ArsTK'Ai.iAX ri;Ai'-iiii(ii; srinKus — i;Ai\Mn\v ANh ITM.KINK. lM:l 



hut tlisplavinp; iiakml areas ; i)incr fi(l2;i' dl' tlu' I'lnrdw of carli I'alx anncil 

 with .six strong tooth, and the oiitor with ciglit small imus ; in addition 

 to tliese there is an internu'diate I'ow of niiio minutr ont's, tlie row 

 terminating near base ol" I'ang ; rdnh-llinn consists of three transverse rows 

 oi sti'ong teeth ; /'</;;/ reddisli brown, strong, well cni-ved. MiuvUlti-. — 

 YelloAV, arched, hairy, excavated at base, heel obtuse, inner angle bearded 

 with long yellow hairs and terminating apically in an obtuse point ; a 

 few small spines near the base. Ldhiiiiii. — Concolorous, free, slightly 

 submeiged, short, broad, Avell arched, apex fi-iuged witli long black 

 bristles ; a few of the latter ai'e also spi ead over the surface. Steniuiu. — 

 Concolorous also, shield-shaped, arched, clothed with long black bristles ; 

 tirst and second pairs of flijllln marginal, posterior pair large, subniaiginal. 

 Ahdoiueii. — Ovate, arched, very slightly projecting over base of cephalo- 

 thorax, yellow, clothed with tine yellowish down, and, on its superior 

 surface, with rather long setai. [The latter had become detached from 

 the animal when placed in the tube in which it was preserved.] 

 Spiiinerett;. — Short, yellowy hairy ; superior pair stout, first joint longest, 

 the third minute and dome-shaped ; inferior spinners very short, and 

 twice their own diameter apart ; coIhIks well developed. 



Obs. — Collector's [R.H.P.] fieldnote reads: " Hard-lid trapdoor." 



Huh. — Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Ueiiits Cataxia, h'aiiihdir. 



The following species belongs to the above genus^" which it seems 

 advisable to amend in so far as the Jahimn and sternum are concerned, so 

 as to read as follows : — 



Lahlii/in. — Short, broad, arched, bespined at apex. Sti'viuiiii. — Shield- 

 shaped, arched, tirst and second pairs of sigilla, when present, A'ery small, 

 marginal ; posterior ■■<iginu submarginal, large. 



Cataxia tetiuca, t<ii. itov. 

 (PI. xxiii., fig. 83.) 



9. Cephalothorax 10-9 mm. long, 7-1 mm. broad ; abdomen 11-7 

 mm. long, 12"5 mm. broad. 



Cepli(dothon(.r. — Obovate, yellow, arched, sparingly pubescent. Fars 

 cephalica ascendiiTg, sides compi-essed, segmental groove distinct ; ocular 

 area broader than long, furnished in front with a tuft of stiff bristles ; 

 clypeus broad, hyaline, sloping forward, deeply indented at middle. I'ars 

 thoracica uneven, retreating, radial grooves broad and distinct ; thoracic 

 /oyea deep, straight ; iiiaryiu.al hand broad, undulating, fringed with fine 

 black hairs. Eijes. — Distributed over two rows of four each, the front 

 one being strongly procurved, and the rear equally strongly recurved ; 

 front lateral eyes elliptical, obliquely poised, fully three times their own 

 individual diameter apart ; front median eyes round, and once their own 

 individual diameter apart ; rear lateral eyes largest of the group, elliptical 



I'J Kaiubow.— Kec. Austr. Mus., x., 8, 1914, p. 223. 



