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RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Legs. — Short, sti-oiig-, coiicolorons witli ceplialotliorax, liairy ; 

 liaii-s rather long and black; there ai-e, however, on tlie upper 

 Burface of their I'espective joints, elono-ated naked areas whicli' 

 impart to the limbs the appearance of being striped ; apical 

 extremities of joints of each leg wholly or partially ringed 

 with white, each ring, with the exception of those of the coxae 

 and trochanters is much the broadest underneath ; tibiae i. and 

 ii. armed with seven rather short but powerful spines; tibia 

 iii. has two short, stout spines on the outer angle, and tibia iv. 

 one ; metatarsus i. armed with about thirty shoi-t stout spines, 

 which are arranged mostly in pairs on the outei- and inner 

 angles (some of these have been broken off) ; metatarsus ii. 

 has twelve spines, iii. has eight, and iv. ten, and there are in- 

 dications of others having been broken off, so that the numbers 

 given must be accepted as being relatively correct ; tarsi i., 

 ii. and iii. have each seventeen strong, short spines, and tarsus 

 iv. about twelve ; there are indications that some spines have 

 been broken off each tarsus of leg iv., so that the number 

 given •piust be accepted as being approximately correct; un- 

 gual tufts extend to tips of claws; superior claws long and 

 furnished with a row of two or three long teetli at the base, 

 wliich latter are obscured by the nngnal tufts. Measurements 

 in millimeters as follow: — 



T'liliii. — Long, sti'ong, similar in colour iuid clothing to legs ; 

 femur bowed ; tibia armed with twchc long strong spines, 

 and tai'sus with t went v-fi>ur ; claw long. MeasurcnuMits in 

 millimetei's as follow: — Coxa, 6.S ; trochanlci' ami l\'n)ui', 

 10; patella and tibia, 9.7; tarsus, 4.7; total, 31. 



