ARAHHNIDA FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND— RAINBOW 109 



two small, but prominent finely reticulated patches of snowy- 

 white, and in front of each of these two small patches of 

 smoky-yellow ; spinnerets surrounded by a rather broad ring 

 of smoky-yellow. Epiijijnum. — A long, reddish-yellow, arched, 

 tongue-like process, which extends considerably beyond the 

 riina ejiigaMeris ; laterally, there are two circular pits (PI. 

 xxii., fig. 28). 



Huh. — Gordonvale, jungle. May 25, 1913, June, 1914. 

 One adult and two immature examples. 



Araneds comptus, var. fdscocapitatds, var. nov. 



(Plate xxii., figs. 28, 29.) 



This varietj' agrees with type in size and general structure, 

 and in the form of its ppigynnDi (PI. xxii., fig. 28), but differs 

 very materially in colour and ornamentation. I describe it as 

 follows : — 



9 CephalotJiora.v. — Broadly ovate, moderately hairy. Furs 

 cephah'c(( strongly arched, obtuse in front, entirely fuscous, 

 segmental gi'oove distinct ; ocular iire(( and cb/peus as in type. 

 Fars f]wracic(t strongly arched, straw-yellow, radial grooves 

 distinct ; )i)edia» fovea deep ; marciinal hand broad, fuscous. 

 Eye!>. — Entirely black. Leijs. — Long, moderately strong, pubes- 

 cent, armed as in type ; first and second pairs straw-yellow at 

 base, thence fuscous ; third and fourth pairs fuscous, annulated 

 with j-ellow. Falpi. — Fuscous, annulated with yellow. 

 Falces. — Fuscous. Ma.rilhv and LaJiiiini. — Normal; fuscous at 

 their base ; apices pale yellow. Steniutii. — Shield-shaped, 

 arched, pale yellow, lateral angles fuscous. Ahdomen. — Simi- 

 lar to type in form, and overhanging base of cephalothorax ; 

 superior surface fuscous, with two broad, transverse, dark 

 yellowish-grey bars ; in fi-ont there is a dark yellowish-grey 

 patch which is rather longer than broad, and which connects 

 with the anterior transverse bar ; the patch just described is 

 flanked on each side with a narrow whitish stripe, but has no 

 cross-bar as in the case of the type ; there are a large number 

 of nearly black spots distributed over the upper surface ; sides 

 fuscous, each ornamented with a delicately, reticulated, irregu- 

 larly shaped white spot, yellow markings and black spots; in- 

 ferior surface has a broad, median patch of fuscous, the sides 



