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* I 't'jilutjollinrti.f. OhdViitr, vcllnw, luddcriitcl v I'ldtlu'il svitli line vrllow 

 ilownv liaifs. /'>n>- r,'jili,iHi-'i liiD;li, arclicd, iisccndiiifr, scgfiiuMital pfrnovc 

 distinct, sligflitlv comiiiTssi'd at sidi's ; uriilur nn'n broaflcr than loiipf, raised, 

 arcdied, dark l)i'o\vii : bi'twei'ii and in I'ronf cf tlic eyes tliciv art' a lew 

 nioileratolv sti'ong bristles; i7;//"'''s hyaline, nidderateiy dee|), sloping for- 

 ward, indented at middle. I'nr^ llt<'r((rir,i arelied, uneven, retreating roai-- 

 wai'ds, radial gi-ooves distinct ; I Imriir,',- I'm-rK deejt, |)i(iciirved ; nniriiiinil 

 httiitl pallid, fi-inged with long, line hairs. I'Jiics. — Distributed over two 

 rows of four each ; Ifimt i-ow [tidcurved-; secoiul I'ow i-ecnrved on its ivar 

 line, and prociirved in t'riuit ; anterioi' latiTals slightly hugei' than theii' 

 rear neiglibours and sej)arated from each othei' by a space equal to 

 twice their individual diameter, somewliat elliptical, and poised obliquely 

 on black rings ; front medians ratlier sniall. loiind, and separated from 

 each other by a space equal to once their own individual diameter; rear 

 laterals rather smaller than their anteiioi- latei-al neighbours, elliptical, 

 oblique, and poised upon black rings ; rear medians smallest of the group, 

 nearly round, and widely separated, eacti just touching its lateral neigh- 

 bour (PI. xxii., tig. (50). //r;/.s'. — Concoloi'ous with cephalothorax, moder- 

 ately long and strong, hairy, but disjilaying naked areas ; tibia?, metatarsi 

 and tarsi i. and ii. armed with stout spines, the metatarsal ones being much 

 the longest; legs iii. and iv. are also similarly ai-med, but the spines are 

 not so strong as those on the front legs ; metatarsi and tarsi i. and ii. 

 scopulated ; i-elative lengths: 4, 1, 2, .'). I'liljii. — Long, moderately 

 strong, similar in colour, clothing and arniatiiie to legs i. and ii. ; tarsus 

 scopulated. FaJcef. — Projecting, shining, yellow-l)inwn, clothed with hairs 

 and long, coarse bi'istles, but displaying large naked areas ; nisteUimi con- 

 sists of three transverse rows of strong teeth ; innei- i-idge of the fui^row 

 of each falx armed with live strong teeth, and the outer with ten small 

 ones, of which the basal four are decidedly the smallest: in addition to 

 these there is at the base an intermediate row of four or five minute teeth. 

 MaxiUo'. — Yellow, shining, hairy, heel well rounded, no spines present. 

 Lahium. — Rather longer than broad, yellow, shining, arched, moderately 

 hairy. Sternnm. — Pyriform, yellow, hairy, moderately arched ; posterior 

 siyiJIa large and away from margin. Ahdnmeu. — Ovate, slightly over- 

 hanging base of cephalothorax, aiched ; superior surface clothed with fine 

 hairs and a few coarse bristles, yellow-brown, irrorated with small yellow 

 spots ; in addition to these there are two widely sepaiated moderately 

 large spots near the front ; towards the middle there ai-e two others which 

 ai-e rather larger and also Avidely separated ; beneath these again there are 

 two more, larger still, and elliptical in form ; from thence toward the 

 spinnerets there are four interi-upted procurved, transverse yellow bars ; 

 inferior surface ochi^eous yellow, hairy. Sjilin/crefx. — Short, concolorous, 

 hairv ; first joint of superior pair hmgest, the third shortest and dcnne- 

 shaped ; inferior spinners short, cylindrical, and sepaiated from each 

 other bv a space equal to that of oiice ttieir own individual transverse 

 diameter. 



Oha. — Superticially very similar to .1. iiiiirili.<, sp. imv., but easily 

 distinguished theicfi'oni by its relatively In-oailer pii.thdia.v. 



Huh. — Kedion Hi'ook, Brisbane, (,)ueensland. 



