BY W. J. RAINBOW. 485 



The eyes of the species are very varied, no two forms being 

 exactly alike, whilst in some instances the differences are striking. 

 The form described hereunder is no exception to the rule; it is 

 the first, however, that I have examined in which the eyes are of 

 equal size. The legs are also very variable in respect of their 

 relative lengths. They are as follows : (a) 4, 1, 2, 3; (b) 4, 1, 3, 2; 

 or (c) 4, 2, 3, 1. S. albomaculata conforms to the first of these. 



A number of Australian species were described by L. Koch 

 under the generic name Habronestes, L. Koch. This has been 

 sunk by Simon as a synonym. 



Genus S t o r e n a, Walck. 



Storena albomaculata, sp.nov. 



(Plate xviii., figs. 1, la.) 



9- Cephalothorax 3 7 mm. long, 2*9 mm. broad; abdomen 5 -6 mm. 

 long, 3-5 mm. broad. 



Ce2jhalothorax obovate, shining, black, relieved by patches of 

 white, scale-like hairs, and a margin or belt of the same; there 

 are also a few long black hairs scattered over the surface. Pars 

 cephalica strongly arched, somewhat obtusely truncated in front, 

 black, relieved on each side (near the margin) by a large and 

 prominent patch of white hairs; normal groove separating cephalic 

 from thoracic segment faintly visible. Clypeus broad, fringed 

 with a few rather long black bristles. Pars thoracica broad, 

 strongly arched, black, with lateral and posterior patches of white 

 hairs ; median and longitudinal groove distinct, lateral radial 

 grooves indistinct; sides and posterior angle declivitous. Mar- 

 ginal band broad, thickly clothed with short white hairs. 



Eyes prominent, of equal size, and arranged in two procurved 

 rows of four each, of which the posterior is the most strongly 

 bent; those comprising the posterior row are closely set, and 

 nearly touch each other, whilst the four constituting the posterior 

 series are equidistant, each eye being separated from its neigh- 

 bour by a space equal to about once its own diameter. 



Legs moderately long and tapering, robust, black, with patches 

 of white hairs, and throwing metallic scintillations at all the 

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