146 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Obs. — Four fnlly matured females, collected by Dr. McGillivray. 

 A. aiirea is a very distinct form, and is easily distinguished by its colour, 

 the smalliiess of its rear lateral and median eyes, and the form of its 

 posterior sternal sigilla. 



iTafc.— Broken Hill, New South Wales. 



Aname flavomaculata, sp. nnv. 



(PI. xxiii., fig. 94.) 



$. Cephalothorax, 10"2 mm. long, 8"2 mm. broad; abdomen, 13"6 

 mm. long, 8*2 mm. broad. 



Ceplialotliorax. — Obovate, shining, dark mahogany brown, arched, 

 sparingly clothed with short, adpressed hairs. Pars ceplialica high, 

 ascending, truncated in front, sides somewhat declivous, segmental groove 

 distinct; ocular area raised, broader than long; clypeus not broad, sloping 

 gently forward, dark brown with a small yellowish patch at the middle, 

 where there is also a tuft of stiff bri.stles. Fars thoracica broad, radial 

 grooves distinct ; thoracic fovea deep, procurved ; marginal hand slightly 

 reflexed, sparingly fringed with fine yellowish haiis. Eyes. — Distributed 

 over two rows of four each ; the front row siightlj' procurved, and the 

 rear decidedly recurved ; eyes of front row large ; anterior latei'als lai-gest 

 of the group, elliptical, and poised obliquely ; anterior medians round, 

 separated from each other bj'- a space equal to about one-half their 

 individual diameter, and each again from its lateral neighbour by about 

 one-half that space ; rear lateral eyes elliptical, poised obliquely, each 

 just touching its anterior lateral neighbour ; rear medians widely 

 separated, elliptical, smallest of the group, each touching its lateral 

 neighbour (PI. xxiii., fig. 94). Legs. — Moderately long and strong, 

 tapering, reddish-brown, hairy, but displaying naked areas ; each armed 

 with strong spines ; metatarsi i. and ii. partially scopulated, the tarsi 

 wholly so; relative lengths : 4,1,2,3. Falpi. — Long, moderatel}' strong, 

 simiUir in colour, clothing and armature to legs ; tarsi scopulated. 

 Falces. — Concolorous with cephalothorax, projected well forward, clothed 

 with fine hairs and long, coarse bristles, but displaying naked areas ; 

 inner angle of the furrow of each falx armed with a row of ten strong 

 teeth, in addition to which there is an intei-mediate series of six minute 

 ones at the base ; fang long, well curved, black, shining. Ma.cilhv. — 

 Reddish-brown, inner angle yellowish, arched, hairy, heel well rounded, 

 and thickly studded with short spines ; beard reddish. Jjahinni. — 

 Concolorous also, arched, short, broader than hnig, submerged, apex 

 excavated and fiinged with black bristles. Sterniini. — Concolorous also, 

 shield-shaped, slightly arched, clothed with moderately long stiff black 

 hairs; sigilla marginal'. Abdomen. — Oval, slightly overhanging base of 

 cephalothorax, arched, superior surface and sides brown, spotted with 

 yellow, densely clothed with yellowish ])ile, and having in addition a 

 number of shoi't, black bristles, at anterior extremity; area above and 

 at sides of spinnerets yellow ; infei'ior surface dark brown, spotted with 

 yellow ; pulmonai'y sacs yellow ; chitiiious plate in front of rinia epigasteris 



