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towards the labium, which is rather longer than broad, slightly 

 rounded at its apex, near which it is rather narrower than at 

 the base. 



Sternum large, oval, narrowest at its fore extremity, thickly 

 clothed with short hairs. Colour of maxillas, labium, and 

 sternum yellowish brown, the latter having a long-oval longi- 

 tudinal patch of a darker colour in its centre. 



Abdomen — upperside of same colour as cephalothorax ; 

 underside more mottled with yellowish ; strongly rugulose, 

 hinder part broader than the front, thickly furnished with 

 bluntish tuberculate spines and bristles, similar to those on 

 the legs. The length of the abdomen is about equal to that 

 of the cephalothorax, and the broadest part is rather broader ; 

 fore margin notched. 



A single specimen (?) of this singular-looking spider is in 

 the Hope Collection, University Museum, Oxford. Being 

 dried and pinned, it was not possible to make a satisfactory 

 examination of it ; nor could it be ascertained whether the 

 specimen had attained maturity. At a single glance, however, 

 it proclaimed itself to be an undescribed species of a genus 

 not hitherto characterized. The hasty and imperfect sketch 

 accompanying this description may perhaps help to give some 

 general idea of its appearance. 



Hah. South Australia. 



Steplianopis nigra, n. sp. 



$ . Adult ? Length b\ lines ; relative length of legs 

 1, 2, 4, 3. 



This species, closely allied to Stephanopis altifrons, resem- 

 bles it in general form and length of legs, but is longer ; its 

 cephalic eminence, however, is altogether rather less elevated, 

 though more prominent between the eyes ; the size of the two 

 lateral eyes of the front row is also slightly smaller in propor- 

 tion to those of the hinder row. The tubercular rugulosities and 

 spines are generally stronger and more pronounced, especially 

 upon the palpi. The colour of this species is a uniform coal- 

 black. 



A single specimen ( ? ), dry and pinned, in the Hope Coll. 

 Oxford. 



Hob. " North part of New Holland." 



Stephanopis clavata, n. sp. 

 ? . Adult. Length 3| lines ; relative length of legs 1, 2, 



Nearly allied to both the foregoing species, the present 



