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New South Wales. 



August, 1910, Sydney and Blue Mountains. — This excursion yielded 

 in the immediate vicinity of Sydney, Arbain'tls (/racillx, sp. nov., a beauti- 

 ful species building a tliin sandy lid. It was found in the Domain under 

 overhanging rocks near Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, and afterwards at various 

 places, including Balmoral and Manly, and seems to be widely distributed 

 round the harbour. In the gulley at the back of Clifton Gai'dens, Bijar- 

 cyops mehuicholicufi, sp. nov., was discovered, and there it is not uncommon. 

 In one large burrow, a male and female were captured, which is quite 

 unusual in our experience. A new Aiuaiie, A. decora, was collected at the 

 same place, and there are probably other species awaiting the collector in 

 the sheltered rock ledges here and in Middle Harbour. 



A visit to Jenolan Caves in the same mouth, 3'ielded Arbauitis moii- 

 tdiius, sp. nov., found along the creek outside the Grand Arch ; and on the 

 return between Mount Victoria and Katoomba, Dyarci/ops hirhi, Kulcz., 

 was found in abundance. This species was collected by Biro, of the 

 Hungarian National Museum, in 1900, on his way back from New Britain 

 and Huon Gulf, where he had collected a large number of Araneids and 

 several Aviculariidee.^ 



January, 1911, South Coast of New South Wales. — The tirst place 

 visited Avas Stanwell Park, a subtropical rain forest in the Illawarra dis- 

 trict, whei^e Stunwellia decora, sp. nov., was observed and collected. Its 

 simple unclosed burrows are common on the bank forming the upper side 

 of what is now the old road. Here the ground is moist and soft, over- 

 grown with dwarf ferns and mosses, and shaded fi'oni the sun most of the 

 day. This was the only species found in the coal area, Ctenizae evident!}' 

 being absent. The next Territellarian met with on this walking tour was at 

 Termeil Mountain, south of UUadulla. This was Atrax versnta, Rainb. 

 (PL xviii., fig. 30), of which scA^eral specimens wei^e collected ; all had the 

 same peculiarity of nidificatiou. On the sides of the road where roots 

 had been exposed, the wood had decayed, leaving a tube of bark. This 

 the Atra.i' had lined several inches (in one case, thirteen inches) back, and 

 at the mouth of the bui'row the Aveb was expanded. One specimen was 

 very large, and fought vigorously after being ejected from its burrow. It 

 became much reduced and slu'ivelled to one of ordinary size aftei* a few 

 days in spirits. 



No further Territellarige were met with until Kianga Valley, near 

 Narooma, was x-eached. Here, in the midst of hills, clothed with open 

 forest, a creek runs to the sea and a subtropical rain forest follows the 

 water course. The ground is moist and evexything gx'ows with the 

 utmost lixxxxriance, x'eminding oixe of a fc»x'est creek in the tx-opical x'ain 

 fox'ests of the Wide Bay district. Ixx this favoux-ed area, three species Avere 

 foxind — D.yarct/ops blroi, Kulcz. (PI. xiv., fig. 9), Cheiiisfonia hoggi, Rainb., 

 axxd Arbauitis elegait.s, sp. nov. All were ixx simple buxTows without any 

 inwax'd or outward attempt at pi-otection. The tour was continued to 

 Dromedaiy Mountaixx, thence to Bega and Eden, without any further 



' Kulczynski, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung., vi., 1908, p. 428. 



