1;)2 KKCORDS OK THK AUPT1!ALIA>' MUSFA'JI. 



uumerous and not so strong ; relative lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3. Pe/^//. — Coiicol- 

 orous with legs, strong, moderately long, similar to legs i. and ii. 

 in armature and clothing. Fulces. — Concolorous with cephalothorax, 

 shining, arched, moderately projected, clothed with fine hairs and 

 coarse bristles, but displaying naked areas ; inner ridge of the furi'ow of 

 each falx armed with six strong teeth, and the outer with a row of eight 

 small teeth, the latter placed closely together; faiuj dark brown, shining, 

 long, well curved. Maxillai. — Yellow, hairy, heel well rounded ; near 

 excavated angle there is a cluster of small dark spines ; beard yellowish. 

 Lahiam. — Concolorous, short, free, slightly longer than broad, arched, 

 furnished with a few short stiff bristles, apex rounded. Stenintn. — Con- 

 colorous also, shield-shaped, slightly arched, widest near third pair of 

 cox*, thinly clothed with stiff black bristles ; posterior >■/;//?/(/ large, and 

 aAvay from mai-gin. Ahdomen. — ^Obovate, arched, slightly ovei-hanging 

 base of cephalothorax, clay 3^ellow, clothed with fine hairs and Icnig black 

 bristles or setse. Spiiuieret!'. — Concolorous, hairy ; superior pair short, 

 stout, tapering, first joint longest, the third shortest ; inferior spinners 

 cylindrical, fully twice their own individual transverse diameter apart. 

 Hah. — Mount Lofty, South Australia. 



Ak'MADAMA I'AI,I,11)A, tij^i. HOC. 



(PI. xxiii., fig. &2.) 



9. Cephalothorax, 10"5 mm. long, 7'() mm. broad; ab(h)nien, li-l 

 mm. long, 9'4 mm. broad. 



Cepludothorux. — Obovate, yellow, arched, niodei-ately clothed with 

 fine yellow, downy hairs. Furs cephallcn high, ascending, sides compressed, 

 marginal groove distinct, a row of stiff bristles or setre runs down the 

 middle from rear of eye space to base of cephalic segment, there is also a 

 tuft of stiff bristles in front of the eyes ; ucaJar area broader than long, 

 slightly raised, front median eyes surrounded by black, there are also two 

 small black lateral bands, each of which lies between and connects the 

 rings upon which the side eyes are poised ; clijpeiis deep, sloping, indented 

 at middle, hj'aline. Pars flioracica uneven, retreating, radial grooves 

 deep ; thoracic fovea deep, moderately piocurved. Eijes. — Distributed 

 ovei' two rows of four each, the front row being procurved, and the reiir 

 recurved ; front lateral eyes just touching edge of clypeus, largest of the 

 group, elliptical, poised obliquely, and separated from each other by a 

 space equal to that of two-and-a-half times their own individual diameter; 

 anterior medians round, and sepai'ated from each other by one-half that 

 of their OAvn individual diameter ; rear side eyes elliptical, obliquely 

 ])oised, smaller than their fi-ont lateral neighbours, from which they are 

 separated by a space equal to that of once their t)wn individual diameter ; 

 rear inteimediates minute, each just touching the outer edge of the ring 

 (iF its lateral neighboui- (PI. xxiii., fig. 82). Ijetju. — Concolon)us with 

 ceplialotlioiax, strong, nH)derately long, hairy, but displaying naked areas ; 

 each tibia, metatarsus and tarsus armed with powerful spines ; relative 

 lengths: 1, 1, 2, .'>. I'aljil. — Rather long, strong, similar in coloni", 

 clothing and arnialurr to legs. Falccs. — Slightly darker than cephalo- 

 thorax, projected well lurwai-d, clothed with line hairs and (.oarse bristles, 



