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Island, I believe, also belongs to this species ; the ground colour of 

 the abdomen is much lighter, and the second and third lines, broken 

 into spots, are rather indistinct ; other specimens, from War- 

 rio\ and Sue Island, gradually merge the three transverse bands, 

 until in some specimens (from Cocoanut, Darnley, and Sue Islands, 

 and from Hall Sound) the three bands become one white patch, 

 covering the whole of the upper side of the abdomen as far as the 

 second pair of lateral tubercles ; the markings on the underside 

 vary but slightly, and only in respect of the lines and spots being 

 more or less distinct, the general form being traceable in all. I 

 have felt great difficulty in dealing with this species, but the spe- 

 cimens run so much one into the other as to convince me of their 

 being but varieties. All the specimens are females. 



A lunata N.S. 



Cephalothorax about as long as broad, and otherwise closely 

 resembling A. regalis. The parts of the mouth are also similai^ 

 but the palpi are light yellowish colour, with darker bands at the 

 upper part of cubital and radial ; the sternum is bright golden 

 yellow. Below the sternum is a small spot of the same colour. 



Legs of a reddish-brown colour, the first and second pairs with 

 bands of silvery hairs, two on the femoral, and one on the 

 tibial; in the third and fourth pairs these only appear in the 

 tibial. 



Abdomen above of an uniform dark-brown, with one trans- 

 verse half-moon shaped white band at the front part, the points 

 being towards the front ; on the underside, dark reddish-brown, 

 with two white bands broken into spots, extending from the 

 epigyne,past the spinnerets, which are a lighter colour ; in the centre 

 of the space are three oblong white spots, placed longitudinally, 

 and six oblong white spots, placed transversely in pairs, between the 

 outer and centre lines ; towards the sides the colour gradually 

 changes to a light greyish brown, with minute spots of a dai'ker 

 colour. 



Two specimens, from Sue and Cocoanut Islands, Torres 

 Straits, show but little variation — that from Sue Island being 

 slightly darker. 



