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spotted, a tapering dusky stripe extends from vulva to spinners. 

 Corpus vulvce represents an oval or sub-diamond-shaped mode- 

 rately-depressed area; within are two large reddish-brown 

 tumid sublunulate (piano) lobes, whose convexities are directed 

 outwards, separated by an oval space nearly their equal in 

 breadth. 



These examples were accompanied by two mature females 

 one-third smaller than the type specimen ; pattern less defined. 

 Mr. W. W. Smith, to whom I am indebted for this interesting 

 species, states : " T discovered the species amongst the lime- 

 stone rocks at Albury, and they appeared to be not uncommon. 

 The cocoons hang in grape-like clusters in dry niches of the 

 rocks, and are certainly interesting objects ; they were per- 

 forated by a parasite." 



The cocoons, which are connected by numerous fine lines, 

 are globose, about 12 millimetres in diameter ; consist of a 

 double case, composed of a somewhat close felty texture ; the 

 inner, which is white, contains a flossy wadding ; the outer 

 cover grey. 



Marpissa nemoralis, sp. nov. 



Mas. — Ceph.-th., long, 1-8; wide, 1-2. Abd., long, 2; wide, 

 1. Legs, 1, 4, 2-3 = 4-4, 4, 3 mm. 



Cephalothorax light-brown; fuscous spots, bluish reflec- 

 tions above lateral eyes; \/-sha]Ded mark of a lighter tone con- 

 nects indentation with dorsal eyes ; hairs pale straw-colour 

 and orange-red, short, adpressed ; irides orange-red ; clypeus 

 hairs short ; cephalic part aplanate, limited by a subcordate 

 indentation, projects well over clypeus ; depth of latter equals 

 radius of a fore-centre eye ; thoracic part moderately dilated, 

 sides steep, surpasses pars cephalica in length by one-third ; 

 profile-contour rises from stalk at an angle of 55° to fovea, 

 from thence slopes moderately forwards with a visible curve. 



Anterior row of eyes moderately recurved, median pair sub- 

 touching, laterals separated from them by an interval barely 

 equalling their own radius ; dorsal eyes do not differ essentially 

 in size from laterals, scarcely as distant from each other ; 

 about one- third further from one another than they are from 

 lateral border ; eyes of second row posited midway between 

 fore- and hind-eyes ; breadth of square exceeds length by one- 

 third. 



Falces brownish-ochreous ; moderately haired ; inclined 

 forwards and outwards, nearly twice as long as broad ; inner 

 margin of fore-half turgid, grooved, appears as if the extremity 

 had been elongated and folded back. 



Maxillce light yellow - brown, base clouded with olive- 

 green ; well developed, gradually dilated, rounded, second half 

 curved outwards. 



