488 SOME NEW ARANEIDiE OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



described, there is a broad, dark grey band, of uneven width, and 

 irregular in outline; when dry the latter is barely visible, but 

 after immersion in alcohol it is clear and distinct; inferior surface 

 light grey, hairy; at about one-third its length from the front 

 there are two large depressions or pits seated rather closely 

 together, and below these two others, smaller, and rather 

 wider apart; commencing near the centre and running towards 

 base of spinnerets, there are two lateral rows of small punctures; 

 the rows converge sharply inwards (but do not nearly meet) for 

 about one-third their length, and then continue in nearly straight 

 lines to their termination. Superior spinnerets long, grey, taper- 

 ing; the terminal joint of each is annulated with dark grey near 

 the base, and again just below the centre; tips dark grey; each 

 of these spinnerets is clothed with hairs and armed on the inner 

 margin with two rows of spindles of not less than 20 each. 



Q. Cephalothorax 2 mm. long, 2 mm, broad; abdomen 3 mm 

 long, 2 '4 mm. wide. 



The cephalothorax, except that it is a little larger, agrees in 

 every detail with the £; the eyes are similarly arranged, and the 

 only point of difference (making allowance for size) in the legs is 

 that they are tinged with small reddish markings; the paljri are 

 long, and similar in colour and armature to the legs. 



The only other point that calls for remark is the abdomen, 

 which, instead of being oval as in the g, is obovate; the colour 

 is, if anything, a shade lighter, and the broad, median, irregular, 

 dark band is bifurcated in front, and has fine lateral lines 

 branching off in an oblique backward direction; of these the first 

 pair occur a little below the centre, and the second pair a little 

 lower down. These marks are, however, indistinct when dry. 

 The puncturation and colouration of the inferior surface is similar 

 to the $. 



Epigyne simple, slightly elevated, with two grooves on the 

 posterior margin. 



Hah. — Balmoral, Sydney Harbour. 



