128 ON NEW SPECIES OF TASMANIAN AEANE^. 



obovate space ; extremity of falces somewhat squarely trun- 

 cated, anterior fourth — inner side drawn out into an obtuse, 

 sharply upturned, flattish process, whose apex is twisted 

 forward, project two black tooth-like sub-processes ; inner 

 row of teeth long, close together, stouter than onter ; latter 

 project from a strong subquadrate process, broader than 

 long; centre tooth longest and stoutest. 



MaxillcB lake-chocolate, fading into a brownish tone at 

 angles ; anterior half sharply dilated — especially superior 

 angle ; rounded, slightly inclined towards each other. 



Labium conical, more than half length of maxillae, coloura- 

 tion similar. 



Sturnum brownish-yellow, approximating to olive-green; 

 hairs whitish ; ovate. 



Legs, femoral joints fuscous-lake ; patellae and tibiae of I. — 

 TT. lighter shade ; metatarsi orange-lake, white basal and dis- 

 tal annulations of a deeper tone ; patellary and tibial joints of 

 III.-IV. legs have a more yellowish shade than the fore pairs, 

 indications of rings on tibiae ; metatarsi and tarsi brownish- 

 yellow,dark annulations on former articles. White hairs short, 

 sparse ; black, numerous, long ; fairly-well armed with spines. 

 Legs stout I.-II., III.-IV. of about equal strength ; patella 

 and tibia of first leg cylindrical, slightly surpass cepho- 

 lothorax in length, latter article one-sixth longer than former ; 

 metatarsus and tarsus just exceed tibia. 



Palpi and legs concolorous ; well armed with long, pale 

 yellow and black hairs ; first part of the pars humeralis com- 

 pressed, second half gradually incrassated in lenghh, exceeds 

 by one-fourth cubital and radial joints together ; pars 

 cubitalis, viewed from above, sub-quadrate, radial joint some- 

 what shorter and narrower than latter article, obliquely 

 truncated beneath, outer margin prolonged forwards into a 

 into a black spine-like down-curved process, equal to half 

 length of joint ; pars digitalis equals humeral joint in length ; 

 lamina elongate- ovate, convex, well haired ; genital bulb 

 yellowish-brown, clouded with olive-brown, well developed, 

 conical, apex projects backwards into cavity beneath radial 

 joint ; base truncated, of a creamy-brown colour, encircled by 

 a black, corneous, spine-like costa, broad on inner side ; con- 

 cave, centre elevation deeply incised. 



Abdomen ovate ; dorsal region grayish-fulvous, pattern 

 without any very determinate limits ; more thickly, but less 

 brightly haired than female. 



Mas. max. length, 10"5 ; min. 8. Fe^n. max. length, 9*8 ; 

 min. 8 mm. 



Fem. — Ceph. th., long, 4 ; wide, 3. [Abd., long, 5*2 ; wide 

 3-8. Legs, 4, 3, l--2=9, 8,7-5 mm. 



