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surface and sides j'el low-brown, clothed with fine pubescence, 

 and sliort, stiff, spinelike bristles ; under surface concolorous, 

 pubescent ; chitinous plate in front of riuni ejiiijastris hairy, 

 somewhat lighter in colour and impressed with two lai'ge 

 sigilla. 



Siihnierets. — Short, sturdy, somewliat ligliter in colour than 

 abdomen ; first joint of superior mammilla? longer than second 

 or third joints combined ; inferior mamniillse very sliort, and 

 separated from each other at their base b^' a space equal to 

 once their individual tranverse diameter. 



Obs. — Since the above was written thi'ee additional 2 

 specimens have been forwarded by Dr. Bancroft to the Museum, 

 and. an examination of these discloses the fact tliat the size of 

 the marginal sigilla (the anterior pair) are variable, those 

 received later showing these distinctive impressions somewhat 

 larger than in tlie type specimen. 



Hah. — Upper Burnett River and Eidsvold, Queensland. 



(Jroiip CATAXE^. 



Two specimens of a species for which I propose a new genus 

 (_'((t((.i'i'(i were included in material presented to the Trustees 

 by Dr. Thomas Bancroft, to which assiduous collector this 

 institution is so largely indebted. The new genus does not 

 appear to fall into any of Simon's groups, and for that i-eason 

 I venture to suggest the one above, namely : CataxesB. Cnfa.ria 

 agrees with the sub-family Ctenizina? by the compact gi'ouping 

 of the eyes, the presence of a rustclhiui, and the third tai'sal 

 claw, but it fails to fall into any of the known gi'oups of tlie 

 sub-family by, primarily, the com])lete absence of scopuhi, and 

 foi- til is icMsiin 1 am placing it at the end of the Ctenizina^. 



Geinis Cataxia,-^ (/cii. )ior. 



Cejihidiill/nrK.r. — Longer than broad, almost pni-allel-sided, 

 arched. l'ni:< ci'jiliKlira moderaiely raised, sloping forward 

 towards cl3'[)eus, and rearwards towaids tluuiUMc fovea.; ocular 

 area distinctly raised, broader than long, niched; i-hjjieus ^ee\i. 

 I'ltrs tln>racifit ai'ched, i-adial grooves distinct ; lltoracic fovea 

 deep, short, sti-aight. 



-^ KiiTa^io'i — Of ti^ood worMi. 



