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Gephalotliord.f. — • Sipooth, ovate, yellow - brown. Furs 

 cephalicd sloping rearward, normal grooves distinct ; ocular 

 area broader tlian Iniig ; elypeus moderately deep, projecting, 

 and slightly cleft beneath median eyes. Pars thoracica bi'oad 

 in front, retreating to posterior angle where it is very narrow, 

 radial grooves distinct; marginal hand narrow. Eyes. — 

 Eight; nearly equal in size; the four median eyes form a 

 trapezium ; the front median pair are the widest apart, and 

 slightly the largest ; lateral eyes contiguous. Legs. — Long, 

 not stroiig, yellowish ; anterior pair much the longest. Rela- 

 tive lengths: 1, 4, 2, 3. Falpi. — Short, concolorous, hairy. 

 Falces. — Concolorous with cephalothorax, hairy. Maxilhv. — 

 Concolorous also, arclied, long, and parallel. Labium. — Also 

 concolorous, normal. Steriuun. — Elongate, triangular, brown, 

 shining, arched, moderately hairy, accuminate posteriorly, and 

 terminating between the fourtli pair of coxae. Abdome)/. — 

 Gibbous, yellow-brown, with dark-brown longitudinal and 

 transverse striations ; apex obtuse, white at summit; sides 

 ornamented with bright silvery bands and spots (Fig. 24). 



Hah. — Gordon vale, sweeping forest at top of coastal range 

 1,500ft., May 29, 1913. 



Argyrodes argentiopunctata, sp. nov. 



(Plate XV., figs. 25, 26, and 27.) 



(J Cephalothorax, 1.1 mm. long; 0.8 mm. broad; abdomen, 

 1.4 mm. long, 1 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax. — Ovate, straw-yellow, smooth. Fars cephalica 

 arched, ascending, sides declivous ; ocular area broader than 

 long ; chjpeus somewhat produced, but not cleft. Pars 

 fhoracica arched, normal grooves distinct; marginal hand 

 narrow. Eyes. — Of equal size, distribution normal. Legs. — 

 Long, slender, tapering, apices of tibiae of first and fourth 

 pairs orange-yellow ; each leg has a few fine hairs and a few 

 moderately long, weak spines. Relative lengths : 1=4, 2, 3. 

 Palpi. — Long, straw-yellow ; genital bulb large, somewhat 

 complicated, furnished with a few short, strong spines, and 

 clothed with long, fine hairs (Fig. 25). Falces. — Straw- 

 yellow, arched, hairy. Maxillre. — Long, arched, straw-yellow. 



