AUSTRALIAN TIUP-DOOR SPIDKHS — IJ.MN'HOW AN'H I'L'I.LRINE. 153 



AnAMK KrSC(^CINCTA, Sji. UOV. 



(PI. xxiv., tig. 10(i.) 



9. Cephalotlioiux, 71- mm. long, 5*6 mm. broad; ubdomeii, 7'4 

 mm. long, 4"6 mm. broad. 



Cephalothora.v. — Obovate, yellow-brown, arclied, sparingly clotlied witli 

 fine yellowisli hairs. I'ltrs ci-phalica ascending, moderately liigli, truncated 

 in front where it is furnished at the middle with a tuft of stiff bristles, 

 thoracic groove distinct ; ocular area raised, black, broader than long ; 

 fJijpeux broad, hyaline, deeply indented at middle. Pars thoracica uneven, 

 radial grooves profound; thoracic forea deep, procurved ; viarfjhKil hand 

 broad, reflexed, dark brown, finnged with ratlier long, yellowish hairs. 

 JiJybs. — Distribnted over two rows of four eacli ; front row procurved, the 

 rear recurved ; anterior median eyes round, largest of the series, and 

 separated from each other by a space equal to that of one-half their own 

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

 one-half that space ; front and rear lateral eyes elliptical, obliquely 

 poised, and just touching each other ; front laterals rather larger than 

 their rear neighbours ; rear median eyes widely removed, smallest of the 

 group, somewhat elliptical, obliquely poised, each just touching its 

 lateral neighbour (PI. xxiv., fig. 106). Legs. — Concolorous with cephalo- 

 thoi'ax, moderately long, tapering, not strong, hairy, but displaying 

 naked areas, spines rather long, but weak ; scopulation of metatarsi and 

 tarsi i. and ii. normal ; relative lengths : 4, 1, 2, ?>. Ful^ii. — Moderately 

 long, not strong, similar in colour and clothiixg to legs; tibial spines 

 strong ; tarsi scopulated. Falces. — Concolorous with cephalothorax, 

 projected well forward, clothed with fine hairs and coarse bristles ; inner 

 ridge of the furrow of each falx armed with a row of ten strong teeth, in 

 addition to which there is at the base an intermediate series of six 

 minute ones ; fang long, dark brown, shining, well curved. Maxilhp. — 

 Yellow, arched, hairy, heel well rounded, and thickly studded with 

 small spines. Labium. — Concolorous, short, broader than long, arched, 

 submerged, surface furnished with a few bristles, apex slightly 

 excavated, and fringed with bristles. Steriiuni. — Concolorous also, shield- 

 shaped, arched, moderatelj^ clothed with black bristles; .>*/(/(7/(t marginal. 

 Abdomen. — Obovate, arched, slightly overhanging base of cephalothorax, 

 densely clothed with long hairs ; superior surface dark brown, the sides 

 yellow-brown ; inferior surface yellow. Spinnerets. — Yellow, hairy ; 

 superior pair rather long, tapering, the first joint longest and the second 

 shortest ; inferior spinners cylindrical, nearly as long as basal joint of 

 superior spinnerets, separated from each other by a space equal to once 

 their individual transverse diameter. 



Obs. — Collector's note: "Open tube; thickly lined with web, not 

 carried above the surface. Tube 4 in. deep." 



Hah. — Kalamunda, near Perth, West Australia (May 17, 1912). 



Aname PULCHKA, Sp. nov. 

 (PI. xxiv., figs. 107 and 108.) 

 (J. Cephalothorax, 7'5 mm. long, 6 mm. broad; abdomen, 58 mm. 

 long, 3-8 mm. bi'oad. 



