AKACHNIDA FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND RAINBOW. 39 



is truncated, steep and indented in front : ocular area broader 

 than long. I'urs thoracica high, strongly ai-clied, sloping 

 abruptly at rear ; iiiarginal hand broad, yellow, mottled with 

 dark brown (Fig. 5j. Eije!-. — Six, arranged in pairs ; each 

 lateral pair prominent, raised upon a tubercle and widely 

 removed from the other ; the eyes of each pair closely in 

 contact with each other. Le<js. — Long, slender, pale yellow, 

 spotted with dark bi-own and sparingly clothed with short 

 hairs ; patellae broadly ringed with dark brown .- each tibia 

 has also a ring of dark brown near to junction of metatarsus. 

 P'^lpi. — Short, yellow, haiiy. Falces. — Weak, short, slightly 

 projecting, pale yellow with dark brown pencilling ; fang very 

 short, weak. ilaxillce. — Short, yellow, outer angles dark 

 brown ; broad at base, tapering rapidly towards apices which 

 are bluntly accuminate, and incline inwards ; inner angles 

 straight. Labium. — Dark brown, coniform. Sternum. — 

 Shield-shaped, truncated in front, and accuminate at posterior 

 extremity, wliich latter terminates between fourth pair 

 of coxae ; surface dark bi'own with a broad yellow patch in 

 front, and another of a somewhat leaf-like design at the centre ; 

 tliese patches are connected by a narrow yellow line which 

 suggests the stalk of the leaf ; there are also six moderately 

 large and prominent sigilla, and these are marginal. Abdo- 

 men. — Ovate, strongly arched, slightly abutting on to base of 

 cephalothorax, dull yellow, with dark brown pencillings upon 

 superior surface and sides ; under side dull yellow also with a 

 tew scattered, dark spots (Fig. 6). Epigynum. — Large, dark 

 brown, and forming two elongate plaques, each of which are 

 surrounded with long, fine hairs (Fig. 7). 



Hab. — Goondi, taken fi-om window of residence, July 25, 

 1912. Eggs in small ball carried by fangs 



Family DYSDEFID^E. 



Snb-family SEGESTRIX^. 



Genus Ariadna, And. in Sav. 



Ariadna ? octospinata. Lamb. 



Ariadna .'' ortuspiuata, Lamb, Ann. Queens,l. Mus., 10, 1911, p. 

 169, fig. 1. 



