96 KECORnS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MrSETM. 



broadest between third pair of coxse ; sigilla marginal. Ahdomeit. — Obo- 

 vate, slightly overhanging base of cephalothorax, moderately hairy ; 

 superior surface and sides dark brown mottled with yellow ; inferior surface 

 yellow; hairy. Spinuerets. — Yellow, hairy; superior pair stout, 6rst joint 

 longest, the third shortest and domed ; infeiior pair minute, rather less 

 than their individual diameter apart. 



Hab. — Eidsvold, Queensland. Named in honour of the collector. 

 Dr. T. Bancroft. 



Aganippk vir.LOSA, sp. nov. 



(PI. xxi., fig. 44..) 



9. Cephalothorax, 99 mm. long, 6"9 mm. broad ; abdomen, 95 mm. 

 long, 6"5 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax. — Obovate, mahogany brown, shining, moderately pilose. 

 Pars cephah'ca high, well arched, truncated in fi'ont, segmental groove 

 distinct, compressed laterally ; a fringe of black bristles runs down the 

 middle ; thei'e are also a few short black bristles at rear of ocular eminence ; 

 ocular area raised, dark brown, rather longer than broad, furnished with 

 a few long, strong black bristles ; clypeus not deep, undulating. Pars 

 thoracica uneven, radial grooves distinct ; thoracic fovea deep, slightly 

 procurved ; marginal band moderately broad, undulating. Eyes. — Distrib- 

 uted over three rows of 2, 2, 4. Front eyes close to margin of clypeus, 

 somewhat elliptical, poised upon black rings, and separated from each 

 other by a space equal to rather more than twice their individual diameter; 

 second pair of eyes round, rather smaller than foregoing, separated from 

 tlieir anterior neighbours by a space equal to about twice their individual 

 diameter, and from each other by nearly one diameter ; rear lateral eyes 

 elliptical, largest of the entire group, placed somewhat obliquely, and 

 poised upon black rings ; intermediate ej'^es rather smaller than those of 

 the second row, elliptical, poised on black rings, near to, but not touching, 

 their lateral neighbours ; the posterior row procurved on its front line and 

 recurved at the rear (PI. xxi., fig. 44). Legs. — Concolourous with ceph- 

 alothorax, densely clothed with long, coarse bristles, but displaying naked 

 patches ; underside of tibiae i. and ii. armed with several short, strong 

 spines ; metatarsus iii. armed on upper side with six short, strong, black 

 spines arranged in pairs ; metatarsi and tarsi i. and ii. scopulated ; relative 

 lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3. Pal/pi. — Rather long, strong, similar in colour and 

 clothing to legs; patella, tibia and tarsus bespined ; the lattei- scopulated. 

 Falces. — Projected well forward, rather darker than cephalothorax, inner 

 and outer angles and apices densely clothed with coarse haii's or bristles 

 and displaying naked patches ; rastellnni consi.sts of three transverse rows 

 of strong teeth ; inner angle of the furrow of each falx armed with six 

 strong teeth, and the outer with nine smaller ones ; in addition to these 

 there is an intermediate row consisting of several small teeth. Mn.cilhv. — 

 Arched, shining, yellow-brown, hairy, heel well rounded at base, apex of 

 inner angle obtusely pointed; tliere is a cluster of small spines at the basal 

 angle just above apex of lip. fAibiinn. — Normal, concolourous, shining, 

 well arched, haiiy, devoid of spines. Stennoii. — Pyriform, concolourous 

 also, shining, rather thickly clothed with long, black hairs or bristles ; 



