108 KECORbS OF THK AUSTKALIAN MCSETM. 



inner ridge of the furrow of each falx armed with a row of ten strong 

 teeth, and the outer with thirteen small ones ; beard red ; fanxj long, well 

 curved, nearly black. MuxUlce. — Dark brown, arched, densely clothed 

 with k)ng hairs, heel well rounded ; beard red. Lahiinu. — Concolorous, 

 short, broad as long, submerged, arched, hairy, apex straight, and fringed 

 with long bristles. Stern hdi. — Concolorous also, arclied, densely haiiy, 

 broadest opposite third pair of coxte ; anterior and median sigiUa mar- 

 ginal, the posterior submarginal. Abdomen. — Oblong-obovate, slightly 

 overhanging base of cephalothorax, arclied, dark chocolate brown, densely 

 clothed with fine dark hairs, and showing towai'ds anterior extremity two 

 well defined muscle spots. Spiiineret>>. — Clay-yellow, short, stout ; the 

 superior pair has the basal joint longer than the second and third com- 

 bined ; the third joint minute, dome-shaped ; inferior spinners scarcely 

 once their individual transverse diameter apart. 



O&s. — No lid to nest. 



Hub. — Burwood, Sydney (February 23, 1918), New South Wales. 



Dyarcyops maculosds, s}^. hoc. 



(Figs. 2 and 3.) 



9. Cephalothorax, ir'l mm. long, -i'4 mm. broad ; abdomen, 9-5 mm. 

 long, 5*1 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax. — Obovate, arched, yellow-brown, clothed with fine 

 silky hairs. Furs cephalica ascending, high, segmental groove distinct ; 

 iii'nlar area broader than long, fringed in front with long, stout bristles ; 

 I'lijpeus hyaline, sloping forward, undulating. Parf thoraclca not broad, 

 uneven, radial grooves distinct: thoracic foveii straight; )iiaryiiial band 

 broad, pallid, undulating. Eijex. — Distributed over two rows of four each, 

 the front one being strongly procurved, and the rear moderately so ; eyes 

 of front row of equal size, round, the intermediate pair separated from 

 each other by a space equal to that of fully once their own individual 

 diameter, and each again from its lateral neighbour by somewhat less than 

 that space ; rear lateral eyes rather smaller than theii' anterior neighbours ; 

 rear intermediates ninch the smallest of the series, and each quite close to, 

 but not touching its latei'al ueiglibour (Fig. 2). 

 7>t'_'/.s. — Short, concolorous with cephalothoi'ax, 

 spined, densely hairy, but displaying naked areas; 

 metatai'si and tarsi i. and ii. scopulated ; sup- 

 erior claws long ; relative lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3. 

 I'alpi. — liong, similar in colour, clothing and 

 armature to legs ; tarsi scopulated. Falcrs. — 

 Dark brown, shining, modeiately projected, ,.j , „ 



strong, arclied, densely clothed with dark brown 



liairs ; inner ridge of the furrow of each falx armeil with six strong teeth, 

 and the outer with seven smaller ones ; between these two series there is 

 at the base a double row of eight or nine minnte teeth ; rantellitni consists 

 of a couple of rows of stout teeth ; I'auy long, dark brown, well curved. 

 Ma.fiJIii'. — Dull yellowish, arched, shining, moderately hairy ; beard long, 

 foxy-red, heel well rounded. Labium. — Concolorous, short, arched, shining. 



