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and beneath these agaiu three slightly curved, interrupted transverse bars ; 

 sides yellowisli-brown, spotted with yeUow, and similar to superior surface 

 in ch)thing ; inferior surface yeHow, thickly clothed with black hairs. 

 Spinnerets. — Yellow, sliort, stout, hairy ; superior pair have the first joint 

 longer than the second, and the second longer thau the third ; the latter 

 is domed ; inferior pair very short and separated from each otlier by a 

 space equal to once their individual diameter. 



Ohs. — Some of the female specimens are rather larger than that 

 selected for the type, and some lighter in colour, but in each the lung spots 

 are distinct and well defined. The species ap|)ears common around Perth. 



Hab.— King's Park, Perth (May 21, 1912), Keith, Armadale, West 

 Australia (xAIay 26, 1912). 



Aganippe hancrofti, sp. vov. 



(PI. xxi., fig. 43). 



$. Cephalothorax, 92 mm. long, 6'3 mm. broad ; abdomen, 105 mm. 

 long, 6"3 mm. broad. 



CepliaJothorax. — Obovate, yellow-brown, rather thickly clothed with 

 fine, moderately long, pale yellowish hairs. Pars cephalica strongly arched, 

 truncated in fi-ont, fringed with short black hairs, thoracic groove distinct ; 

 octdar area longer than broad, slightly raised and furnished with a tuft of 

 bristles in front of, and between anterior pair of eyes ; clypeiis hyaline, 

 deep, sloping forward, sinuous. Pars thoracica moderately broad, arched, 

 radial grooves defined ; thoracic fovea deep, slightly procurved ; margiiial 

 hand broad, pallid, fringed with short black hairs. Eyes. — Distributed 

 over three rows of 2, 2, 4 ; anterior pair elliptical, seated obliquely, poised 

 on black rings, and separated from each other by a space equal to twice 

 their individual diametei- ; median pair largest of the series, round, separ- 

 ated from their anterior neighbours by a space equal to nearly once their 

 own individual diameter, and from each other by about one half their 

 individual diameter ; posterior row procurved on its front line, and recurved 

 on the rear ; posterior side eyes elliptical, same size as those of the posterior 

 row, seated obliquely, and poised on black rings ; inner eyes small, removed 

 from second row by a space equal to once their individual diametei-, round, 

 each touching black ring of its lateral neighbour (PI. xxi., fig. 43). Leys — 

 Moderately long, strong, tapering, yellow, hairy, but displaying naked 

 patches ; each tibia, metatarsus and tarsus, armed on the underside with 

 long, fine spines ; metatarsi and tarsi i. and ii. scopulated ; metatarsus 

 iv. has four short, strong spines on the inner side ; relative lengths : 4, 1, 

 2, 3. P«?pi'.— Long, strong, similar in colour and clothing to legs ; two or 

 three long, weak spines on tibia; tarsus scopulated. Falces. — Dark brown, 

 moderately strong, projected well forward, arched, hairy ; rastellum com- 

 posed of three transverse rows of not very strong teeth ; outer ridge of the 

 furrow of each falx unarmed with teeth, whilst the inner has a I'ow of 

 eight strong teeth; fangs long, well curved, nearly black. Maxillo'. — 

 Yellowish, hairy, arched, apices divergent, heel well rounded, bases thickly 

 studded with small spines ; inner angles fringed with a long, red beard. 

 Labium. — Concolourous^ short, broad, free, arched, submerged, devoid of 

 spines, but furnished with a few bristles. Sternum. — Concolourous also, 



