ARACHNIDA FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND RAINBOW. 55 



Theridion mdndulum, L. Koch. 



TheridiuDi mundnlwii, L. Koch, Die Arach. Austr., i., 1872, p. 

 263, pi. xxii., figs. 3, 3rt. 



Hah. — Gordon vale, forest, during months of June, August, 

 September, and November. Egg-sacs, white and lilac. Occurs 

 in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. 



Theridion tepidariordm, (_'. Koch. 



Theridi Will tepidan'onou, C. Koch, Die Arach., viii., 1841, p. 

 75, pi. cclxiv., fig. 64^6; pi. cclxiv., figs. 64-1 and 645. 



Huh. — Gordouvale, interior of Iniildi-.ig, September 9. 

 World wide range. 



ThEKIDION MMITATUM, L. Koch. 



Theridium Uiiiilahiiii, L, Koch, Die Arach. Austr., i. 1872, p. 

 256, tab. xxi., figs. 8, 8((, 86. 



Hah. — GordonA'ale, October. Occurs also in New South 

 Wales. 



Theridion fuscomaculatu.m, i^p. nov. 



(Plate XV., tigs. 33 and 34.) 



9 Cephalothorax, 2.1 mm. long, 1.8 mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 3.2 mm. long, 2.8 mm. broad (Fig. 33). 



Cephalothorax. — Ovate, arched, yellow-brown, hairy. Fars 

 cephalica ascending, sides declivous, rather darkly clouded down 

 the median line, segmental groove distinct: octdar area 

 broader than long ; cJiipeus deep, strongly bowed. Pars cephalica 

 broad, radial groove and niedian fovea distinct, clouded with 

 dark-brown ; marginal hand, dark brown. Eyes. — Normal. 

 Legs. — Long, tapering, haii'y, armed with a few short, weak 

 spines, yellow, with yellow-brown annulations. Relative 

 lengths : 1, 4, 2, 3. Palpi. — Short, hairy, yellow, tarsus 

 annulated with yellow-brown, similar in clothing and armature 

 to legs. Falces. — Moderately long, not strong, arched, tapering, 

 inner angles clothed with a few short hairs. Maxilhv. — Yellow, 

 arched, apices inclining inwards, surface furnished with a few 

 rather long, stiff hairs ; inner angles almost straight. Lahi- 

 um. — Similar in colour and clothing to the foregoing, short, 



