328 SOME NEW ARANHIDiE OF N S.W., 



above and below with long, strong black spines. Relative lengths 

 1,4,2,3. 



I'alpi moderatel}' long, similar in colour to legs, clothed with 

 long, coarse yellowish hairs. 



Falces slightly divergent, strong, pale yellowish, clothed with 

 pale yellowish hairs, longest on the inner margins, arched in front; 

 a row of three black teeth on each margin of each falx; fangs 

 long, strong, dark brown. 



MaxillcB pale 3'ellowish, long, arched in front, clothed with long, 

 coarse, pale yellowish hairs. 



Labium pale yellowish, shiny, half as long as maxilLe, broad, 

 rounded off at apex, a few long yellowish hairs, a thick fringe of 

 long hairs at under side of apex. 



Sternum shield-shaped, pale yellowish, thickly clothed with 

 long yellow hairs. 



Abdomen oblong, ovate, moderately convex, slightly projected 

 over base of cephalothorax; superior surface, sides and inferior 

 surface pale yellowish, thickly clothed with long, coarse, yellow 

 hairs. 



Epigyne a curved transverse slit, the curvature directed 

 forwards. 



Hab. — T\\Q shores of Port Jackson. 



Family MYGALID^. 

 Genus A c t i N o P u s, Kiug. 

 AcTixoPUS FORMOSUS, sp.nov. 



(Plate XX ) 



$. Cephalothorax 4 mm. long, 5 mm. broad; abdomen 4 mm. 

 long, 2 mm. broad at base, 4 mm. at posterior extremity. 



Ceplicdothorax broad. (^a/mt broad, high, strongly arched, 

 truncate in front, bright red; junction of cephalic and thoracic 

 segments sharply defined. Clypeics broad, 1)lue-black, moderately 

 convex, normal grooves and indentations fairly distinct. J/ar- 

 ginal band broad. 



