AUsrKAMAN ii;.\r-iHi(H; >i'ii)Ki;; — i.'AiNi'.nw ANP rri.i.KiNi;. 107 



Ijahiitot. — Conoulorons, i-atlier longer tliaii broad, arched, liairy. Steniion. 

 — Pvrifonn, elongate, concolorons with i'oi'egoing, densely Iniii'v, very 

 sHghtlv ai-ched : alijilld small, marginal. Ahildinen. — Obovate, arched, 

 slightly overhanging base of cei)haU)thorax, densely clothed with long, 

 coarse hairs ; superior surface and sides dark brown, nearly black ; 

 inferioi" surface yellowish, densely hairy. Sin'innTets. — Noinial, short, 

 stoxrt, hairy, yellowish. 



$. Cephalothorax, l()-7 mm. long, 7-!» mm. broad ; abdomen, d'A- 

 mm. long, S'2 mm. broad. 



Except in point of size, natural sexual differences and the fact that 

 metatarsi and tarsi i. and ii. only in the female are scopulated, tlie two 

 sexes aie i-emarkably alike. The front lateral eyes are four times their 

 individual diameter apart, and the rear row is procurved. Proportionally 

 the legs of the female are much shorter and stouter ; the ])alpi are long, 

 and similar to leg i. in clothing and armature ; tarsus scopulated ; the 

 cliijjeiis also slopes forward. 



Hrt5._Clifton Gardens, Sydney (August, 1!>10), New South Wales. 



Dyakcvoi'S ionthus,*' .s//. hoc. 

 (PI. xxi., fig. 5(^.) 



$, Cephalothorax, 10-7 mm. long, 7-8 mm. broad; abdomen, LS mm. 

 long, 8"8 mm. broad. 



Cephalotliora.c. — Obovate, elongate, arched, chocolate-brown, clothed 

 with fine, down-lying, yellowish hairs. Furs <'eph(iII'-<( moderately high, 

 ascending, segmental groove distinct ; vzalar area raised, broader than 

 long, dark brown, fringed in front with a few^ stiff' bristles ; cli/jn'Kf broad, 

 sloping forward, indented at middle, pallid, tinged with brown in front of 

 eyes, at which there is also a tuft of stiff bristles. I'ais thuraclca not 

 broad, uneven, retreating, radial grooves moderately distinct ; thoracic 

 fovea long, deep, slightly procurved ; manjinal Inoid broad, pallid, sinuous, 

 fringed with fine hairs. Eyes. — Disti^ibuted over two rows of four each, 

 the front row being strongly pi'ocurved, and the rear moderately so ; front 

 lateral eyes largest of the series, each rather more than once its own 

 individual diameter from its median neighbour ; front median eyes about 

 once their own individual diameter apart; rear lateral eyes rather smaller 

 than the anterior medians, and about twice tlieii- own individual diameter 

 from their front lateral neighbours ; I'ear medians very small, widely 

 removed from each other, and each again separated by about one and a 

 half its own diameter from its lateral neighbour (PI. xxi., tig. 56). Leij". 

 — Short, strong, clay-yellow, hairy but displaying naked areas, each armed 

 with long, fine spines ; metatarsi i. and ii. scopulated ; relative lengths : 

 •i, 1, 2, 3, the fourth leg being but slightly longer than the first. Falpi. 

 — Moderately long, strong, similar in colour, clothing and armature to 

 legs; tarsi scopulated. Falcen. — Dark brown, moderately projected, strong, 

 arched, denselv clothed with short, tine hairs and long, coarse bristles ; 



lovda^ = cluthed with tine hairs. 



