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inferior surface concolourous, hairy, but less densely setose ; lung spots 

 distinct. Spinnerets. — Normal. 



Obs. — Specimens contained in the aboA'^e series are in various stages of 

 development from the half-growu to adult. The older examples are much 

 the darkest. After Blaliistonia (iiirea, Hogg, this is the most common 

 Ctenizid of the plains, and is quite frequent in the gardens and road- 

 sides around Adelaide. The nest is not quite so apparent as that of 

 BlaJcistoiia, and it is less frequently found. The lid is nearly orbicular 

 and flat above and below only having a very shallow bevel into the tube 

 which is well lined and frequently five to six inches deep, being quite 

 vertical in soft ground. The breeding habits of this spider have not been 

 observed, as the males are rare and seldom found in the tubes. The 

 species has a veiy wide distribution in South Australia and I'arely examples 

 attain very large size, either from great age or specially favourable 

 circumstances. 



Hab. — Males : North Adelaide (July, 1908), Happy Valley (April, 

 1908), Yarcowie, Booboorowie (May, 1908), Mallala, and Tea Tree Gully 

 (November, 1903), South Australia. Females : East of Spencer's Gulf, 

 Canowie, Booboorie (April 25, 1908), Pichi Richi, Mallala, Yarcowie, 

 Kalangadoo, foot of Black Hill, and Port Augusta, South Australia. 



Aganippe latior, 0. P. Cavihr. 



Aganippe latior, 0. P. Canibr., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), xix., 1877, p. 29, 



PI. vi., fig. 3. 

 EHcyrto2)s latior, Pocock, op. cii. (6), xix., 1897, p. 113 ; Hogg, Proc. Zool. 



Soc, 1901, p. 232. 

 Aijanippe latior, O. P. Carabr., Hogg, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1902, p. 126, PI. 



xiii., fig. 5. 



Obs. — One female example collected by Dr. R. H. Pulleine. The 

 specimen agrees very well with the descriptions given by the Rev. O. P. 

 Cambridge, and Mr. R. I. Pocock, and Mr. R. H. Hogg's figure (supra). 

 Up to the present time only one example of tliis unique species has been 

 recoided, ajid it, the type which is in the British Museum, was collected 

 by Mr. George Clinton, at Peith, West Australia. In his original descrip- 

 tion Cambridge says : — " The abdomen is haii-y and of a reddish-warm 

 colour, but it was too shrunken to give any exact idea of its form." The 

 following note.s on the Blackwood River specimen may be of service : — 



9. Cephalothorax, 9'4 mm. long, 87 mm. broad ; abdomen, 13"1 mm. 

 long, 87 mm. broad. 



Abdomen. — Obovate, yellow-brown, faintly spotted with yellow, 

 slightly overhanging base of cephalothorax, two widely separated well 

 defined muscle-spots near the middle ; superior surface and sides densely 

 haiiy and having in addition a few bristles ; inferior surface yellow, its 

 dark hirsute clothing im{)aT'ting to it a somewhat smoky yellow appearance. 

 Spinnerets. — Yellow, clothed with dark hairs; superior spinners stout, 

 slightl}'^ tapering, basal joint longer than tlie second and thiid combined, 

 the third minute and dome-shaped ; inferior pair very short, rather stout, 

 and separated from each other by a space equal to once their own indi- 

 vidual transverse diameter. 



llab. — Blackwood River, South West Australia, December, 1917. 



