164 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MDSEDM. 



moderately large, marginal. Abdomen. — Obovate, arched, tairy, slightly 

 overhanging base of cephalothorax, superior surface dark brown, mottled 

 with yellow spots ; sides and inferior surface yellow, flecked with daik 

 brown spots and markings. Spinnerets. — Yellow, hairy ; superior pair 

 tapering ; inferior spinners about one-and-a-half their transverse diameter 

 apart. 



Ohs. — Two females, one slightly larger and darker than the other. 

 Found in open burrow. 



Hub. — Armadale, West Australia (May 25, 1912). 



Genua Stanwellia, gen. nor. 



Cephalothorax. — Obovate. Pars cephaUca, arched, ascending, rather 

 higli ; ocular urea raised, broader than long. Pars thoracica arched ; thoracic 

 fovea straight. Eyes. — Distributed over two rows of four each, front row 

 slightly procurved, the rear recurved; front lateral eyes largest of the 

 group, elliptical, rear medians the smallest ; rear eyes, both side and 

 intermediate, large and elliptical. Legs. — Moderately long; metatarsi i. 

 and ii. scopulated ; tarsi iii. and iv. scopulated ; tarsal claws, three. 

 Falces. — Inner ridge only of the furrow of each falx dentated ; no rastellnni. 

 Labium. — Free, short, broader than long, apex slightly excavated. Ster- 

 num. — Longer than broad ; sigilla moderate in size, marginal. Spinnerets. 

 — Superior pair moderately long, tapering, second joint shortest ; inferior 

 pair short, rather stont, close together. 



Stanwellia decora, sp. nov. 



(PI. xxiv., fig. 118.) 



9. Cephalothorax, 9'8 mm. long, 8"2 mm. broad ; abdomen, 11*5 

 mm. long, 7*1 mm. broad. 



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

 golden yellow pubescence. Pars cephalica ascending, higli, tiuncated in 

 front, segmental groove distinct; ocular area raised, arched, broader than 

 long, nearly black, fringed in front with a tuft of stiff bristles ; ch/peus 

 narrow, precipitate, hyaline. Pars thoracica moderately broad, radial 

 grooves distinct ; thoracic fovea rather deep, straight ; marginal band 

 fringed with fine black hairs. Eyes. — Distributed over two rows of four 

 each, the front row being slightly |)rocurved, and the i-ear very distinctly 

 recurved, anterior lateral eyes largest of the group, el]i[)tical, and poised 

 obliquely ; anterior medinns lound, and separated from each other by a 

 space equal to about once their own individual diameter, and each again from 

 its lateral neighbour by a space scarcely equal to that distance ; rear lateral 

 and intermediate eyes close together, their apices touching, elliptical ; the 

 outer eyes are poi.sed obliquely, and are but very slight!}' larger than their 

 intermediate neighbours; under the micrometer the rear outer lateral eyes 

 measure five, and the intermediate one four and thiee-quai tei'S (PI. xxiv., 

 fig. 118). Legs. — Moderately long and strong, tapering, concolorous with 

 cephalothorax, hairy, but displaying naked areas, each limb armed with long 



