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? . Colour. Carapace medium to dark brown, with darker border 

 and mottling ; legs similar in colour ; abdomen unrelieved purple- 

 black on the dorsal surface ; spinners lighter, each segment dark 

 rimmed apically ; under surface slightly lighter. 



Carapace. Equal to tibia, metatarsus and i-f tarsus I, and to 

 metatarsus and tarsus IV. Eadiatiug stria from transverse fovea 

 moderately deep. 



Eyes. Anterior row procurved so that a line tangential to the bases 

 of the medians would barely cut the upper borders of the laterals. 

 Medians small, round, about f of a diameter apart, slightly nearer to 

 the laterals, which are large, and broadly oval. Posterior medians 

 small, long oval and touching the laterals, which are smaller than the 

 anterior laterals and close to them. Anterior eyes about ^ a short 

 diameter from the anterior border of the carapace. 



Ghelicera. Bearing 9-11 large and small teeth on the inner border 

 of the groove ; base of the groove furnished with about 20 denticles 

 irregularly placed. 



Sternum. Bearing 3 faint sigilla, opposite coxa I, and approxi- 

 mately opposite the junctions of coxae 2 and 3 and 3 and 4 respectively. 



Legs. Tarsi and metatarsi without scopulae. Tarsal claws long 

 and bearing a single row of about 10 teeth which become smaller and 

 denser basally ; the small lower tarsal claw is also toothed. Anterior 

 tarsi with 1 or 2, and posterior tarsi with 3 or 4 spines ; legs other- 

 wise bearing long spines and long stout hairs. Order of legs 4, 3, 1, 2, 

 the difference in length between 1 and 2 being slight. 



Spinners. Longer than the abdomen and considerably longer than 

 the carapace ; keeled 011 the under surface ; the under surface is also 

 flecked with white spots, in the centre of each of which is a spigot. 



Measurements. Carapace 4'9 mm. long, 3'9 mm. Avide. Abdomen 

 5' 7 mm. in length, spinners 6 '5 mm. 



c . Colour. Slightly lighter than the $ . 



Carapace. As long as metatarsus IV, and equal to metatarsus and 

 tarsus 1. Cf. australis. 



Eyes. As in ? save that the anterior medians are a little nearer to 

 each other than to the laterals ; the latter are also nearly their short 

 diameter from the anterior margin of the carapace. 



Chelicera. Inner border with 11 large and small teeth ; base of 

 groove with a line of 5 denticles and a number of minute spinules. 



Sternum. With 3 sigilla. 



Lfgs. In order 4, 3, 2, 1 ; the difference between 2 and 3 is slight. 

 Tarsi not scopulate, but bearing spines ; metatarsi and tibiae heavily 

 spiiied. First leg normal ; metatarsus and tibia of 2nd leg as in 



