AUSTRALIAN TIUr-DOOlJ SI'IDEliS UAIXIIOW AND I'UIJ-KINE. 145 



0?*.s'. — Two specimens of tliis fine spider were collected at Piclii Richi 

 and one at Woolshed Flat. Of the formei one is fnlly matured, and the 

 other nearly so. The latter are somewhat ligliter in colour than the tyi)e. 



jjah. — Pichi Richi and Woolshed Flat, South Australia. 



Anamk aUrka, up. UUV. 



(PI. xxiii., fig. 93.) 



9. Cephalothorax, 104 mm. long, 82 mm. broad; abdomen, 13"4 

 mm. long, 8"2 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax. — Obovate, yellow, shining, sparingly clothed with 

 yellow, adpressed hairs. Pars cephalica ascending, high, sides somewhat 

 declivous, truncated in front, where there is at the middle a cluster of 

 short black bristles ; segmental groove distinct ; ocular area raised, 

 broader than long, yellow, but black at the summit ; clypeus hyaline, 

 moderately broad, sloping forward, indented at the middle. Pars thoracica 

 retreating rearwards, radial grooves distinct; thoracic fovea procurved ; 

 marginal hand thickly fringed with fine hairs. Eye>i. — Distributed over 

 two rows of four each ; front row slightly procurved, the rear recurved ; 

 anterior laterals elliptical, poised obliquely, and distinctly the largest 

 of the gi'onp ; anterior medians round, separated from each other by 

 a space equal to one-half their individual diameter, and each again from 

 its lateral neighbour by about one-half that distance ; rear laterals 

 considerably smaller than their anterior lateral neighbours which they 

 touch, elliptical, poised obliquely; rear medians minute, widely separated, 

 elliptical also, each touching its lateral neighbour (PI. xxiii., fig. 93). 

 Legs. — Concolorous with cephalothorax, moderately long and strong, 

 clothed with long, fine black hairs, but displaying naked areas ; armed 

 with short black spines; metatarsi i. and ii. pai-tially scopulated, the 

 tarsi wholly so ; relative lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3. Palpi. — Similar in colour, 

 clothing and armature of legs ; tarsi scopulated. Falces. — Orange-red, 

 projected well forward, thinly clothed with fine yellowish hairs and long, 

 strong, black bristles ; inner ridge of the furrow of each falx armed 

 with a row of twelve strong teeth, in addition to which there is au 

 intermediate series of four minute ones at the base ; fang long, dark 

 brown, shining, well curved. Maxilla. — Yellow, arched, clothed with 

 long, black hairs, heel well rounded and thickly studded with small, 

 black spines. Lahivju. — Concolorous, small, broader than long, arched, 

 submerged, sparingly clothed with moderately long, stiff black hairs ; 

 apex gently rounded, fringed with coarse bristles. Slernnm. — Concolorous 

 also, shield-shaped, rather flat, surface sparingly clothed with short, 

 stiff black bristles, and the margins fringed with long black ones; sigilla 

 marginal, orange-red, the posterior pair elongate and narrow. Abdomen. — 

 Obovate, slightly overhanging base of cephalothorax, arched, yellow, and 

 clothed with fine yellowish hairs. Spinnerets. — Yellow, hairy, superior 

 pair tapering, the first joint longest, and the secojid shortest; inferior 

 spinners cylindrical, and separated from each othei- by a space equal to 

 once their individual transverse diameter. 



