54 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MDSEU.M. 



Hub. — Alooiiiba, July 7, 1912 ; Quingilli, sweeping grass in 

 forest, September 13, 1912; Got donvale, July 7, 1912, sweeping 

 ill forest, August 20, 1912, from nest of dead leaves, egg-sac 

 chocolate colour, September 9, 1912, forest, egg-sac pale 

 chocolate, October 24, 1912, sweeping grass in forest. Some 

 specimens immature. Common in Queensland and New South 

 Wales. 



Theridion decoratum, fj. Koch. 



(Plate XV., figs. 31 and 32.) 



Theridium decoratum, L. Koch, Verb. K.K. zool.-bot. Ges. 

 Wien, 1867, p. 183 ; Die Arach. Austr., i., 1872, p. 265, 

 pi. xxii., figs. 3, 3((. 



^ Cephalothorax, 1.2 mm. long, 1 mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 1.3 mm. long, 1.3 mm. broad, and 1.9 mm. from apex to 

 spinnerets. 



Cepluih)t}a)rax. — Ovate, arched, smooth, 3'ellow. i'cn>- 

 ce^AftZ/ca ascending, attenuated in front; ocidar cireu broader 

 than long ; clypeas narrow. I'ars thoracica furnished with a 

 few short, scattered hairs ; ladial grooves indistinct ; median 

 fovea distinct, recurved ; viaryinal hnvd narrow, dark. Eyes. — 

 Normal. Leys. — Of a lighter yellow tint than cephalothorax, 

 with dark annulations at junction of joints, long, tapering, 

 clothed Avith fine hairs, and armed with moderately long spines. 

 Relative lengths : 1, 2, 4, o. Valid. — Short, femoral and 

 tibial joints concolorous with legs, and the genital bulb, which 

 is large and complicated, concolorous with cephalothorax 

 (Figs. 31, 32). Falcef. — Short, not strong, arched, concolorous 

 with cephalothorax ; fangs weak. M((,rilh(', Lahimti and tSter- 

 nuin. — Normal ; concoloi'ous also with cephalothorax. Ahdo- 

 men. — Ovate, arched, pubescent, slightly overhanging base of 

 cephalothorax, much deeper than long ; colour pattern similar 

 to $ —see Koch's figure in "Die Arachinden des Australiens," 

 quoted above. 



Ql)s, — L. Koch (supra) describes and figures the $ only, 

 but Mr. Girault succeeded in obtaining a fully developed ^ 

 which is iierewith described. The 9 varies considerably in 

 colour, some forms being much darker than others. 



Hub. — Gordonvale, by svveei)ing, taken during the mouths 

 of April, August and September. Occurs in Queensland, 

 New South Wales and Victoria. 



