ArsTiui.iAN ti;ai'-ih)(ii; simukhs — kainhow and ruLi>KiXK. 151 



Ahilomeu. — Obdvate, arched, slightly overhanging base of cephalothor-a.v, 

 hairy, and I'm-nished in front with a few i-athei- long, black bj'istles ; 

 superior surface yellow, mottled with dark bi-own, but displaying no 

 design; sides and inferior surface yellow, densely clothed with a mixture 

 of tine yellow and rather long and stiif dark brown hairs; pulvionary sues 

 and chitinous plate in front of rlma epigasteris yellow, shining, and 

 clothed with stiff black hairs ; two si g ill a present on chitinous plate. 

 Spinnerets. — Yellow, hairy ; superior pair tapering, second joint shortest ; 

 inferior spinnei\s cylindrical, nearly as long as basal joint of superior 

 pair, separated from each other by a space equal to that of once their own 

 individual transverse diameter. 



Hah. — Mnllawa, West Australia, collected by Miss F. May. 



Aname maculata, sp). new. 

 (PI. xxiii., fig. 104.) 



9. Cephalothorax, 7-3 mm. long, 6-2 mm. broad ; abdomen, 10-5 mm. 

 long, 7 '4 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax. — Obovate, yellow, arched, clothed with fine yellowi.sh 

 pubescence. Fars cephalica ascending gently, not high, truncated in front, 

 furnished at middle with a tuft of black bristles, segmental groove distinct ; 

 ocular area broader than long, raised, summit black ; chjpeiis narrow, 

 hyaline. Pars thoracica rather broad, uneven, radial grooves almost com- 

 pletely obscured by the dense clotliing of pile ; thoracic fovea very slightly 

 procurved ; iiiargiiiid hand slightly reflexed, and fringed with verj' fine 

 hairs. Eyes. — Distributed over two rows of four each ; front row slightly 

 procurved and the rear recurved ; front laterals elliptical and poised 

 obliquely, slightly larger than their rear lateral neighbours which are also 

 elliptical and poised obliquely, and which they just touch ; anterior 

 medians largest of the group, round, sepai^ated from each other by a space 

 equal to about three-quarters their own individual diameter, and each 

 again from its lateral neighbour by less than one-half the diameter of one 

 of the anterior median eyes ; rear intermediate eyes smallest of the group, 

 widely separated from each other, each just touching its lateral neighbour 

 (PI. xxiii., fig. 104). Legs. — Modei'ately long, not strong, tapering, yellow, 

 hairy, but displaying naked areas, armed with long, black spines, those on 

 tibiae, and metatarsi iii. and iv. being the strongest and most numerous ; 

 metatarsi i. and ii. partially scopulated, the tarsi full}^ so ; relative 

 lengths : 1,4, 2, 3. Palpi. — Moderately long, strong, similar in colour 

 and clothing to legs, and armed with strong spines ; tarsi scopulated. 

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

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

 ridge of the furrow of each falx armed with nine strong teeth, in addition 

 to which there is at the base, an intermediate series of four minute ones ; 

 fang long, well curved, reddish brown, shining. Ma.rilla'. — Yellow, arched, 

 hairy, furnished at base with a dense cluster of small spines, heel well 

 rounded. Lahiuin. — Concolorous, modei'ately hairy, short, broader than 

 long, apex very slightly excavated. Ster)iitm. — Concolorous also, somewhat 

 shield-shaped, arched, hairy, angles fringed with long, black bristles; 

 sigiJla not distinct, small, marginal. Ahdomen. — Obovate, arclied, slightly 



