108 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Araneds comptds, sp. nov. 



(Plate xxii., figs, 27, 28.) 



2 Ceplialothorax, 1.3 mm. long, 1.2 mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 2 mm. long, 2 mm. broad (PI. xxii., fig. 27). 



Cephalotliorax. — Broadly obovate, very slightlj' longer tban 

 bi'oad. Fars cephalica, straw-yellow, with a few dark hairs at 

 sides and base, strongly' arched, thoracic groove distinct ; 

 ocular area broader than long; cli/peus broad, moderately deep, 

 dark brown. Pars thoracica straw-yellow, broad, well arched ; 

 radial grooves modei'ately defined ; media)! face i( distinct; mar- 

 ginal haud broad, straw-yellow. Eyes. — Pearl-grey lustre, 

 ringed with black, tlie median group forming a trapezium ; of 

 this group the rear pair are slightly larger and wider apart 

 than their anterior neighbours; lateral eyes minute and con- 

 tiguous. Leys. — Strong, moderately long, straw-yellow, annu- 

 lated with smoky-brown, pubescent, and armed with moder- 

 ately long, strong spines; relative lengths: 1,2,4,3. Palpi. — 

 Strong, rather long, straw-yellow, tarsi smoky-brown at tips; 

 similar in clothing and annatui'e to legs. Falces. — Concolor- 

 ous with cephalotliorax, coniform, arched ; faiiys short, strong, 

 well curved, yellow, ^^a,rillie and Lahijim. — Normal ; smoky- 

 yellow with exception of apices and the inner angles of the 

 former, which are very pale and nearly Avhite. SferiniDi. — 

 Shield-shaped, arched, pubescent, yellow, anterior and lateral 

 angles somewhat darker. Alnlomeii. — Broadly ovate, obtusely 

 accuminate at posterior extremity of upper surface, overhang- 

 ing base of cephalothoi-ax, pubescent, arched ; superior suj'face 

 dark yellowish-grey, ornamented with a broad leaf-like design, 

 the outer angles or edges of which are black, or almost so; 

 immediately in front tliere is a broad, nearly white, H-like 

 design, the cross-bar of which is somewhat darker tlian the 

 down strokes ; below this design there is a faintly visible, 

 longitudinal line, crossed by two faintl}' distinct transverse 

 bars, and at the extremities of the latter a rather dark spot, of 

 which the two lower ones are by far the most distinct; within 

 the field of the leaf-like design there are a few nearly white 

 spots ; sides pale yellowish-grey also, but having in addition, on 

 each side, a patch of smoky-grey ; at the centre and about 

 midway between the rima epiyasteris and spinnerets, there are 



