130 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



somewhat extensive area; fuixj long', dark brown, sinning, well cnrved. 

 Maxilhv. — Yellow, hairy, arched, heel well rounded ; at lowei- portion of 

 inner angle there is a cluster of small spines ; apex of inner angle 

 acuminate. Lahinm. — Concolorous, longer than broad, slightly widest 

 at base, free, moderatel}'^ clotlied with rather coarse bristles. Sternnm. — 

 Pyriform, broad, arched, yellow, clothed .with sliort, black haiis, and 

 laterally with long coarse bristles, and terminating obliquely between 

 fourth pair of coxas ; posterior sirjilla away from margin, and seated at a 

 point in a line midway between coxse ii. and iii. Abdomen. — Obovate, 

 arched, moderately projecting over base of cephalothorax, clothed with 

 fine yellowish hairs ; superior surface yellow, mai-ked longitudinally 

 and laterally with broad, chocolate browMi bars ; the longitudinal bar 

 terminates midway, and the six transverse bars are recui'ved ; behveen 

 the bars there are a number of small brown spots; sides yellow ; inferior 

 surface concolorous, hairy. Spinnerets. — Yellow, hairy; superior pair 

 extending slightly beyond tip of abdomen, their first joint longest, and 

 their third minute and dome-shaped ; inferior spinners small, coniform, 

 and separated fi'om each other by a space equal to once their own 

 individual diameter. 



Hah. — Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Armadatja sktosa, sp. nov. 



(PI. XV., fig. 16, and Fl. xxii., fig. 80.) 



9- Cephalothorax, 5"5 mm. long, 4'5 mm. broad ; abdomen, 7'1 mm. 

 long, 5*5 mm. broad (PI. xv., fig. 16). 



Cephalothorax. — Obovate, yellow, moderately clothed with fine 

 yellowish hail's. Pars cephalica moderately high, ascending, arched, seg- 

 mental groove distinct ; ocvlar area broader than long, black, raised, 

 arched, fringed in front with a small tuft of bristles ; chfpens hyaline, 

 sloping forward, indented at middle. Pars thoracica broad, retreating 

 rearwards, radial grooves rather deep ; thoracic fovea deep, slightly pro- 

 curved ; viarijinal hand pallid, undulated, fringed with shoi't, fine, pale 

 hairs. Eijef^. — Distributed over two rows of four each, the front one 

 being procurved and the rear recurved behind and procurved in front ; 

 front lateral eyes about three times their individual diameter apart ; 

 intermediate pair as large as their lateral neighbours, and separated from 

 each other bj' about one half their own individual diameter ; rear latei^al 

 eyes slightly smaller than their anterior neighbours, elliptical, poised 

 obliquely, and ringed with black ; rear medians smallest of the group, 

 widely separated, each one touching its lateral neighbour; both rows close 

 togetlier (PI. xxii., fig. 80). Legs. — Short, sturdv, concolorous Avith ceph- 

 alothorax, clothed with short black hairs, and erect seta', but displaying 

 naked areas ; setir) most numerous on legs iii. and iv. ; legs i. and ii. armed 

 with short, powerful spines, and legs iii. and iv. with weak ones ; meta- 

 tarsi iii. armed on upper surface with throe short, strong spines; relative 

 lengths: 4, 1, 2, 8. Palpi. — Similar in colour and clothing to legs, and 

 armed with numerous short, powerful spines, paired. — Projected, con- 

 colorous with ceph;ih)f hoi'iix, cldHuMJ with line l)l;ick hairs and coarse black 



