ARACHN'IDA FROM NORTHERN QCEENSLAKD RAINBOW. 37 



Finn 11 >l DICTYNID^. 



(4eiiii^ Amaurobius, C. Koch. 



Amaurobits chalybeics, L. Koch. 



A ma II robins chalijbeius, L. Koch, Die Aracli. Austr., i., 1872, 

 p. 328, pi. xxvi., figs. -4-46. 



Huh. — Gordonvale forest, " sweeping," April 27, 1913. 

 Ranges from Xortli Queensland to W. Australia. 



Amaurobics senilis, L. Koch. 



Amaurobius sein'lif, L. Koch, Die Arach. Austr., i.. 1872, pi. 

 xxvi., figs. 3, 3((. 



Hab. — Hughenden, among " Sword grasB," July 13, 1912. 



Amaurobius scalaris, L. Koch. 



Amaurobius scalaris, L. Koch, Die Arach. Austr., i., 1872, p. 

 33-4, pi. xxvi., tigs. 7, 7a ; Loc. cil., p. 337. 



Hub. — Gordonvale, jungle, May 29, 1914. 



Genus Apliyctoschseraa, Simon. 



APHYCTOSCHiMA MACUl.ATA, sp. )tOV. 



(Plate xiv., figs. 2, 3, and 4.) 



9 Cephalotliorax 1.5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 2.4 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad (Fig. 2). 



Cephalothoray. — Ovate, shining, mahogany brown. Fars 

 cephalica raised, arched, smooth ; ocular area broader than 

 long; c///pe«^ deep, furnished with two or three short bristles. 

 Pars thoracica smooth, arched, shining, normal grooves 

 distinct; median fovea longitudinal; marjiual hand broad. 

 Ei/es. — Nearly equal in size, in two rows of four each, large ; 

 anterior row straight on its front line ; rear row strongly 

 pi'ocurved ; front median eyes separated from each other by a 

 space equal to once their individual diameter ; rear median 

 eves separated from each other by a space equal to twice their 

 individual diameter; lateral eyes oblique, nearly touching; 

 each pair linked together upon a black taberciiJ inti ; reai- 

 median eyes separated from their anteiioi- median neighbours 



