128 Tnin\((ciioiis. — Zoology. 



Art. XIX. — On Neic S^iecies of Arauea'. 



By A. T. l^iiQVHAKT, CoiT. Mem. Eoyal Society of 

 Tasmania. 



[ReaJ before the Auckland Institiife, ;!rd Novcvthcr, 1890.] 



Plate XXI. 



Fam. DYSDIKID.^. 

 Gen. OoKOPS, Templeton. 

 Oonops septem-cincta, sp. nov. Plate XXL, fig. 1. 



Femina. — Ceph.-tli., long, 5; broad, 3. Abd., long, 5; 

 broad, 2. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 -- 13, 12-5, 11-5, 103 mm. 



Ceplialothorax bright-mahogany colour, fuscous clouding 

 about margin of cephalic region ; hairs very short, sparse ; 

 elongate-oval, prominently convex, roundly truncated ; cly- 

 2')eus inclined forwards, depth equal to the greater diameter 

 and one-half of a centre eye ; thoracic indentation slight, 

 normal grooves faint; profile-contour represents an even arch,^ 

 dips somewhat abruptly across ocular area. 



Eyes of about equal size, oval, opalescent, posited on low- 

 dark eminences, in three subcontiguous groups ; centre pair* 

 placed slightly in advance of hind-laterals, perceptibly more 

 distant from them than they are from anterior laterals, an in- 

 terval ratlier surpassing their greater diameter. 



Fakes lake-black ; few hairs ; conical, gibbous at base in 

 front, outwardly inclined, rather longer than radial + digital 

 joints of palpus ; breadth at base exceeds one-half length. 



Maxilhe nuicli dilated at insertion of palpi, spathulate,. 

 more distinctly curved on superior side. 



Labium suboval, sides apparently pressed inwards by 

 maxillae ; about half as long as the latter ; organs red-ma- 

 hogany colour, clouded with a deeper shade. 



Sternum fulvous; elongate-oval, terminates above fourth 

 pair of coxal joints, prolonged beyond first pair for a distance 

 equal to three-fourths breadth of lip. 



Lecjs yellowish-mahogany, moderately strong ; hairs line, 

 rather long ; femora of first, second, and third pairs have 2 

 short black spines on fore-end, fourth 1 distal spine, 2 basal ; 

 tibia of first leg, 2, 2, 2 beneath, 2 side spines ; metatarsus, 

 double row, 4-G ; tibial joint of second, 2, 2. 2 ; metatarsus, 

 2, 2, 2 : tibia of third leg, 1, 1, 2 ; metatarsus, 2, 1, 3: fourth 

 leg, tibial joint, 1,2; metatarsus, 2, 1, 4, or 3, 1, 4. Superior 

 tarsal claws — First pair strong, well-curved, outer 11 comb- 

 teeth; inner claw, 12 long, 1 short basal tooth; inferior claw^ 

 short, sharplv bent. 1 long curved tooth. 



