84 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



The 9 only ut this species appeals to have been rlescribed 

 and figured, but Mr. (lirault collected, in addition to three 

 females, of which one was immafure, a form whicli 1 take to 

 be the (^, and this I desciibe hereunder: — 



^ Cephalothorax 1.4 mm. long, l.l mm. broad: abdomen, 

 2.2 mm. long, 1.1 mm. broad (Pi. xxi., tig. 4). 



I 'eiiliiUothora,!'. — Yellow, ovate. Pure cejihallco obtuse in 

 front, stronglj' arched, raised, segmental groove distinct ; 

 Diuihir urea broader than long; chjpeas moderately deep. Pars 

 t/niraricu broad, arched, sloping sharply to posterior angle, 

 radial grooves moderately distinct, hiediun foreu distinct, 

 recurved; )iiurijiiial Imu J hvoad. 7i//c?, as in 9' Legs. — Long, 

 yellow, fine, pilose, and arn.ied with long, tine spines : relative 

 lengths: 1, 2, 4, 3. P((//'/. — Concolorous with legs except 

 foi' genital bulb, which is dai'k l)rown ; clothing and armatuie 

 similar to legs ; ijeiiital Inilli targe, complicated in structure, 

 and tei'minating with a long Hagellate style, whicii latter is as 



long as the cephalothorax (PI. .\xi., tig. 5,) Falces 



Concolorous with cephalothorax, moderately long, parallel, 

 arched, pilose; fang, reddish-brown. Maxilla' and Labium. — 

 Concolorous with falces ; normal. Stertiuni. — Concolorous 

 with foregoing, broad, shield-shaped, arched, pilose. Abdo- 

 men. — Ovate, overhanging base of cephalothorax, arched, 

 superior surface cream-yellow, I'eticnilated, ornamented with 

 three longitudinal yellow-brown bands, which latter are each 

 of varying width, and uneven in outline; from the median 

 band three pairs of (.)blique concolorous branches are directed, 

 each of which unites with the inner edge of the lateral bands ; 

 near the front there are two moderately large yellow-bi'OAvn 

 spots, and at the centre two smaller ones ; sides dull yellow, 

 relieved by two narrow, white, reticulated bands, both of 

 which unite in front; of these the upper one runs the entire 

 length of the abdomen, whilst the lower one, which curves 

 sharply downwards, terminates about midway; each band is 

 bordeied with dark-brown marks and patches ; inferior surface 

 dull yellow, with slightly curved lateral bands, which latter 

 are white, reticulated, commence at the riiiia epigasteris and 

 terminate shortly in front of spinnerets; in addition to these 

 bands there is a modeiately large, dark-brown patch ; inner 

 edge of each white band flanked with dark brown. 



Hab. — Gordonvale, April and Ma} , 1913. One S and two 

 mature and one immature $'s. 



