242 Records of the S.A. Museum 



fang, short, weak. Maxillae yellow, normal. Labium concolorous with fore- 

 going, longer than broad, obtusely truncated. Sternum shield-shaped, yellow. 

 >-ery slightly arched, hairy, and terminating in an obtuse point between fourth 

 pair of coxae. Abdomen large, hairy, strongh- arche(l. obii\'ate. oxerhanging 

 base of cejihalothorax ; sui)erior surface and sides. dull-\ellow. ornamented 

 with black markings; inferior surface yellow-grev. Iq)igynum a small, 

 slightly elevated eminence, with two lateral, elliptical jiits. 



Two specimens were collected, both from the same immediate locality, 

 the summit of Mount Gower. From these exar.ijdes it would apjiear that the 

 species is variable, as in one the black alxlomi'ial markings are interrupted, 

 while in the other they are almost complete, li}- anterior, jiosterior, and lateral 

 }-ellow-grey markings and sjiots. Type, I. 11.^20. 



THERIDION TEPIDARIORUM C. Koch. (N.I.) 



THERIDION DIVERSIPES sp. nov. (N.I.) 



(PI. xxviii, fig. 3.S; xxix, figs. 3''-42. ) 



d Cephaloth.orax. 1 nmi. long, v mm. broad; abdomen. 1 ■?> mm. long. 

 Ov broad. 



Cephalothorax ovate. }ello\v. clouded with fuscous. Pars ce]ihalica arched, 

 smooth, obtuse in front, thoracic groove distinct; ocular area broad. occup_\'- 

 ing nearly the entire width of the front; clypeus narrow. Pars thoracica 

 strongly arched, moderately broad, radial groo\-es and median fovea distinct; 

 marginal band narrow. Legs yellow, long, ta])ering; the first pair are much 

 the longest, and ha\'e the femora enormously de\-eloped ; each is clothed 

 with l(.)ng fine hairs, and armed with short, fine spines. Relative lengths, 1, 

 2. 4. 3. Palpi short, yellow, hairy, genital bulb small, pear-shaped, compli- 

 cated. Fakes short, concolorous with legs, weak. Maxillae and labium 

 concolorous also. Sternum shield-shaped, }-ellow, shining, slightly arched, 

 and terminating obtusely between fourth pair of coxae. Abdomen o\al, 

 slightly overhanging base of cephalothorax, strongly arched, ])ilose, yellow, 

 ornamented laterally by two short, rather broken, slightly cur^-ed bands, which 

 commence in front, and terminate mid\\'ay; between these bands there are 

 several irregularly formed silvery spots: at posterior extremity there is a large 

 ]ilack patch, wavy in outline, and broadest in front; sides an<l inferior surface 

 yellow. 



$ Cephalothorax. 12 mm. long, -9 mm. broad; abdomen, 1-6 mm. 

 long, 1 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax o\-ate. vellow, smooth, not suffused \,ith fuscous as in the 

 male, to which in .nil other respects, except the slight d'ft'erence in size, it is 



