60 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MDSEUM. 



9 Cephalothorax. — Ovate, straw-yellow. Pars ceijlialica 

 raised, arched, smooth, furnished with a few rather long hairs, 

 narrow in front, segmental grooves distinct ; ocidar area 

 broader than long ; chipeus moderately deep. Pars thoracica 

 smooth, arched, radial grooves distinct, median fovea moderately 

 deep ; nui.ryiaal band moderately broad, fringed with fine hairs. 



Eyei^. — Normal. Legs Long, fine, tapering, pilose, armed 



with fine and rather long spines, straw-3'ellow" generally, but 

 having the lower extremity of each joint much darker. 

 Relative lengths : 1, 2, -4, 3. Palpi. — Rather long, fine, simi- 

 lar in colour and armature to legs. Falces. — Moderately long, 

 tapering, arched, concolorous with cephalothorax, pilose; fangs 

 weak. Maxillfp and Lahinm. — Normal; coJicolorous with 

 falces. Sternu)!!. — Shield-shaped, arched, terminating obtusely 

 between fourth pair of coxse ; surface furnished with a few 

 rather long hairs. Abdomen. — (Tibbous, slightly overhanging 

 base of cephalothorax; upper sui-face creamy-white, reticulated, 

 and ornamented with a broad, ii'i'egular, median smoky-yellow 

 bar which is narrowest at the anterior and posterioi' extremi- 

 ties, and from which are directed oblique and irregular lateral 

 stripes; at posterior extremity of posterior surface there is a 

 prominent tubercular eminence suffused at base with orauge- 

 rtd. whilst the apex is dark- brown (Fig. 43) ; j)osterior angle 

 similar in colour and scheme of ornamentation to superior sur- 

 face ; the sides have the upper portion creamy-white, reticu- 

 lated, and marked with lateral stripes while the lower portion 

 is dull-yellow (Fig. 44) ; inferior surface dull-yellow also and 

 relieved by a few white spots. Epigynion. — A small, dark, 

 shining, channelled, tuberculai- eminence with widely removed 

 lateral, circular pits (Fig. 45). 



ITaJi. — Grordonvale, jungle. May 9, 1913. 



Theriuion theridiojdes. Keys. 



Tol'i'sna theridioides. Keys., Die Arach. Austr., Suppl., 1890, 

 p. 240, tab. xxi., figs. 6, 6", i%. 

 IL'h. — Gordonvale, sweeping, forest, August 23, 1912 ; 

 Pyi-aniid Mt.. sweeping grass, November 21, 1912. 



ThERIDION GIRAULTI, sp. 710V. 



(Plate xvi., figs. 46 and 47.) 

 9 Cephalothorax, 1.3 mm. long, 1 mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 2.8 mm. long, 2.4 mm. broad (Fig. 46). 



