158 RECORDS OF THP: AUSTRALIAN MDSEDM. 



Cephalotliorax. — Obovate, arclied, yellow-brown. Fars cephaUca 

 ascending, truncated in front, surface sparingly clotlied with short, fine, 

 yellowish hairs, segmental groove distinct; ocular area raised, broader 

 than long ; di/pens narrow. Pars thoracica moderately clothed with short, 

 tine yellowish hairs, broadest at middle, from whence it retreats towards 

 posterior angle, radial grooves distinct; thoracic fovea deep, procurved ; 

 maryinal hand broad, pallid. Eyes. — Distributed over two rows of four 

 each ; fi'ont row of eyes slightl}- procurved, and the rear row recurved ; 

 front lateral eyes largest of the group, elliptical, and poised obliquely ; 

 anterior median ej^es i^ound, and separated not only from each other, but 

 also from their lateral neighbours by a space equal to about one-half that 

 of their own individual diameter ; lateral eyes of rear row somewhat 

 smaller than their anterior lateral neighbours, the points of which they 

 just touch, and distinctly larger than anterior median eyes ; they are 

 also elliptical and poised obliquely ; rear medians widel}' separated ; 

 smallest of the group, elliptical, each just touching the ring of its lateral 

 neighbour (PI. xxiv., fig. 112). Legs. — Moderately long and strong, 

 yellow, clothed with dark brown hairs, but displaying naked areas, and 

 armed with long, not very strong, dark spines ; metatarsi i. and ii. 

 partially scopulated, and the tarsi fully so ; relative lengths : 1, 2, 4, 3. 

 Palpi. — Rather long, moderately strong, similar in coloui', clothing and 

 armature to legs ; tarsi scopulated. Falces. — Concolorous with cephalo- 

 thorax, long, not strong, projected well forwai-d, clothed with fine hairs 

 and coarse bristles, but displaying naked areas ; inferior ridge of the 

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

 to which there is also near the base an intermediate row or cluster of 

 minute teeth ; fang long, dark brown, well curved. Maxillce. — Yellow, 

 hairy, arched, excavated at the base where there is a cluster of small 

 spines ; heel well rounded ; beard reddish. Lahium. — Concolorous, broader 

 than long, arched, free ; near the apex, which is fringed with long, strong 

 bristles, there are three or four small spines. Siernnm. — Concolorous 

 also, shield-shaped, arched, rather thickly clothed with coarse black 

 bristles ; sigilla marginal, the posterior pair rather large. Abdomen. — 

 Obovate, slightly overhanging base of cephalothorax, arched, haiiy ; 

 superior surface and sides dark chocolate brown, spotted with yellow, the 

 latter showing up very distinctly in alcohol ; inferior surface yellow. 

 tipinnerets. — Pale yellow, hairy ; supexior pair tapering, the first segment 

 of which is sensibly the longest, and the second distinctly the shortest ; 

 inferior pair short, cylindrical, and separated from each other by a 

 space equal to that of once their individual diameter. 



Ohs. — The specimen from which the above species is described was 

 presented to the Trustees of Ihe Australian Museum by Mr. S. Butler, of 

 Melbourne, just as this paper was about to be passed on to the printer, 

 and in his honour it has been named. In his field-note he says: " 1 dug 

 it out of a six-inch burrow, sparsely lined with silk, on the banks of the 

 Meri'i Creek, Melbourne." 



Hah. — Merri Creek, Melbourne, Victoria. 



