ARACHXIDA FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND— RAINBOW. 119 



constricted, sloi)iiig" sliaiph' forward and then slightly ascend- 

 ing ; ocular area equally as long as broad ; clypeus narrow. 

 Pars thoracica strongly arched, somewhat higher than cephalic 

 segment, radial grooves and iiiediau fovea distinct ; marginal 

 band broad, slightly [)aler than cephalothorax. Eyes. — Dis- 

 tribution normal ; of a pearl-grey lustre, ringed with black. 

 Leys. — Moderately long, strtmg, tapering, hairy, spined, yellow ; 

 tibite, metatarsi, and tarsi annulated with brown ; relative 

 lengths: 1, 2, 4, 3. I'alpi. — Moderately long, strong, yellow, 

 similar in colour and clothing to legs. Falces. — Concolorous 

 with cephalothorax, conical, apices diveigent; faixj, short, 



well curved. I\l(<.rill(e Short, broad, arched, apices somewhat 



truncated ; tlie latter, as well as inner angles, pale yellow, 

 bases much darker. Lahinvi. — Concolorous with maxillae, 

 short, broad, arched, apex lounded. Sternnnt . — Broadly cor- 

 date. Hat, concolorous with cephalothorax, sparingly hairy. 

 Ahdomev: — Broadly ovate, overhanging base of cephalothorax, 

 yellowish-grey, and flecked with small but prominent dark 

 (nearly black) markings, and numerous small, dark brown 

 spots; dorsal area rather flat, or but very slightly arched; 

 sides well rounded, and finely pencilled with dark brown ; 

 superior surface and sides rough and uneven, and furnished 

 with numerous very small tubercles, the latter imparting a 

 decidedly shagreened appearance. Einyyuum. — A small yel- 

 lowish tubercle with two lateral pits, and a short, broad, 

 projecting tongne-Iike process. 



Hah. — Gordon vale, forest, taken from folded leaves, Sep- 

 tember 8, 1912. 



Genus Dolophones Walcl-. 



DOLOPHONES TESTUni.XEA, L. Koch. 



Thalia fesft'diiiea, L. Koch, Die Arach. des Austi., i., 1871, p. 

 20, pi. ii., figs. 2, 2(/-2c; 02*. cit., p. 204, pi. xviii., figs. 4, 

 4ff, 4?). 



Obs. — Only one specimen of this genus was collected, namely, 

 D. tesfndive<(, and that an immature and damaged one. 



Hab. — Pejitland, September, 1914. 



