288 DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW ARANEID.E OF N.S.W,, 



and a few short hoary hairs. Marginal hand narrow, daik brown, 

 frinoced with minute dark hairs. 



Eyes jet-black ; the four comprising the central group forming 

 a square or nearly so, the posterior pair largest of the eight ; the 

 lateral pairs placed obliquely on tubercles, not contiguous. 



Legs yellow-brown, with dark annulations at joints, long, strong, 

 furnished with moderately long yellowish hairs and short strong 

 spines ; relative lengths, 1, 2, 4, 3 ; second and third pairs equal ; 

 each tarsus terminated with four claws, the three superior ones 

 much the longest and strongest, pectinated near their base on the 

 underside ; in addition to these each posterior leg has a strong 

 movable spine (sustentacula) inserted near the termination of 

 the tarsus. 



Palpi moderately long, somewhat paler than the legs, furnished 

 with long coarse hairs, and each terminated by a rather long and 

 strong pectinated claw. 



Falces yellowish at base, but darker towards extremities, ver- 

 tical, armed with teeth along the margin on tiie underside. 



Maxillce pale yellow, short, strong and rounded at extremity, 

 furnished with a few short strong black hairs. 



Labium somewhat darker than maxill?e, short, semicircular, but 

 slightly pointed at apex. 



Sternum dark mahogany-brown, cordate, sparingly clothed with 

 short sessile hairs. 



Abdomen ovate, moderately convex and slightly projecting over 

 base of cephalothorax ; superior surface sparingly clothed with 

 short yellowish hairs; palish yellow, a large leaf-like brown mark 

 with sinuous lateral edges extending along the middle and ta|>er- 

 ing towards the spinnerets ; within the leaf-like mark the colour 

 is mottled brown and yellow, but is darkest at the posterior 

 extremity ; there is also a dark brown mark, which is broadest 

 and sinuous towards its anterior extremity, running down the 

 centre of the leaf-like mark towards the spinnerets ; the sides are 

 dark Vn'own near the superior surface, and the margins sinuous; 

 towards the inferior surface the sides are mottled brown and 



