118 ON NEW SPECIES OF TASMANIAN ARANE^. 



ocular eminence prominent ; lateral index nearly equals 

 facial ; depth of clypeus scarcely equals diameter of a fore- 

 centre eye ; thoracic j^^^rt moderately convex, well rounded, 

 fovea sub-oval ; radial and caput-strise tolerably strong ; pro- 

 file-contour represents a low arch ; ocular prominence level. 



Eyes on dark rings; posterior row recurved, line across 

 hind margin of centre pair intersects laterals ; median eyes 

 separated by fully their own breadth, about their space and 

 one-quarter from side eyes ; anterior row rather more dis- 

 tinctly recurved ; centrals visibly more than one-third larger 

 than hind pair, rather more distant from each other ; interval 

 exceeding an eye's diameter than they are from posterior pair, 

 less than their space from side eyes ; latter pair nearly equal 

 hind centrals in size, posited obliquely more than their radius 

 apart. 



Falces light fulvous, suffused with brown at extremities ; 

 few white hairs ; conical, vertical ; length equals breadth of 

 anterior row of eyes ; stout. 



MaxillcB fulvous, shaded with brown ; rather longer than 

 wide at fore-end, pointed, inclined towards labium-, latter 

 organ has a deeper tone than maxillae, one-half their length, 

 oval. 



Sturnum deejD fulvous, spotted, border suffused with chest- 

 nut-brown ; cordate. 



Legs yellowish, perceptible green tinge, somewhat speckled 

 with brown ; light olive-brown annulations on fore-end of 

 femora ; patellae colour of annuli ; central and apical rings on 

 tibial and metatarsal joints more or less obliterated ; hairs 

 yellowish, short ; spines yellowish, base dark, moderately 

 numerous ; tibial sj^ines less than diameter of article in 

 length ; legs of tolerable strength, I., II., IV. of nearly equal 

 length. 



Falpi fulvous; fore-end of pars digitalis red- chestnut ; 

 armature light hairs and spines. 



Abdomen triangular-ovate, base rounded; humeral tubercles 

 mamiform, project upwards and outwards; the aplanato 

 dorsal slope terminates with a wide, somewhat compressed, 

 pointed tubercle ; inferior tubercular prominence more 

 obtusely pointed ; ground colour, bright chrome-yellow, more 

 or less suffused with olive-brown, closely speckled with lake; 

 folium tapers to posterior tubercle, margins acute-crenate, 

 olive-brown ; second half suffused with olive-brown ; median 

 streak narrow, dark, crossed by three arcuate bars. Acute 

 apices of humeral tubercles red-chestnut, orange-yellow tips 

 conspicuous. Four pairs of impressed spots, two anterior 

 pairs blue- black, well-defined, represent a trapezoid narrowest 

 in front. Abdomen crossed by a series of small, shallow. 



