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Caput high, not very distinct ; the cephalothorax is dark in the 

 centre, giving the appearance of having broad lateral white or 

 bright grey lines, upon which are brown spots corresponding to 

 the legs ; these white lines extend from the clypeus ; there is also 

 a very fine white line extending longitudinally down the centre of 

 the cephalothorax. 



Abdomen globulous, triangular pointed at the posterior part ; 

 •Oil m. long, "005 m. broad, marked for one third of its length 

 from the front by a broad dark longitudinal stripe, which is 

 bordered by narrow white lines. 



Legs moderately strong ; 4th pair, "021 m. ; 1st, "02 m. ; 2nd, 

 •019 m. ; 3rd, # 016 m. Of the same colour, but banded with 

 darker shade at the lower extremities of the femoral and tibial. 



Maxillae hatchet-shaped, inclined on the labium, rounded on the 

 outer side. 



Labium short, broadest at the base, semicircular and truncated 

 at the apex. 



Sternum broad, heart-shaped. 



One female from Hall Sound. 



Labiodectus (Walck). 

 L. Scelio, Thor. 



L. Scelio, Thorell, " Araneaa nonnullse Novse Hollandiae, 

 in oefversight of Kongl., vetenskaps, Akademiens 

 Forhandlingar," 1870, N. 4, p. 370. 

 L. Scelio, Koch., Arach. Aust., p. 279, pi. 23, fig. 4. 

 One female from Cape York of this very common species, 

 which is found all over the Southern and Eastern part of 

 Australia, certainly from Adelaide to Cape York, and at all 

 elevations up to 3,000 feet. This species and L. Haseltii (which 

 I believe is only a variety), are tolerably well known from the 

 venom of their bite, and are indiscriminately referred to as the 

 " black and red" spider. These spiders are found under stones or 

 wood, in angles of walls (near the ground), in flower pots, and 

 amongst grapes, where they make a moderate sized web of loose 

 rafter threads ; the egg bag is round, and contains a large num- 

 ber of eggs ; the female lays several times in a year. They 



