ARACHNIDA KROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND RAINBOW. 43 



grooves defiuiug junction of cephalic and thoracic segments 

 distinct; ocular area broader than long; d;/pei(s iiavvow. Pars 

 thoracica. ai'ched, normal grooves faintly indicated ; media)! 

 fovea absent. Eijes. — Eiglit ; in two rows of four each ; I'ows 

 slightly procurved (Fig. 11). Legs. — Short, robust, bespiued ; 

 metatarsi and tarsi scopulated. Claics, 2. , Relative lengths : 

 4, 3, 1, 2. Palpi. — Shoi't, moderate!}' robust, similai- in cloth- 

 ing and armature to legs. Falces. — Moderateh- long, not 

 strong ; superior margin has three minute teeth, and the 

 inferior margin two, but they are very difficult to detect ; famj 

 rather long, well curved and exceeding!}' fine. Mu.riJlrp. — 

 Long, narrow, ai'ched ; each rounded at base and obtusely 

 pointed at apex; apices inclining inwards (Fig. 12). Labium. — 

 Coniform, verj^ loiig"> arched (Fig. 12). Ster/invi. — Elongate, 

 oval, anterior e.xtremity rounded, posterior ext'.emity obtusely 

 accuminate. Abdomen. — Oblong. Spinnerets. — Long, cylin- 

 drical ; apices truncated, and surrounded with well-developed 

 spinnerules (Fig. 13). 



Sy.AJPHODES DIAMPUUS,'' sp. 7I01K 



(Plate xiv., figs. 14, and 15). 



5 Cephalothora.x, 1.6 mm. lony, 12 mm. broad ; abdomeii, 

 2.5 mm. long, 1.2 mm. broad (Fig. 14). 



Ce)i]ial(ifliura,i\ — Oblong - ovate, ai'ched, smooth, shining, 

 yellow, with dusty patches on cephalic segment and at postei-ior 

 angle. Pars cejihalicn arched, obtusely attenuated in front, 

 sloping gently rearwards to junction of thoracic segment ; 

 ocular area broader than long ; I'li/peus nari'ow, fiinged with a 

 few long coarse black liairs. I'ars tlioraclca ai-ched, radial 

 grooves not deep, but distinct, a few shoit black bristles 

 distributed over surface; utarijinal baud., narrow. Eyes. — 

 Large, distributed over two I'ows, each of which is slightly 

 procurved ; the front median eyes are separated from eacli 

 other by a space equal to rather more than once their indi- 

 vidual diameter ; front lateral eyes are near to, but do not 

 touch their median neighbours ; lateral eyes of rear row 

 separated from their inner neighbours b}^ a space equal to 

 once their individual diameter ; rear median eyes twice their 



* 8iaui<^os ^^^ marked with snow-white. 



