116 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



Venatop spenceri, nov. sp. (PI. XVII., Fig. 2). 



Cephalothorax brownish yellow at sides, with paler median 

 stripe of yellowish ^rey reaching from the second row of eyes to 

 the upper part of the rear slope ; a similar liand of colour round 

 the side edge, deeply scalloped above into the side slope of dark 

 grey and brown hair ; a black transverse band along the division 

 between the cephalic and thoracic parts slopes forward to rear of 

 the front corner. 



The mandibles, black-brown, have a thick mass of yellow- 

 brown hair on the upper half, mingled with black upstanding 

 hairs, which continue to the falx margin. The fangs dark 

 reddish brown, paler at the points. liip and maxillae dark 

 brown, paler at the edges, with black upstanding hairs and dark 

 grey fringe. 



Sternum black-brown, with black, upstanding hair. The 

 front two coxae on each side black-brown, the two rear pair pale 

 chestnut-brown, with pale yellow hair. 



The abdomen above brownish yellow, mottled with black 

 patches and yellow and white hairs. A triangular black marking 

 at forward end has the lower corners continued into wings. This 

 is succeeded by a second, similar, but smaller, followed by a third 

 smaller still. Behind this again are three circles of black, lying 

 transversely across the rear end. The epigyne is brown, and the 

 spinnerets greyish yellow. 



The sides are more closely mottled with black spots on a grey 

 ground, in places converging into transverse lines. Underneath 

 is a yellow ground, with a transverse black field, reaching from 

 the epigyne to half-way to the spinnei'ets, straight in front and 

 curved towards the rear. The legs and palpi are a bright 

 brownish yellow on femoral joint, deepening into greyish yellow on 

 the other joints, with black and grey hairs. A dark grey band 

 passes across the upper side of femur at anterior end, and under- 

 neath the end of tibia is a similar streak. The spines are pale 

 brown ; scopulae of yellowish brown on tarsi and metatarsi of 

 first and second pairs, and on tarsi of third and fourth. 



The Cephalothorax is longer than patella cum tibia IV., and 

 \\ mm. longer than greatest breadth, whei-e it is as broad as 

 metatarsus IV. is long. It is highest at the rear row of eyes, 



