AUSTRALIAN TlJAl'-HOm; SI'IUKItS — KAINIiOW ANI> I'l'IJ-EINK. l57 



Obs. — Var. a of this species bears a rather chise resemblance to 

 A. fuscoviiictd (aide p. 158); tlie eyes, liowever, ai-e veiy differeut ; more- 

 over, /'«scof''»c/(« has no labial spines. 



ilah. — Mylor Road, South Australia (October, 190S). 



AnAME INTKR'ATA, .</). IKiU. 

 (PI. xxiv., Hg. 111.) 



9. Cephalothorax, 8 mm. long, 5*5 mm. bruail ; abdomen, 9-1 mm. 

 long, 5"5 mm. broad. 



Gej.ihalothora.1'. — Obovate, yellow, arched, sparingly pubescent. Furs 

 cephalica moderately high, ascending, segmental groove distinct; ocular 

 area raised, yellow-brown, broader than long ; cl ijpeun narrow, sloping 

 forward, hyaline. Fari^ thuracica uneven, radial grooves distinct ; thoracic 

 fovea ver^' slighth' procurved ; iiiarr/inal baud fringed with rather long 

 black hairs. Eyes. — Distributed over two rows of four each, the front 

 row procurved and the rear recurved ; eyes of front row close together, 

 the laterals being slightly the largest of the group, elliptical, and poised 

 obliquely ; anterior intermediates I'ound ; rear side eyes smaller than 

 their anterior lateral neighbours, the apices of which they just touch, 

 elliptical, and poised obliquely ; rear intermediates smallest of the group, 

 elliptical, widely separated, each just touching its outer neighbour 

 (PI. xxiv., fig. 111). I,e(/.5.— Concolorous with cephalothorax, hair}-, but 

 displaying naked areas, moderately strong, rather long, tapering, armed 

 with long strong spines ; scopulation of legs i. and ii. normal ; I'elative 

 lengths : 4, 1, 2, 3. Palpi. — Moderately long and strong, concolorous 

 with legs, similar in armature and clothing to legs i. and ii. Falces. — 

 Concolorous with cephalothorax, projected, moderately strong, clothed 

 with fine hairs and stilf bristles, but displaying naked areas ; inner ridge 

 of the furi'ow of each falx armed with a row of eight strong teeth, in 

 addition to which there is an intermediate series of five minute ones ; famj 

 long, strong, shining, reddish brown, well curved. Maxilhe. — Yellow, 

 arched, clothed with long hairs, excavated round the tip where it is 

 thickly studded with spines ; heel well rounded. Labium. — Concolorous 

 with foregoing, and similar tO it in clothing, arched, broader than long, 

 not spined, apex slightly excavated. Sterimm. — Concolorous with labium, 

 broad, somewhat shield-shaped, arched, clothed with ratlier long hairs, 

 and margined with stiff bristles. Ahdonieii. — Obovate, arched, hairy, 

 slightly overhanging base of cephalothorax ; superior surface dark 

 brown, intricately mottled with pale yellow ; sides and inferior surface 

 yellow. Spinnerets. — Pale yellow, hairy ; superior pair tapering, first and 

 third joints equally long, second joint shortest ; inferior spinners very 

 short, cylindrical, about twice their own individual transverse diameter 

 apart. 



Hah. — Blackwood River, South West Australia. 



AXAME BUTLERI, sp. IIOV. 



(PI. xxiv., fig. 112.) 



9. Cephalothorax, 7 mm. long, 47 mm. broad ; abdomen, 7-8 mm. 

 long, 4"7 mm. broad. 



