, length 
,, breadth 
Abdomen, length 
,, breadth 
T)! mm. 
- 4 
6t 
4 
55 
Troch. and Patella and Metat. and 
Femur. Tibia. Tarsus. 
1. 
Leg - 
- 2 
mm. 
4|^ mm. 
4| mm. 
- 4f 
mm. 
= 161 
mm. 
2. 
Leg - 
- 
- 4^ 
- 4^ „ 
- 4f 
55 
= 15| 
55 
3. 
Leg - 
- n 
51 
- 4 „ 
- 4 „ 
- 4 
55 
= 131 
55 
4. 
Leg - 
o 
55 
- H „ 
- H „ 
7 
55 
= 20 
55 
Relative length of legs ; 4, 1, 2, 3. 
Locality .—Ellery Creek. One female specimen. 
