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Cephalothora.v. — Yellow-brown, shining, ovate. Pars cepha- 

 lica slightly raised, arched, smooth, segmental groove distinct, 

 narrow in front ; octdar area broader than long ; clypeus mod- 

 erately deep, fringed with fine hairs. Pars fhoracica arched, 

 radial gi-ooves and median fovea distinct ; margiiial hand 

 narrow. Eyes. — Normal. Legs. — Moderately long, tapering, 

 yellow, tibial and metatarsal joints annalated with dark-brown 

 at apex, clothed with fine hairs and armed with short, fine 

 spines. Relative lengths: 1,-1,2,3. Palpi. — Short, yellow, 

 similar in clothing and ainiatnre to legs. FaJces. — Short, not 



strong, arched, yellow, pilose. MaxilUe and Labi. mil Yellow, 



normal. Sternum. — Shield-shaped, yellowy narrowly margined 

 with dark-brown, moderately arched, furnished with a few very 

 short and fine hairs, and terminating in an obtuse point be- 

 tween fourth pair of coxaj. Abdomen. — Nearlj' globose, 

 strongly arched, boldly projecting over base of cephalothorax ; 

 upper surface j-ellowish-grey, ornamented with irregularly 

 formed, reticulated chalky-white patches ; at posterior extrem- 

 ity there are a couple of small, black spots and a delicate 

 scheme of tracery; sides yellowish-grey, ornamented with 

 irregular and reticulated chalky-white patches, and dark- 

 brown (almost black) markings ; inferior surface yellowish- 

 g-rey also, and relieved by dark-brown markings. Epigynum. — 

 An arched, sparingly hairy, and transversely oval eminence, in 

 the front of which are two widely removed transverse pits 

 (Fig. 47). 



Hah. — Gordonvale, sweeping jungle, April 27, 1913 (adult) ; 

 same locality, sweeping jungle, June, 1914 (immature). 



Theridion thorelli, L. TCoch. 



Theridium thorelli, L. Koch, Verb. K. K. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 

 1865, p. 857, Die Arach. Austr., i., 1872, p. 258. 



Hab. — Grordonvale, forest. May 24, 1912. Originally 

 recorded from Sydney, New South Wales. 



Theridion ? albostriatum, L. Koch. 



Theridium alhostriatiiDi, L. Kocli, Verb. K. K. zool.-bot. Ges. 

 Wien, 1867, p. 187; Die Aracb. Austr., i., 1872, p. 270, 

 pi. xxii., fig. 7. 



