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FaJces dark brown, conical, smooth, inner margin fringed with 

 dark liairs; fangs much darker; the margins of the furrow of each 

 faLx armed with a row of three strong teeth. 



.]fa.villai dark at base; apex shiny, pale yellowish. 



Labium loug-^r than the base is broad; base and ajiex similar 

 in colour to maxillae. 



Ste^'num shield-shaped, straw colour, with small dark patches 

 laterallj^ 



Abclom'371 oblong, sinuous in outline, moderately convex, pro- 

 jecting over base of cephalothorax; superior surface dull yellowish, 

 dark at anterior and posterior extremities, clothed sparingly with 

 short silvery hairs; ornamented with a few dark spots, and from 

 near the centre to anterior extremity with a network pattern of 

 dark lines; sides and inferior surface dark bi'own, ornamented 

 with a network of pale yellowish and uneven lines. 



Epigyne a transverse oval, dark brown eminence, posterior lip 

 more strongly elevated and convex than the anterior. 



Hah. — Sydne}'. 



(Contribution from the Australian Museum. ) 



Nephila picta, sp.nov. 



(Plate XIX. fig. 1.) 



9. Cephalothorax 6 mm. long, 5 mm. broad; abdomen 11 mm. 

 long, 7 mm. broad. 



C ephalothorax shiny black, thickly clothed with silvery hairs; 

 caput arched, clothed with silvery hairs, a few black shiny patches 

 devoid of hairs; junction of cephalic and thoracic segments clearly 

 defined; two shiny black coniform tubercles at base of cephalic 

 eminence. Clypeus broad, slightly arched, clothed with silvery 

 hairs; normal grooves distinct, black, shiny, and devoid of hairs; 

 deeply indented at centre. Marginal hand narrow, fringed with 

 hoary hairs. 



