AUSTUALIAN TUAI'-Dooi; Sril'KUS KAINBOW AND I'lUJ.KlNK. 155 



Ceji/udothoru.f. — Obovate, broad, arclied, yellow, veiy sparingly 

 clothed with silky pnbeseence. I'arft ceij/ialicti ascending, truncated. in 

 front, Avhere it is yeUowish red, pencilled witli brown down the middle, 

 sides declivous ; segmental groove distinct ; ocular area broader than 

 long, close to edge of clypeus, raised, summit dark brown ; cli/peus narrow, 

 sloping slightly forward, h^'aline, and furnished with a tuft of bristles 

 at the middle. Pars thoraeica broad, retreating somewhat sharply to 

 posterior angle, uneven, radial grooves rather broad, but not deep, 

 posterior angle narrow; thoracic fovea deep, procurved ; marginal hand 

 yellow, slightly reflexed, fringed with short, black bristles. Eyes. — 

 Distributed over two rows of four each, the front row procurved, and the 

 rear recurved ; front and rear lateral eyes elliptical, poised obliquely, 

 their black rings touching; front laterals lai'gest of the group ; anterior 

 medians large, round, and separated from each other by a space equal 

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

 from its lateral neighbour by a similar space ; rear median eyes smallest 

 of the group, widely separated from each other, and each just touching 

 its lateral neighbour (PI. xxiv., fig. 109). Legs. — Strong, moderately 

 long, concoloi^ous with cephalothorax, haiiy, but displaying naked areas, 

 each armed with spines, those on tibiae and metatarsi iii. and iv. being the 

 most numerous and the strongest ; scopulation of metatarsi and tarsi i. 

 and ii. normal; relative lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3. Palpi. — Strong, moderately 

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

 spines ; tarsi scopulated. Falces. — Yellow, darker than cephalothorax, 

 strong, projected well forward, arched, inner angles of upper surface 

 yellow brown, sparingly hairy and displaying extensive naked areas ; 

 apices densely clothed with long black bristles ; inner ridge of the furrow 

 of each falx armed with a row of nine strong teeth, in addition to which 

 there is at the base an intermediate series of four or five minute 

 ones ; fang long, dark brown, shining, well curved. Maxilke. — Yellow, 

 hairy, arched, heel well rounded, and studded with a dense cluster of 

 small spines. Labium. — Concolorous, arched, submerged, broader than 

 long, furnished with a few bristles, apex gently excavated. Sternum. — 

 Concolorous also, shield-shaped, arched, clothed with strong, black 

 haii's or bristles, of which the marginal ones ai'e much the longest and 

 strongest ; sigilla elongate, marginal, narrow. Abdomen. — Obovate, 

 arched, modei^ately overhanging base of cephalothorax, dark brown, 

 densely clothed with long hairs. Spinnerets. — Yellow, hairy ; superior 

 pair tapering, first and third joints longest, and of equal length ; inferior 

 pair very short, cylindrical, and separated from each other by a space 

 equal to once their individual transverse diameter. 



Hab. — Cross Roads, Mauuum, South Australia (April, 1908). 



Aname confusa, sp. nov. 

 (PI. xxiv., fig. 110.) 



$. Cephalothorax, 9'2 mm. long, 7'5 mm. broad ; abdomen, ll'l 

 mm. long, 7 mm. broad. 



Gephalothora.r. — Obovate, elongate, yellow, arched, hairy. Pars 

 cephalica ascending, rather high, truncated in front, sides declivous, 



