36 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MCSKUM. 



Mur.RAMMOPES FASCIATA, sp. uoc. 



(Plate xiv., tig. i.) 



9 Cephalothorax, 1.8 mm, long, ] mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 3.5 mm. loug, 1.8 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax. — Oblong, olive-green, almost parallel-sided. 

 Pars cephulica rather fiat, obtusely truncated in front, 

 sides slight!}' rounded. Pars thoracica long, narrow, flat and 

 somewhat uneven above, level with pars cephalieu, sides some- 

 what rounded, posterior angle obtuselj- truncated. Marginal 

 hold yellowish, broad, rounded. Eyes. — Eight. Those con- 

 stituting the rear row form a slightly recurved line; each 

 lateral eye of this row is separated from its neighbour by a 

 space equal to twice its individual diameter ; the median eyes 

 are, again, separated from each other by a space equal to fully 

 four times its individual diameter ; anterior eyes exceedingly 

 minute, and difficult to detect ; they are arranged in pairs ; 

 each pair is situated immediately in front of the posterior 

 median eyes, are placed obliquely, and nearly touch each other ; 

 each lateral eye of the posterior row is removed from its 

 minute anterior neighbours by a space equal to fully once its 

 own individual diameter (Fig. 1.) Legs. — Unequal in length ; 

 first pair much the longest and strongest. Relative lengths : 

 1, 4, 2, 3. First pair olive-green above, sides and underneath 

 dull yellowish ; the other pairs pale yellow. Cahnnistrum 

 prominent. Palpi. — Yellow, short, hairy. Falces. — Concolor- 

 ous, short, weak, porrected. Maxilhe. — Dull yellow, rather 

 long, moderately strong, almost parallel, inclining inwards; 

 apices obliquely rounded. Lahiion. — Concolorous, somewhat 

 coniform. Sternum. — Concolorous also, elongate, narrow, 

 arched, and furnished with a few rather long hairs. Ahdoiuen. — 

 Cylindrical, not overhanging base of cephalothorax ; upper 

 surface dark olive-green, relieved by six large, yellow spots, 

 ari-anged in pairs ; sides concolorous, relieved by large yellow 

 patches; inferior surface pale yellow, reticulated with a 1 



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tracery of fine dark olive-green. Spinnerets. — Normal. 



jjah. — Gordonvale jungle, "sweeping"; one specimen in 

 June, 1913 (type) and one, immature and broken, June, 1914. 



