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Show Australia and has been recorded from wherever collections have been made at all. Walckenaer states that the first specimens were brought to Europe from Tasmania by M. Peron (in 1804). The cephalothorax and abdomen are more flattened than in any other species of the family, while the typically laterigrade position of its legs enables it to hide in very narrow crevices, but otherwise leaves it rather helpless. It is somewhat remarkable that with its wide range there should be very little variation in colour or form, this being the only species in the Australasian region. The palpal spiral has ten or eleven turns. Loc. Australia, Tasmania. I wish heartily to express my great indebtedness to Prof. Stirling, F.R.S., of the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, for providing me with much important material, and to Mr. R. I. Pocock, of the British Museum, not only for placing at my disposal the collection in his charge, but for his valuable advice, freely given on the many occasions when doubts and difficulties have presented themselves. 4G6 MR. H. R. HOGG ON AUSTRALASIAN SPIDERS. [Dec. 2. |