98 RECORDS OF THE At'STRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Araneds ACACHMENUS," SJi. IIOV. 



(Plate xxi., fig-s. 14, 15). 



9 Ceplialothorax, -i.G mm. loug, 3.6 mm. broad ; abdomeu, 

 6.7 mm. long, 5.4 mm. broad (PI. xxi., fig. 14). 



Cephalothoru.r. — Obovafce, reddish-brown, liairy. Fars cepha- 

 lica arched, truncated in front, clothed with long and short 

 yellowish hairs, sides declivous, tlxoracic groove distinct ; 

 ocular area broader than long, the tubercle carrying the 

 median ej'es projecting forward ; clypeus pale, deep. Pt(/\s- 

 tlioracica strongly arclied, smooth, furnished with a few short, 

 scattered hairs, radial grooves not strongly defined ; maryiual 

 hand broad, pale yellow. Eyes. — In three groups of 2, 4, 2 ; 

 lateral eyes small, arranged in paii's, widely removed from 

 median group, contiguous ; median group large, poised upon a 

 tubercle, and forming a trapezium. Ley^. — Rather long, 

 strong, yellow, with dark brown annulations, hairy and armed 

 with numerous short strong spines; relative lengths: 1, 2,4, 3. 

 FaJpi. — Short, strong, yellow, not annulated, similar in cloth- 

 ing and armature to legs. Falces. — Rather long, ver}- strong, 

 slightly projected in front of clj'^peus, strongl}^ arched, hairy, 

 front and inner "ugles pale yellow, apices and outer angles 

 concoloi'ous with ceplialothorax ; inner angle of tlie furrow of 

 each falx armed with three strong teeth, and the outer angle 

 with five ; of the latter the second but one from the base is 

 much the longest and strongest, and the one near the fang the 

 shortest; f((iig strong, well curved. Md.riJhv. — Normal, mod- 

 erately hairy, yellowish, inner angles almost white. Laliiii)}i. — 

 Normal, base smoky yellow, apex nearly white. Stennmi. — 

 Shield-sha{)ed, moderately ai'ched, yellowish-brown, thickly 

 clothed with long, pale, yellowish hairs. Jhdoiiieii. — Ovate, 

 posterior extremity accuminate, hairy, hairs very long in front, 

 overhanging base of cephalothorax, furnislied with two large 

 and prominent lateral tubercles; superior surface mottled 

 dai'k velvetty brown and pale 3-ellow, and ornamented with a 

 lai'ge foliated design which commences in front and includes 

 the tubercles in its scheme ; rear angles of tubercles pale yel- 

 low ; sides yellow, irregularly streaked with dark brown ; in 



'^ (XKaxii€vo<; = sharp pointed ; in reference to the pointed abdominal 

 tubercles. 



