110 ON NEW SPECIES OF TASMANIAN ARANE^ 



MaxillcB light yellow-brown, inferior margin and apex 

 opalescent ; moderately wide, acutely-spatlmlate, inclined 

 towards eacli other. 



Labium somewhat the colour of maxillae, one-third broader 

 than long, sub-quadrate, rounded. 



Sturnum broad-cordate ; fulvous, clouded with olive-brown. 



Legs yellowish stone-colour, ochreous-orange reflections ; 

 annulations chestnut, evanescent ; pre-apical and apical on 

 femora of I. — II.; distal rings on femora of III. — IV.; tibiae 

 of first pair 4 rings, of hind j)airs central and apical annuli; 

 metatarsal joints have central and apical rings, basal indi- 

 cated. Hairs somewhat sparse ; bristle-like on patellary- 

 tibial joints. 



Fcdpi humeral cubital joints light stone brown, penulti- 

 mate article and clava ochreous-orange ; pars humeralis some- 

 what stout, exceeds in length two following joints by one- 

 third ; cubital somewhat campanulate ; pars radialis much 

 enlarged and roundly pointed on superior side ; two latter 

 articles furnished with black bristles ; laminae bulbi ovate, 

 tapering, directed towards each other, moderately armed witk 

 strong, black hairs ; genital bulb, viewed beneath from inner 

 side, mitriform ; inferior side shortest, displays on its face an 

 oval, shield-like callus ; projecting from within bulbous, and 

 extending nearly to extremity of clava, is a wide, semi-pellucid 

 apophysis, sub-spiral, abruptly truncated, inferior angle 

 shortly prolonged, cyathiform. 



AMomen oviform ; hairs sparse ; olive-brown, spotted with 

 large and small creamy-coloured flecks ; fore-half occupied by 

 a lanceolate figure, somewhat suif used with dull-red, marked 

 with large fuscous spots ; margin, confluent creamy flecks ; 

 posterior incline exhibits a sub-oval band, closely spotted with 

 normal flecks ; lateral margins marked with a longitudinal, 

 interrupted fuscous band, gradually enlarged posteriorly, 

 curves round spinners, confluent beneath. 



JPem.— Ceph. th., long, 2 ; wide, I'5. Abd., long, 3-2 ; 

 wide, 2-8. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3=10-8, 9, 8, 5 mm. 



Cep7mZof7ioraa3 brownish stone- colour ; median band sharply 

 constricted at fovea, mottled olive-brown ; side border wide, 

 somewhat acute-crenate, similar shade ; hairs coarse, sparse, 

 mostly on caput ; pars cephalica convex, frontal line round- 

 pointed, lateral index one-third shorter than facial ; clypeus 

 inclined moderately forwards, depth nearly equal to half facial 

 space ; pars thoracica ovate, moderately convex ; fovea oral, 

 longitudinal ; normal grooves tolerably well defined ; contour 

 of profile rises from stalk at an angle of 45 deg., inclined 

 forwards. 



Eyes do not differ essentially from males. 



