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01,^ 'i'liis is our hirc^t'st Auslraliaii s])ider. 'I'lio spcciuieii bt't'ore 



tlu' writers was cDllectt'd l).v \)v. ^Icriillivray. 



jjlal,. — Claudii' River, Cajje York, Nortli Queeuslaiul. 



Gn»q> DlPliUKK^. 



Geiu(--< Aiuinie, L. Koch. 



This genus was sunk by Sinioni'^ as a synoiiN ni of JJrachytliele, Auss., 

 but was afterward rehabilitated by Hogg.'^ Later, Simon, in the supple- 

 ment to his great work,i5 accepted the decision of Hogg, and concurred in 

 the re-establishment of L. Koch's genus. The confusion of Auanie and 

 Brachythele was due to the incomplete definition of the former by its 

 author. Up to the present time seven species have been recorded to the 

 genus, and to these sixteen additional forms are now made known. Of 

 the seven previously recorded, however, one, .4. hicolor,^^ Rainbow, must 

 be transferred to tlie genus Atrax, 0. P. Cambr., to which, by its scheme 

 of dentition it certainly belongs. In Aiiame one ridge only of the fui^'ow 

 of each falx is provided w4th teeth, whereas in what must now be known 

 as Atnix hicolur, both ridges are dentated. 



Two males are included in the species described hereunder, and 

 neither of them are provided with an apophysis. The absence of this 

 is, of course, a generic character. For the guidance of students the 

 following table is appended. In respect of Hogg's species, neither of 

 which are included in our collection, the features noted have been adopted 

 from that author's original description. 



Front median eyes one half their own individual diameter apart ; abdomen 

 yellow with black metlian and lateral stripes A. pallida, L. Koch. 



Front median eyes three quarters their own individual diameter apart ; front 

 and rear side eyes equal in size and almost contiguous ; abdomen black- 

 above and mottled with irregular yellow spots .1. (jriaea, Hogg. 



Front median eyes one-and-a-half their individual diameter apart ; superior 

 surface of abdomen black with a longitudinal bar and lateral stripes, the 

 latter forming an inverted eschelon pattern ; bar and stripes composed 

 of irregular yellow spots A. arhorea, Hogg. 



Front median eyes twice their own individual diameter apart ; superior surface 

 of abdomen black with five yellow lateral stripes A. pcllucida, Hogg. 



Front luedian eyes three-quarters their own individual diameter apart ; abdo- 

 men dingy yellow, with short, fine, downlying, yellow hair interspersed 

 on upper side with long, thin, upstanding bristles....!, tasmanica, Hogg. 



Front median eyes one-half tlieir own individual diameter apart, heel of each 

 maxilla well rounded, devoid of spines ; aljdomen dark brown, densely 

 clothed with long hairs , ^l- >ninor, Kukz. 



1- Simon.— Hist. Nat. des Araign., i., 1902, p. 180. 



i-i Hogg.— Proc. Zool. Soc, 1901, p. 251. 



^■' Simon.— Oji. cit., ii., 1897 (190.S), p. 965. 



I'i Rainbow.— Kec. Austr. Mus., x., 8, 191-i, p. 233. 



