154 BECOHDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Cephalothorax. — Obovate, arched, dark brown, densely clothed with 

 pale yellowish pile. Pars cephalica very gently ascending, not high, 

 truncated in front, sides I'ather declivous, segmental groove almost hidden 

 by the dense pile with which the carapace is clothed ; ocular area raised, 

 broader than long, furnished in front with a tuft of stiff bristles ; diipeus 

 pallid, narrow. Pars thoracica broad, radial grooves almost hidden by 

 thick pile; thoracic fovea deep, straight; marginal band fringed with 

 rather long, fine yellowish hairs. Eyes. — Distributed over two rows of 

 four each ; front row strongly procurved, the rear recurved ; front 

 median eyes round, largest of the group, separated from each other by a 

 space equal to about one- third their own individual diametei", and each 

 again from its lateral neighbour by about half a diameter ; anterior and 

 posterior lateral e^'es slightly elliptical and poised obliquely ; of these 

 the rear lateral eyes ai'e the smallest ; side eyes separated from each 

 other by a space equal to about the diameter of one of the rear lateral 

 eyes ; rear median eyes minute, each in close juxtaposition to a front 

 anterior and a rear lateral eye (PI. xxiv., fig. 107). Legs. — Long, taper- 

 ing, not strong, concolorous with cephalothorax, hairy, but showing 

 naked areas, and armed with spines of which those on tibife and metatarsi 

 iii. and iv. are the longest and strongest ; scopulatioii normal ; no 

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

 Moderately long, not strong, similar in colour and clothing to legs ; 

 tarsal joint short, scopulated ; bulb dark brown, shining, pyriform, 

 bilobed, and terminating in a moderately long, pointed style ; tibial joint 

 furnished with spined apophysis (PI. xxiv., fig. 108). Falces. — Dark 

 brown, slightly projected, hairy, but displaying naked areas ; several 

 moderately strong teeth on the inner ridge of the furrow of each 

 falx ; fang reddish brown, shining. Ma.vlllce. — Yellow, arched, heel well 

 rounded. Lahiuni. — Concoloi'ous, arched, moderately hairy, broader than 

 long, submerged, apex gently excavated, and fringed with bristles. 

 Sternum. — Concolorous also, elongate, shield-shaped, rather flat, haiiy ; 

 sigilla small, marginal. Abdomen. — Obovate, slightly overhanging base 

 of cephalothorax, densely clothed with long brown and yellowish hairs ; 

 superior surface dark brown, i^elieved hj an interrupted median narrow 

 longitudinal yellow band and transverse lateral yellow bars, the two broadest 

 of which are at the middle ; the longitudinal band and transverse 

 bars spotted with dark brown ; inferior surface chrome yellow, tinged 

 in places with bi^own. Spinnerets. — Pale yellow, hairy ; basal joint of 

 superior pair longest, the terminal ver^' short and dome-shaped ; inferior 

 spinners minute, close together. 



Obs. — Collector's note I'eads : " Under log, with burrow covered by 

 simple web." 



tjab. — Tambourine Mountain, Queensland (October, 1912). 



AnAMK RUliUS'lA, sp. nov. 



(PI. xxiv., tig. 109.) 



9. Cephalothorax, 12'2 mm. h)ng, Ho nun. hrDud ; abdomen, 125 

 mm. long, 6-S mm. broad, 



