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Show 1902.] MR. H. R. HOGG ON AUSTRALASIAN SPIDERS. 463 perpendicular to that of the cephalothorax, are straight, the side clearly larger than the median, which are rather nearer to the side than to one another; they are two diameters from the rear median, which are smaller, the four eyes of that row, which is slightly procurved, are equal in size, the median two diameters apart, the laterals two and a half of same distance; clypeus three-quarters diameter of front middle. The legs are short and thin and set on rather straight. Tibia iii. and iv. have one spine each on upperside. The abdomen is widest near the front, tapering posteriorly. The epigyne is nearly round, the frame-ends at the base not joined, but rather close together. Text-fig. 103. Pediana tenuis. A, eyes; B, profile; C, epigyne. Long. Broad. 5 in front. Measurements in millimetres. Broac Cephalothorax ... 10 j 9 Abdomen ............. 16 Mandibles............. H = front patella. Pat. & Metat. Coxae. Tr. & fem. tib. & tars. T 1 4 11 13 1 1 = 39 Legs ................. 2' 4 11 13 11 = 39 3. 4 9 9 8 = 30 4 4 11 11 11 = 37 Palpi ........................^ 4 4 , 3? = 13i One female (dried specimen) from West Australia in Brit. Mus. |