STUDIED IN AUSTRALIAN ARANKTD^C — RAINBOW. 



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newly immlteil example, lit'iice, as Hogg points out, tlie desci-ip- 

 tion is somewhat misleading. The speeimeii befoi'e me, beai-s 

 out Hogg's remarks, relative to the abdominal marking and 

 lateial stripes. 



Anamk iucoi.or, .s-y). nor. 



(Figs. 45-47). 



? Cephalothorax, 4.3 mm. long, 3.8 mm. 

 broad ; abdomen, 4.3 mm. long, 3.8 mm. broad 

 (fig. 45). 



Cephah)thoraj\ — Obovate, fcruneate in fi'ont, 

 golden-straw-yellow, smooth, with a few tine 

 hairs and black bristles spread over surface. 

 Purs cepludica elevated, truncated in front, sides 

 declivous, sloping sharply to thoracic fovea ; 

 commencing at rear of eyes, and running from 

 thence to base of cephalic segment there is a 

 darker yellow marking- ; it is as wide as ocular Fifi -is.— -■'.'"^y/"'' 



•^ , Hainb. 



tubercle in front, but becomes gradually narrower 

 towards tlie middle, from which point it sharply tapers off ; 

 extending laterally from the centre there is on each side a 

 concolorous, narrow, procurved brancli ; the sides are also 

 suffused with darker yellow; ocular area broader than long, 

 elevated, distinctly arched, black; chipeioi goldeii-straw- 

 yellow, fringed at middle with black bristles. Pars tliuracica, 

 broad, arched, radial grooves distinct; thoracic fovea very 

 slightly procurved ; )naryinal hmul nari-ow, concolorous with 

 cephalothorax. 



Eyes. — In two rows of four each ; front row procurved, rear 

 row recurved ; lateral eyes of front row lai-gest of the group, 



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elliptical, seated obliquely, 

 and nearly touching their 

 posterior lateral neigh- 

 bours; median eyes round, 

 separated from each other 

 b}' a space equal to once 

 their individual diameter; 

 rear side eyes elliptical, 

 and seated obliquely ; rear 



median eyes smallest of the group ; each one is placed close to 

 and nearly touches its lateral neighbour (fig. 46). 



Fig. 4(i. — --t. fiicoior,, Rainb., Eyes. 



