Rainbow — ARACiixinA 239 



Family THERIDIIDAE. 



AEIAMNES COLUBRINUS Keys. (L.11.1.) 



ARGYRODES ANTIPODIANA O. P. Camb. (L.H.I.) 



ARGYRODES GRACILIS L. Koch. (L.H.I.) 



ARGYRODES GEMMATA sp. nov. (L.H.I.) 



(PI. xxviii, figs. 26, 27.) 



t^ t'c])halotli(.rax, 1 mm. lung. Ov mm. broad: abdomen. L4 mm. long, 



v mm. broad. 



C.'ephalothorax (jvate, black, shining, arched. Pars cephalica ascending, 

 sides declivous; ocniar area Iiroader than long; clypeus somewhat produced, 

 but not cleft. Pars thoracica broad, normal grooves distinct; marginal band 

 narriiw. K\es of erraal size. Legs long, vellow, tapering, pubescent, armed 

 with long weak s])ines. Relatixe lengths, 1, 4, 2. 3. Palpi short, pubescent, 

 darkish-vellow with exception of genital Inill), which is almost black; the 

 bulb complicated, pear-sha])ed, and hairy. Falces darkish-yellow, shining, 

 pubescent Maxiilne and labium dark yellow, shining, normal. .'sternum 

 hairw ci luci ilomrs \>ith foregoing. .\l)domen scmiewhat gibbous, elongate, 

 slightl}- oNcrhanging base of cephalothorax, arched, pubescent, dark-lirown, 

 nearK- b'ack ; superior surface ornamented at the middle with a bright, silvery, 

 diamniuhsha|)ed design, in the centre of which is a distinct black spot; surface 

 furnished with fine long hairs. Type, I. II.^IS. 



MONETA AUSTRALIS Keys. (N.I.) 

 (PI. xxviii, figs. 2S, 29.) 



Tliree specimens of this species were obtained — t\yc> immature females 

 and one mature male. Up to the present time the female onl}- has been known, 

 the male is therefore described hereimder. 



d Cephalcthora-x, 1 -3 mm. long. 1 mm. broad; abdomen, 1 -8 mm. long, 

 1 lum. broad. 



( 'ephalothorax similar in coldur, form, an<I marking to female. Eyes also 

 as in the female. Legs long, tapering, yellow, with smoky-brown annulations. 

 Kelati\-e lengths, I, 2, 4, 3. Palpi long, fine, yellow, genital bulb large, com- 

 plicated, hair_\'. Max'llae, labium, and sternum, similar to female. Al)domen 

 elongate, truncatcfl in front, not o\erhanging base of cephalothorax, slightly 

 arched, sides parallel fur t\\'o thirds their length, then rapidly narrowing 

 off and terminating dbtuselv; supericir surface vellow, with dark-brown 

 maikiugs and fin-'iished with two small, white tubercles in fnmt; inferior 

 surface vellowish-grev. 



