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tarsus and metatarsus armed with strong spines ; the hairs with which 

 the legs are clothed are long and coarse ; superior claws have each at the 

 base two large teeth, succeeded by four very small ones ; relative lengths: 

 4, 1, 2, 3. Palpi. — Short, not strong, similar in colour, clothing and 

 ai-mature to legs. Falces. — Ratlier strong, modei-ately projected, arched, 

 shining, hairy, but displaying naked areas ; apical hairs red ; inner ridge 

 of the furrow of each falx armed with nine strong teeth, and the outer 

 with ten ; in addition to these there is at the base four or five minute 

 ones; fang moderately long, well curved. MaxUlcc. — Yellowish-brown, 

 hairy, arched, not excavated at base, inner angle bearded with yellow, 

 and tei-minating obtusely at apex ; inner area from base to near apex 

 thickly spilled. Lalnam. — Free, coiicolorous, short, broader than long, 

 arched, almost the entire surface thickly sjiiiied ; apex gently curved. 

 Sternum. — Concolorous also, broad, somewhat shield-shaped, arched, 

 hairy, broadest between third pair of coxse, anterior angle curved well 

 round the lip, and terminating at each side in an acuminate point ; sigilJa 

 inai'ginal, the third pair largest. Abdomen. — Obovate, yellow-brown, 

 well arched, slightly overhanging base of ceplialothorax, the surface 

 clothed with fine yellow hairs. Spinnerets. — Yellow, hairy, short; 

 superior pair not stout, tapering, first joint longest, the second shortest ; 

 inferior spinners very small, cylindrical, apices I'ound, separated from 

 each other by a space equal to that of once their own individual 

 transvei'se diameter. 



Hah. — Cloncurry, Central Queensland. 



Group DOLICHOSTERNE^. 



For the reception of the following remarkable species we propose a 

 new group, Dolichosternese, and a new genus, Bolichosternum. This 

 group is placed near the end of the subfamily Dipluriiise, to which, from 

 the fact that the unique example now under study possesses three claws 

 and four spinnerets, has the lip free, and is devoid of a rastellum, it 

 would seem to belong. One of the most interesting features of this 

 extraordinai-y s[)ider is that the sternum is very long and attenuated, its 

 measurements being: Length, 4-5 mm., and width, at its widest part, 1 mm. 

 In fact, it looks more like an elongated, bluntly-pointed spine. The 

 superior spinners are also widely apart, and the anal tubercle well devel- 

 oped. In all other respects it is a true Dijilurid. The interesting novelty 

 was collected by Dr. T. Bancroft, at Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Genus Dolichosternum,-^ gen. nov. 



Cephaluthoraj'. — Obovate, truncated in front. Pars eephalica ascending 

 gentljr; ocular area broader than long, raised; chipeus narrow. Pars 

 thoraclca vetvefntiug ; thoracic fovea n\odeviite\y deep, procurved. Ei/es. — 

 Distributed over two rows of four each ; aiiterioi' row procurved, rear 

 row recurved. Legs. — Moderately long, not strong ; metatarsi and tarsi 

 i. and ii. scopulated ; relative lengths: 4, 1,2,3. Palpi. — Moderately 

 long, not strong, tarsi scopulated. Falces. — Projected well forward ; 



-•' SoXixo^ narrow, (rrtproi", chest; = narrow cTiest. 



