ARACHNIDA FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND— RAIJMBOW. HS 



Genus Carepalxis, L. Koch. 



CaREPALXIS BILOBATA, Kei/f!. 



Carejnd.rit; bilubitfa, Keys., Die Aracli. ties Aiistr., Suppl., 

 1886, [t. 118, pi. ix., figs. 4, 4(1. 



Uab. — Cooktowii, from nest of Scelephnm, sp., February 6, 

 1912 ; Peutland, September, 1914. 



Carepalxis beelzibdb, voii Has. 



Epeira beelzibiih, von Has., Tijds. Ent., viii., 2, p. 240, pi. lii., 

 figs, a, b, c. 



Hub. — Pentlaud, September, 1914. Originally recorded 

 from Victoria. 



Carepalxis lichensis, up. nov. 



(Plate xxiii., figs. 40, 41, 42.) 



9 Cephalotliorax, 1.6 mm. long, 1 mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 2.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. broad, depth from apex to spinnerets 

 3.4 mm. (PI. xxiii., figs. 40, 41). 



Cephalotliorax. — Ovate, bilobed, shining, pilose. Pars 

 cephalica strongly arched, obtuse, dark mahogany-brown, dis- 

 tinctly paler in region of median eyes ; ooidar area broader 

 than long ; clijpeus strongly curved, deep. I'ars thoracica 

 strongly arched, daik mahogany -brown ; median fovea pro- 

 found ; viaryinal band, broad, dark brown. Eyes. — Distributed 

 over three groups of 2, 4, 2 ; median group in the form of a 

 trapezium ; of this series the anterior pair are separated from 

 each other by a space equal to about once their individual 

 diametei', whilst their posterior neighbours are contiguous to 

 each other ; lateral eyes minute, touching. Leys. — Short, 

 strong, tapering, hairy, spined, straw-yellow with dark brown 

 annulations ; relative lengths : 1, 2, 4, 3. I'alpi. — Short, 

 strong, straAv-yellow, similar in clothing and armature to legs. 

 Falces. — Shining, concolorous with pars cephalica, strongly 

 arched, tapering, inner angles fringed with short hairs. Max- 

 illa;. — Short, broad, arched, inclining inwards, base and outer 

 angles dark brown, inner angles and apices pale yellow. La- 

 bium. — Short, broad, arched, concolorous with foregoing. 



