HORN EXPEDITION—ARANEIDiH. 
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tlie eye space and straight at the sides of the same ; on tlie same level as (or if 
anything, lower than) the breast part. 
Eyes. —The middle eyes of the front I’ow twice the diameter of the side eyes; 
all touching one another; one-third of their diameter from the margin of the 
clypeus. Hinder eyes equal in size to the front side eyes; eyes square, narrower 
behind. The middle row half way between the front side eyes and the rear eyes, 
quite small. 
Legs rather stout, the fourth pair longest; femora thickened in the middle. 
Spines on the tibia, tarsus and metatarsus. Coxa IV. rather long. Coxae all l)are 
and shiny; femur and patella bare, smooth and shiny. 
Lip free, short; less than half the length of the maxilla?; constricted at the 
base and from the widest part one-third up, again narrowing to the apex, wiiich is 
finally truncate and straight. 
Alaxillcv. spatulate, broad and straight in front; upright, parallel, hat, slightly 
narrowing to the ba.se. 
SienuDU oval, smooth and shiny, flat, pale hairs thickest at the margin. 
Abdomen oblong, straight at the sides, rounded in front and at the rear; flat 
on the back, more rounded on the under surface. 
Spinnerets six ; rather long thin and pointed, even in length, single-jointed. 
Dimensions. 
Cephalothorax, length - - - 2 mm. 
„ breadth - - - I 4 ,, 
Abdomen, length - - - - 3 ,, 
,, breadth - - - - 2 ,, 
Coxa. 
Trocli. and 
Feimir. 
Patella and 
Tihja. 
Metat. and 
Tarsus. 
1. 
Leg - 
- 
1 mm. 
- 
1 mm. 
- 
luin. 
i mm. = 
3 
inm. 
2. 
Leg - 
- 
1 
'4 e 
- 
1 „ 
- 
li 
3 - 
4 ” 
31- 
3. 
Leg - 
- 
1 
.•I »’ 
- 
1^- . 
- 
- H . = 
n 
5? 
4. 
Leg - 
- 
1 
2 ’ * 
- 
- 
u 
- u „ - 
43 , 
^ 4 
Relative length of legs: 4, 3, 2, 1. 
Locality .—Stevenson River. A single female specimen. 
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