100 RECORDS OK THF. AnSTU'Al.IAX MUSEUM. 



hairy, heel well rouuded, inner angle obtusely pointed at apex. Labium. 

 — Normal, free, concolorous, arched, hairy. Ster)ium. — Pyriform, concol- 

 orous also, moderately arched, sparingly hairy ; posterior sigiUa largest, 

 submai'ginal. Ahdomeii. — Ovate, slightly overhanging base of cephalo- 

 thorax, clothed with long yellow hairs ; superior surface black, marked 

 with five broad, recurved, transverse, yellow bars ; inferior surface dull 

 yellow-grey, hairy (PI. xxi., fig. 50). Spi^inerets. — Concolorous, hairy; 

 first joint of superior pair longest, third shortest and dome-shaped; inferior 

 jiair small, and separated fiom each other by a space equal to rather more 

 than once their individual diameter. 



Hab. — Kidsvold, Queensland. 



Aganippe pelochroa,^^ ^^j. uor. 



(PI. xxi., fig. 51.) 



$. Cephalothoiax, 8 mm. long, 7"2 mm. broad ; abdomen, 10"2 mm. 

 long, 8'9 mm., broad. 



Cephalothonue. — Obovate, yellow-brown, arched, sparingly clothed 

 with short fine yellowish hairs and long, dark bristles. Pars ceplialica 

 ascending, compressed laterally, segmental groove distinct; ocular area 

 broader than long, furnished in front and at rear with a few long bristles ; 

 clypens broad, sloping forward, slightly excavated at middle, hyaline. 

 Pars thoracica uneven, retreating, radial grooves broad and moderately 

 deep; thoracic fovea deep, procurved ; margitial band broad, reflexed, un- 

 dulated, and fringed with fine hairs. Ei/es. — Distributed over three rows 

 of 2, 2, 4 each. Anterior pair just touching edge of cly])eus, elliptical, 

 poised obliquely, and once-and-a-lnilf their own individual diameter apart ; 

 intermediate pair slightly smallei', round, once their own individual 

 diameter apart ; each is again removed from its anterior neighbour by 

 about once tlie diameter of one of the latter eyes ; rear row of eyes form 

 a slightly recurved line behind, and a procurved line in front ; rear 

 lateral eyes largest of the gi-oup, elliptical, and poised obliquely; rear 

 intermediates small, somewhat elliptical, and widely separated from each 

 other ; each is also fully once its own individual diameter away from its 

 lateral neighbour (PI. xxi., fig. 51). Ldj'^. — Concolorous with cephalo- 

 thorax, short, stout, clothed with long daik hairs, but displaying naked 

 areas, and armed with short, stout spines ; tarsi i. and ii. scopulated ; 

 relative lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3. Palpi. — Moderately long, strong, similar in 

 colour, clothing and armature to legs. Falces. — Strong, projecting well 

 forward, shining, reddish-brown, clothed with fine liairs and coarse bristles, 

 but displaying naked areas ; rastellnm spread over an extensive area ; 

 lowei- ridge of the fuirow of each falx armed with a row of six strong 

 teeth and the upper with a row of ten smaller teeth ; between these rows 

 there is, near the base, an intermediate series of three or foui" minute 

 teeth ; beard, red ; fang long, dark brown, shining, well curved. MaxiUce. 

 — Shining, reddish-yellow, arched, well rounded at heel : the latter not 



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