102 Proceedings of tJte Royal Society of Victoria. 



In the collection of the National Museum of Victoria are 

 numerous specimens from various localities in S. Gippsland, 

 whence it would appear that they are fairly abundant in the 

 south-easterly coast district of Victoria. Some vary considerably 

 from the normal type in colouration of the abdomen, the 

 characteristic white stripe being replaced sometimes by a black 

 one, and one specimen has a large oval brown field, without any 

 stripe at all. 



Cyptarachne latifrons, nov. sp. With z^ar. at ubercu lata. 

 (PL XV., Figs. 4 and 5). 



Cephalothorax yellowish brown, mandibles the same, but 

 darker towards the lower edge. Fangs dark brown, all lightly 

 covered with pale yellowish hair. Sternum, lip and maxillae dark 

 reddish brown. Femur of first three pairs of legs reddish, the 

 other joints and palpi yellowish to dark brown. Femur of fourth 

 pair dark brown. The abdomen on the upper side is reddish 

 brown, pitted with darker brown depressions. 



In the middle of the back is a large oval velvety black 

 transverse field. The underside of the abdomen is dirty reddish 

 brown, with a yellowish white patch between the epigyne and 

 spinnerets. The hairs are a pale yello%v. 



The Cephalothorax is as long as patella cum tibia IV., as 

 broad as long. The cephalic part is raised vertically in two 

 protuberances, one at each side, with a depression between them. 

 The cephalothorax is set nearly at right angles to the middle of 

 the underside of the abdomen. The four middle Eyes are on a 

 low prominence, the whole forming a trapezium broader than long, 

 the rear eyes being rather larger and farther apart than the front. 

 The side eyes, a long distance off, are close together, and form a 

 procurved line with both front and rear middle. The Clypens is 

 as broad as the whole central eyes space is wide, and the upper 

 forehead is blotched with tubercles. 



The Mandibles are thicker at the base than the front femur, 

 tapering to a small point at the lower end, with short, stout, well 

 curved fangs. On the lower falx edge ai-e three rather prominent 

 teeth. 



