ARACHNIDA FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND— RAINBOW. HI 



equal to about twice their individual diameter, and the poster- 

 ior pair by a space equal to about oue-and-a-lialf their indi- 

 vidual diameter; lateral eyes minute, contiguous. Legs. — 

 Short, strong, yellow, annulated with smoky-brown, pilose, 

 armed with moderately strong spines ; relative lengths : 1, 2, 

 4, 8. Palpi. — Moderately long, strong, yellow, similar in 

 clothing and armature to legs. Falces. — Concolorous with 

 cephalothorax, arched, coniform. Maxillce and Lahiioii. — Nor- 

 mal ; smoky-brown, apices yellow. Sternum. — Shield-shaped, 

 arched, dull yellow, relieved by a series of four creamy- white 

 bars radiating from the centre ; the tirst of these bars termi- 

 nate at a point between the first and second coxee; the second, 

 between the second and third coxa? ; the third, between the 

 third and fourth ; and the fourth at a point between posterior 

 coxa?; the latter bar is broadest at its rear extremity ; the 

 radiating bars here described are slightly raised, thereb}^ im- 

 parting an uneven appearance to the sternum. Abdomen. — 

 Broadlj" ovate, arched, pilose, boldly projecting over base of 

 cephalothorax; anterior angle slightly produced; superior 

 surface uneven, yellow, finely and sparsely spotted with black, 

 and having in addition four large, deep, black pits, the anterior 

 pair of which are the smallest and the closest together ; it is 

 further ornamented by a prominent scheme of tracery and a 

 broad leaf-like design, the outer angles of which are nearly 

 black (PI. xxiii., fig. 30) ; at posterior extremity there ai^e two 

 small tubercles, one seated below the other ; sides cloudy 

 yellow ; inferior surface nearly black, relieved by two large, 

 white, nearly round spots seated just below the rima epigasteris. 

 Ejiigi/num. — Dark brown, nearly black ; in front of ri))ia epigas- 

 teris it is strongly ai'ched, and has two large lateral pits; 

 from the latter there extends a long, tongne-like process, which 

 latter is arched, reflexed laterally, and cuiwed up slightly at 

 the tip (PI. xxiii., fig. 31). 



Hab. — Grordouvale, November 14, 1911. 

 Araneus anatipes, Key.^. 



Epeira loiKtlpes^ Keys., Die Arach. des Austi-., Suppl., 1887, p. 

 175,. pi. XV., figs. 3, 3'/, 4, 4((. 



H'lh. — fiordonvale, forest, August 27, and September 3 and 

 9, 1912. 



