1902.] 



MR. n. R. HOGG OX AUSTRALIAN SPIDERS. 



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The rear I'ow is recurved, the laterals half their diameter from 

 those of the front row are the same in length as the front median. 

 The somewhat square rear median are two-thirds the diameter of 

 the laterals, nearly close up to the latter and half their diametei- 

 from the front median. The eye-space is 18 x 7, the whole 

 prominence 18 X 10. The cephalic fovea is lunate and veiy clearly 

 procurved. 



Text-fig-. 27. 



Dekana diver sicolor. 

 a, eyes ; h, tibia and metatarsus i. of male ; c, male palp. 



The mandibles are rather long compared with their breadth, and 

 stand out horizontally half the length of the cephalothorax. There 

 are nine large teeth on the inner falx-sheath, five quite small in 

 an intermediate row at the lower end. The lip, straight at the 

 sides, hollowed in front, is broader than long and has one spine 

 only visible about the middle. 



The viaxillce convex at the base over half theii' width are thence 

 hollowed round the lip and are straight in front. They are some- 

 what sparsely bespined over the whole basal area.. The sternum 

 is ovate, straight in front, bi'oadest at rear, slightly convex. The 

 posterior sternal sigilla are long and narrow halfway between the 

 margin and the median line. The legs are only moderately stout, 

 the tai'si being all scopulated and without spines ; the metatarsi 

 are all bespined, those of the fi'ont two pairs scopulated, and the 



