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of four each, the front procurved and tlie rear recarved ; anterior medians 

 roand, largest of the group, and separated from each other by a space equal 

 to about one-half their own individual diameter ; anterior laterals larger 

 than rear lateial eyes, elli|)tical, poised obliquely, each separated from 

 its inner neighbour b}" a space nearly equal to that of one-half the 

 individual diameter of one of the latter eyes; rear laterals also elliptical, 

 and poised obliquely; rear medians veiy small, widely removed, each 

 just touching the ring of its outer neighbour (PI. xxii., fig. 77). Legs. — 

 Concolorons with cephalothorax, long, not stiong, tapering, hairy, but 

 displaying naked areas, armed with numerous modei-ately strong black 

 spines ; tarsi i. and ii. scopulated ; relative lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3. Fid pi. — 

 Moderately long, similar in colour and clothing to legs ; tibia inflated and 

 furnished with an apoph3\sis, upon which there are a number of small 

 black spines ; bulb reddish, shining, bilobed, and terminating in an 

 elongated, curved, slightly twisted, pointed style, the tip of which is 

 barbed (PI. xxii., fig. 78). Fnlces. — Concolorous with cephalothorax, 

 narrow, not very strong, projected well forward, clothed with fine hairs 

 and bristles, but displaying naked aieas ; rasteUinii consists of two 

 transverse rows of moderately strong teeth ; inner ridge of the furrow 

 of each falx armed with a row of six large teeth, and one small one : 

 outer ridge armed with a row of ten small teeth ; between these two rows 

 there is an intermediate series of eiglit minute teeth ; the teeth upon the 

 inner ridge are rather widel}^ separated from each other ; fcmg reddish- 

 brown, shining, long, well curved. Maxilla'. — Yellowish, arched, hairy, 

 slightly excavated at base, heel well rounded. Lnhiinu. — Short, broader 

 than long, submerged, arched, concolorous with maxilla*, apex rounded 

 and fringed with i-ather long, black bristles ; there are also a few bristles 

 distributed over the surface. SfenniDi. — Concolorous with labium, some- 

 what shield-shaped, narrowest in front, and broadest near the third pair 

 of coxae, arched, clothed with hairs and bristles, (he marginal ones being 

 much the longest and strongest ; sigilla not distinct ; first and second 

 pairs very small, marginal ; posterior paii- rather large, round and 

 submaiginal. Alnlomeii. — Ovate, ai'ched, slightly ovei-hanging base of 

 (^ephalothoiax, hairy; superior surface yellow with a broad, longitudinal 

 median band, and seven ti-ansvei'se bars of dark brown ; inferior surface 

 yellow. Spinnerets. — Short, yellow, haiiy ; superior pair stout, first 

 joint longer than second and third combined, the latter minute and dome- 

 shaped ; inferior spinners very short, cylindrical, and separated from each 

 other by a space equal to I'atheT- more than once their own individual 

 transverse diameter. 



TTah. — Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Cirnnp CATAXEtE. 



In 1914, one of the writers of rhis papor^ pioposiMl a new grou[t to lie 

 known as C'ataxea^, for the rece[)tion of a species which, whilst possessing 

 three claws and a rastellum, was devoid of tarsal s('opula\ The species 

 thus described, Cata.via uiariiliitu, displayed, so far as its eye fcuinula was 



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