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DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW ARANEIDiE OF N.S.W., 



upper part, normal grooves and indentations distinct, pale yellow 

 at apex. Clypeus broad, convex, a strong deep depression at 

 posterior extremity ; yellow-brown with dark lateral markings 

 radiating from near the centre. Margined hand narrow, dark, 

 and furnished with a fringe of dark minute hairs. 



Eyes glossy black, elevated on rings ; four intermediate eyes 

 largest of group, forming a square or nearly so ; those of each 

 lateral pair seated on tubercles, and nearly contiguous. 



Legs long, moderately strong, yellow-brown with dark annula- 

 tions at joints ; relative lengths, 1, 2, 4, 3 ; furnished with strong 

 coarse hairs and short black spines ; each tarsus terminates with 

 four cur\red claws, the three superior ones of which are much the 

 longest and strongest, and have a row of teeth near their base on 

 the underside. 



Palpi long, strong, similar in colour and armature to the legs. 



Falces yellow-brown, furnished with a few strong coarse 

 bristles ; a row of teeth along margins of each falx on underside. 



MaxUlcB pale yellow, short, strong, furnished with short yellowish 

 hairs. 



Labium concolorous, broad at base, narrow and rounded off at 

 apex. 



Sternum cordate, glossy black, furnished with a few yellowish 

 hairs. 



Abdomen ovate, moderately convex, projecting over base of 

 cephalothorax, furnished with short yellowish sessile hairs ; 

 colour of superior surface dark brown, pale yellowish laterally ; 

 a large leaf-like design, mottled with pale yellow and dark brown, 

 whose lateral margins are dark brown and sinuous, and which 

 tapers to the spinnerets, extends along the middle ; inferior 

 surface dark brown with yellowish lateral patches, and furnished 

 with a few short yellowish sessile hairs. 



Epigyne a long transverse slit, with a short, bluntish dark- 

 coloured membranous process directed forwards. 



Hah. — Guutawang, near Mudgee. 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this species to my esteemed 

 correspondent, Mr. A. G. Hamilton, of Mount Kembla, to whose 



