630 NEW AUANEID^ OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Labium broad, slioi't, rounded off at apex, reddish-brown at 

 base, pale yellowish at tip. 



SUrautn shield-shaped, brown, moderately clothed with long 

 coarse hoary hairs. 



Abdomen somewhat spherical, projecting over base of cephalo- 

 thorax, moderately clothed with short hairy pubescence, and 

 surrounded with a corona of large and prominent tiiberclesj 

 inferior surface shiny black at anterior extremity, sides and 

 posterior extremity yellowish, with hoary pubescence. 



Epigyne a transverse curved slit, the curvature directed forwards. 



Hab. — New England; collected by Mr. A. M. Lea. 



Family PACHYGNATHID^. 



Genus P a c ii y o N A t ii A, Sund. 

 Paciiygnatha superba, sp. nov. 



(Plate XLix., fig. 2.) 



9. Cephalothorax 2 mm. long, H n^m. broad; abdomen 4 mm. 

 long, 2 mm. broad. 



CepAaZo<Ao7'aa; dark mahogany-brown. Ccqnit slightly elevated, 

 arched, normal grooves distinct; a few long hairs surrounding 

 ocular area. Clypeus broad, arched. Marginal band broad. 



Eyes of an opaline tint, arranged in two rows, slightly curved 

 the curvature directed forwards; the two centre eyes of the front 

 row are rather close together, and are separated from each other 

 by a space equal to once their individual diameter, and those of 

 the second row by a space equal to one diameter and a half; 

 lateral eyes close to each other also. 



Legs moderately long, pale yellow, clothed with long yellow 

 hairs, and armed with a few long, fine spines. 



Palpi similar in colour and armature to legs. 



Falces dark mahogany-brown, divergent. 



Maxillce concolorous, arched, inclining inwards. 



Labium concolorous also, rather broader than long, arched. 



Sternum cordate, concolorous, smooth, slightly arched and 

 furnished with a few short yellowish hairs. 



