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RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Palpi. — Concolorous, short, similar in clothing and armature 

 ^0 legs. Measurements : Coxa, 04 mm., trochanter and femur, 

 I'S mm.; patella and tibia, 1"8 mm.; tarsus, 1"3 mm.; total, 

 5 "3 mm. 



Falces. — Dark brown, long, robust, arched, hairy, margins of 

 the furrow of each falx armed with three teeth. 



Alaxilhr. — Longer than broad, robust, arched, inclining inwards, 

 hairy, the surface dark brown, apices and inner angles pale 

 yellowish. 



Lahiiun. — Concolorous, longer than broad, hairy, apex trun- 

 cated. 



Sternum. — Concolorous also, shield-shaped, convex, hairy. 



Abdomen. — Ovate, moderately overhanging base of cephalo- 

 thorax, hairy, yellow-brown, with faintly-visible broad transverse 

 bars, the first three of which are straight, or 

 nearly so, whilst the lower pair are each formed 

 like a short, broad, inverted V ; below these, 

 again, there is a large concolorous elongate-oval 

 patch. Laterally and beneath, the surface is 

 hair}", and yellow-brown. 



E'pigyne. — As in figure (fig. 1). 



Crihellum. — Transverse, nearly parallel, and 

 divided into two plates. 



Ohs. — In gravid females, the abdomen appears much ligliter in 

 colour. 



Hab. — Grand Arch, Jenolan Caves. 



Some time ago, Mr. J. C. AViburd presented to the Trustees 

 two large shawl-like webs, taken from the roof of the Grand Arch, 

 Jenolan Caves. Each web was closely and densely- woven, and 

 had been fabricated by a large number of individuals living 



Fig. I. 



