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RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



(fig. 24-). Posterior lee: less robust and more tapering than its 

 neighbours. Measurements in millimeters : — 



Palpi. — Long, strongly bowed, robust, similar in colour and 

 armature to legs ; tibial joints each armed with six long spines 

 on outer angle and three on inner; underside armed with eight 

 — four on each side ; tarsal joints scopulated. Measurements 



in millimeters as follow : Coxa, 5.5 ; trochanter and femur, 



8.3 ; patella and tibia, 7.8 ; tarsus, 4.2 ; total 25.8. 



Falces. — Chocolate-brown, long, stout, ai'ched, projecting for 

 about one-half their length, then curving sharply downwards ; 

 outer angles at base, and for about two-thirds their length 

 smooth; inner angles and apices clothed with long bristles; rastel- 

 Jum composed of a number of moderately short fine teeth. Inner 

 margin of furrow of each faJx armed with a row of 

 nine moderately long, strong teeth ; outer margin ■^. 



armed with a row of thirteen smaller teeth, of '^ 



which the five nearest the apex are arranged in 

 a single row ; the remaining seven, which become 

 gradually smaller towards the base of the falx, are 

 clustered together; the teeth comprising the inner 

 row terminate at the apical angle at the juncture 

 of the falx and fang, while those that constitute 

 the outer row terminate in a line about midway 

 between the third and fourth apical teeth of the ajyes, Rainb- 

 outer row (fig. 25) ; outer angle of each furrow, dentiTion. 

 fringed with long, foxy-red liairs. Famjs long and 

 powerful. 



Ma.i'iUre. — Concolorous with falces, arched, hairv, inner angle 

 fringed with long, fox3--red hairs. 



Labium. — Concolorous with above, sunk beneath maxillte, as 

 broad as long, clothed with coarse hairs or bristles. 





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