486 SOME NEW ARANEID^E op new south wales, 



pair are not only the closest together, but are also slightly larger 

 than their lateral neighbours. 



Legs reddish-yellow, moderately long, hairy, the tibia? and 

 metatarsi of the third and fourth pairs armed with short black 

 spines. Relative lengths 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Palpi concolorous, hairy. 



Falces mahogany-brown, long, conical, porrected ; superior 

 surfaces sparingly hairy, inner margins thickly fringed with long 

 hairs. 



Maxillce concolorous, long, straight, convex, pointed at tips, 

 and enlarged at base where the palpi are inserted. 



Labium concolorous also, long, narrow, convex, very slightly 

 tapering towards apex; the latter truncated and hollowed out. 



Sternum mahogany-brown, oval, convex, impressed laterally, 

 attenuated and truncated in front, obtusely pointed posteriorly; 

 near the haunches there are a few long hairs. 



Abdomen pale yellowish, pubescent, slightly projecting over 

 base of cephalothorax. 



Hab. — Sydney. 



Family HERSILIID^. 



Genus Tama, E. Simon. 



Tama eucalypti, sp.nov. 



(Plate xxiii., figs. 2, 2a, 2b, 2c.) 



£. Cephalothorax 1 -8 mm. long, 1 -8 mm. broad; abdomen 3mm. 

 long, 1"8 mm. wide. 



Cephalothorax greyish, as broad as long, obovate, impressed, 

 moderately arched, clothed with grey pubescence. Pars cephalica 

 small, high, sides declivous, posterior angle sloping, impressed; 

 ocular region projecting forwards. Pars thoracica broad, mode- 

 rately arched, deeply grooved down the centre; radial grooves 



