AiiACIlXlUA FKO-M NORTHKKN QUEENSLAND— R.\ IMHiW. {,9 



black) oblique patches ; sides yellowish-grey, alt^o relieved by 

 iiuiiierous small, silvery-white spots and irregular dark-brown 

 patches; inferior surface yellow-grey, also onianieiited with 

 small, silvery-white spots ; a dark-l)rown median patch 

 extends from the rimn ^^j(V/t(,s7e<('6 to spinnerets ; this patch is 

 r.neven in outline, free from silvery-white spots, but has a 

 smoky-yellow patch in front and a much darker patch 

 posteriorly ; the median patch herein described curves inwards 

 from anterior extremity, then boldly outwards towards 

 spinnerets, fi'oni whence it curves sharply in again, and is 

 therefore much the narrowest at this point ; at the apex of 

 the point referred to there is a slightly curved line, the lateral 

 extremities of which are directed downwards. Epigynum. — A 

 transverse plaque, with two large, rather deep pits (PI. xxi.. 

 % 11). 



ll'ilj. — Gordonvale, sweeping jungle, June 30. 1912; an 

 immature example from Peiitlaud, 8e|>teniber, 1914. 



DkLIUCUV'S rt'I.' URA. fill-. MKLAMA, rar. iiov. 



(PI. .x.xi.. tig. 12.) 



9. This example is somewhat smaller than the foregoing, 

 and very much daiker. The cephalothorax is not of such a 

 pale yellow as that of the typiical form, while the maikings on 

 parfi ceplialica and imrs tliorarirn are nearly black. The eyes, 

 palpi, legs, as also the falces, inHxillfe and labium agree with 

 the type. The abdomen is yellowish-grey, ornamented with 

 silvery-white spots and dark-brown (bistre) down the centre 

 of the superior surface and laterally (Pi. x.xi., fig. 12). 

 Eiiigy)iuiii. — As in type. 



Hah. — Gordonvale, June 15, 1912. 



(Jnmp NEf'HiLEiF,. 



(reniis Nephila, Lenx'li. 



Only four specimens (jf this genus were taken, and they are 

 as follows : — 



Ne!'HII,A macclata. Fab. 



Aranea maculata, Fab., Entom. Sy>t., ii., 1793, p. •425. 

 Hab. — Pyramid Mt., Gordonvale, Feb. 15, 1912. 



