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ends. These stand out in radial fashion all round it, on the 

 surface of the ground, and as they ai-e mostly two or tliree 

 inches lonf?, and some of tliem are bi-anclied, tliey must have 

 rendered the nest veiy conspicuous. 



"The nest and spider were sent us by Mr. J. P. Harris, 

 of Minnivale, on March 14., 1913, and lie afterwai'ds kindly 

 sent a second spider exactly similar to the fii'st, in urdci' that 

 I might forward it to you for identification." 



Hah. — Minnivale, Western Austi'alia. 



IJentiii Aganippe, 0. F. Ciunbr. 



AgANMPPE BERLANDI, ><jJ. liov. 



(Figs. 9-13.) 



(? Cephalotliorax 7 mm. long, 5 mm. broad ; abdomen, 8 

 mm. long, 4-7 mm. broad. 



t'eiihalothonix. — Yellow-brown, moderately pilose. I'drs: 

 r,'i>h<dirii raised, arched, sloping backwards to thoracic fovea; 

 a row of stiff black bi'istles I'un from ocular area to base; 

 ocular area longer than broad, raised, distinctly arched both 

 longitudinally and laterally, black, with a group or cluster of 

 strong, black bi'istles, both in front of and between front pair 

 of eyes; dijpejis pallid ; thoracic groove distinct, and pencilled 

 with dark brown ; P'O-s fhorarica arched, radial grooves distinct 

 and pencilled with dark brown ; flmradc fovea deep, procurved ; 

 radial grooves distinct, pencilled with dark brown ; there are 

 tliree narrow but distinct depressions in front of posterior 

 angle ; marginal baud thickly fringed with moderately long, 

 stout, black bristles. 



Ei/es. — In three rows, reading from the front of 2, 2, 4 ; front 

 pairof eyes seated obliquely, and separated from each other by 

 a space equal to fully twice the diameter of one of the median 

 eyes ; median eyes separated from each 

 other by a space equal to once their own Q q O \) 



individual diameter ; median row recurved ; ^ ^ 



rear median eyes smallest of the group, W w 



and separated from each other by a space .i ^^ 



equal to four times their owm individual ^__^///\\^— - 

 diameter; they are seated close to, but ' ^^/\\\ 

 do not touch their latei'al neigh hours, which I 



latter are placed diagonally, though not so F\a.9.-A.deHamli. 

 much so as the front pair (fig 9). ^*'"''- ^^^^ 



