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clothed with hue yellowish liaiis aiul' long, black bristles, brownish 

 3'ellow at the middle, and pale yellow laterally ; in t'l-ont the plate is 

 acuminate, and creamy yellow. Spiinien'ts. — Superior pair tapering, 

 hairy, dark brown, apices of first and second joints yellow ; second joint 

 shortest, and the third slightly the longest; inferior spinners somewhat 

 club-shaped, hairy, dark brown, inner angles yellow ; the}^ aie separated 

 from each other by a space equal to once theii' individual transverse 

 diameter. 



Ohf. — Two female examples, one of which is mature and the other 

 half-grown. Field note reads: "No door." 



Hah. — Tambourine Mountain, Queensland (October 6th, 1912). 

 Aname NEBULOSA, Sp. IIOV. 



{?\. xxiii., figs. 95, 96, 97 and 98.) 



cT. Cephalothorax, 5 6 mm. long, i-i mm. broad; abdomen, 5'1 

 mm. long, 32 mm. broad. 



Cejjlialothorax. — Obovate, yellowish, clothed with dark brown hairs, 

 which latter impart a smoky appearance, arched. Pars cephalica. — 

 Ascending, truncated in front, segmental groove distinct, the groove and 

 frontal area smoky ; octilar area broader than long, raised ; clijpeus narrow, 

 pale, not sloping. Pars thoracica broad, sides curved, posterior angle 

 narrow, radial grooves smok}'^ yellow, distinct ; thoracic fovea deep, very 

 slightly procurved ; Diarginal hand moderately broad, smoky yellow, 

 fringed with long black hairs. Eijes. — Distributed over two rows of four 

 each; front row procurved, the rear recurved; e3'es of front row large; 

 anterior laterals elliptical and poised obliquely; anterior medians round, 

 and largest of the sei'ies ; space between each eye of the front row 

 sensibly less than one-half the individual diameter of one of the median 

 anterior eyes ; rear side eyes rather smaller than their anterior lateral 

 neighbours; points of anterior and rear lateral eyes just meet; rear 

 intermediates small, widely separated, each touching its lateral neighbour 

 (PI. xxiii., fig. 95). Legs. — Long, not strong, tapering, yellow, hairy, 

 but displaying narrow naked areas, each well armed with long, dark 

 spines; metatarsi i. and ii. partially scopulated, the rear fully so; no 

 apophysis present on tibia i. ; relative lengths: 4, 1, 2, 3. Palj)i. — 

 Moderately long, similar in colour and clothing to legs, and armed with 

 short, weak spines; tarsal joint scopulated; bulb pyriform, bilobed, 

 twisted, yellow, shining and terminating in a short, blunt style; no 

 apophj'sis present (Pi. xxiii., fig. 96). Falces. — Short, not strong, smoky 

 yellow, projecting, clothed with short fine hairs and coarse bristles, but 

 displaying naked areas ; inner ridge of the furrow of each falx armed 

 with several moderately strong teeth. Maxilla'. — Yellow, arched, hairy, 

 heel well rounded, near which latter there is a small cluster of microscopic 

 spines ; beard yellow. Lahiuui. — Concolorous, arched, short, much 

 broader than long, narrowest at apex, Avhich latter is gently rounded 

 and fringed with long black bristles ; a few hairs are scattered over the 

 surface ; two or three small spines are also present near the apex. 



