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overhanging base of ceplialothorax, clothed with shoi't, fine hairs ; superior 

 surface and sides dark brown, mottled with pale yellow spots ; inferior 

 surface hairy, yellow, flecked with irregular clusters of brown spots in front 

 of spinnerets. S/iiiiiierets. — Yellow, hairy ; superior pair elongate, tapering, 

 second joint shortest, first and third of equal length ; inferior spinners 

 cylindrical, close together, and about one-half the length of joint i. of 

 superior spinners. 



Obs. — Collector's note : " No door to burrow ; spun across with web." 

 Hab. — Jarrahdale Road, Armadale, West Australia (May 26, 1912). 



AnAME CCENOSA, Sj). 710V. 



(PI. xxiii., fig. 105.) 



9. Cephalothorax, 7 '5 mm. long, 6"4- mm. broad ; abdomen, 10'9 

 mm. long, 7"5 mm. broad. 



C ephalothorax. — Obovate, yellow-bi'own, arched, furnished with a few 

 scattered, fine, yellowish hairs. Furs cepludica not very high, ascending 

 gently, smooth, pencilled with dark brown down the middle, segmental 

 groove distinct ; ocular area raised, broader than long, dark brown ; chjpens 

 nan'ow, hyaline, and furnished at the middle with a tuft of black bristles. 

 Pars thoracica broad, uneven, radial grooves profound; thoracic fovea deep, 

 procurved ; marginal band slightly reflexed, fringed with fine j-ellowish 

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

 slightly procurved, the rear recurved ; front and rear laterals toucliing 

 each other, elliptical and obliquely poised ; of these the former is slightly 

 the largest ; anterior median eyes large, round, separated fi'om each other 

 by a space equal to about one-half their individual diameter, and each 

 again from its latei-al neighbour by about the same space ; rear medians 

 very small, elliptical, widely removed, each just touching its lateral neigh- 

 bour (PI. xxiii., fig. 105). Legs. — Yellow, tapering, not strong, hairy, but 

 displaying naked areas, each armed with strong sjnnes, those on tibia^ iii. 

 and iv. being the longest and strongest ; scopnlation normal ; relative 

 lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3. Faljii. — Moderately long, similar in colour and 

 clothing to legs, armed with strong spines ; tai'si scopulated. F((lces. — 

 Concolorous with cephalothoi'ax, strong, moderately projected, clothed 

 with tine hairs and coarse bristles, but displaying extensive naked areas ; 

 inner ridge of the furrow of each falx armed with nine strong teeth ; fang 

 long, well curved, shining, reddish brown. Ma.vilhv. — Yellow, hairy, arched, 

 heel well i^ouuded, and furnished with a few small spines. Labium. — Concol- 

 oi'ous, short, broader than long, arched, hairy, apex excavated, and fringed 

 with bristles. Sternuvi. — Concolorous also, broad, shield shaped, rather 

 flat, clothed with long, dark bristles; sigilla marginal. Ahdoiiieu. — Obovate, 

 arched, hairy, slightly ovei'hanging base of cephalothorax ; superior surface 

 and sides dark brown, mottled with dull yellow spots; inferior surface 

 yellow-brown. Spinnerets. — Yellow, hairy ; superior pair not very long, 

 rather widelj' apart, tapering, second joint shoitest ; inferior pair very 

 short, about twice their individual diameter apart. 



Hall. — Little Kalkabnry,Yorke Peninsula, South Australia (September, 

 1907). 



