112 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



ArANEDS APOP.r-EPTDS,ll ,^7/. //(//■. 



(Plate xxiii., ficrs. 32-37.) 



^ Ceplialotlioi'ax, 2 iiini. loiio-, 1.4 iniii, broad ; a Ixlonieii, 2 

 711111. loiio', 1.4 mm. bfoad (PI. xxiii., tio-s. 32, 33). 



Cephalothora.v. — Ovate, pubescent; some specimens wholly 

 rich mahogany-brown, others 3'ellowish at the middle. 7'<//s 

 ceplidl'tca strongly arched, obtuse in front; dciilur ureu broader 

 than long ; chjpeuei narrow, strongly curved, deep. Pars 

 thoracicd strongly arched, radial grooves distinct; niedian foven 

 deep ; marijinnl hand narrow. Eijes. — Normal. Legs. — Mod- 

 erately long, strong, tapering, straw-yellow, with mahogany- 

 brown annulations, pubescent, and armed with strong spines ; 

 relative lengths: 1, 2, 4, 3. Palpi. — Veiy short, femoral and 

 tibial joints straw-3'ellow, pubescent ; genital hnlli lai'ge, yel- 

 low, but darker than preceding joints, clothed with long 

 bristles (PI. xxiii., fig. 34). Falces. — Concolorous with cepha- 

 lothorax, short, conifoi-m, arched. Maxilhv and Lahinrn. — 

 Normal ; the bases dark brown, apices yellow. Sternum. — 

 Shield-shafied, ai'ched, reddish-brown, anterior angle yellowish, 

 lateral angles black. Abdomen. — Elongate, slightly overhang- 

 ing base of ceplialothorax, arched, sloping downwards towards 

 middle, and then ascending towards postei-ior extremity, where 

 it terminates in a somewhat gibbous eminence, beneath, and 

 on each side of which, there is a small tubercle ; posterior ex- 

 tremity sloping downwards and inwards until spinnerets are 

 reached (PI. xxiii., fig. 35) ; sujierior surface in some examples 

 yellow, with black markings in front, and ornamented at the 

 centre with two prominent silvery ^pots, while the posterio!' 

 extremity gleams like mother-o'-pearl ; other examples are 

 yellow-brown with silvery spots, while some ai-e dark brown 

 (nearly black) with blight silvery marks and patches ; sides 

 and under surface, in nearly all specimens before me, yellow 

 with dark markings. 



9 Ceplialothorax, 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 5.3 mm. long, 3.4 mm. broad (PI. xxiii., Hg. 36). 



" uTTO^AeTTTOs = admired. 



