420 MR. H. E. HOGG ON AUSTRALASIAN SPIDERS. [Dec. 2, 



Group Palysteje. 

 The group Palystece is represented by Palystes only. 



Genus Palystes L. Koch. 



Helicopis L. Koch, Die Arach. Austr. i. p. 495 (1874). 



Palystes L. Koch, Die Arach. Austr. vol. ii. p. 701 (1875); 

 E. Simon, Kev. Spar. 1880, p. 42, et Hist. Nat. des Ar. vol. ii. 

 p. 65 (1897). 



Type species, Palystes castanetos (Latr.) {P.frenatus L. Koch). 



Palystes ignicomus L. Koch (loc. cit.). 



Described from a female from New Ireland, east of N. Guinea. 



In the British Museum are a male and female, brought by 

 Mr. A. Willey from ISTew Britain (same locality), doubtless the 

 same as L. Koch's, and a female (Keyserling Coll.) from Brisbane, 

 the latter not quite adult. 



Of the former pair the female is much richer in colouring, pale 

 yellow stripes on darker ground down the sides of the abdomen 

 and two roimd black spots on back, with pale yellow spot in 

 between. Underneath the deep orange femora are dark brown 

 stripes reaching from the anterior end two-thirds of the distance 

 to posterior end ; a dark brown shield on the underside of 

 abdomen below the genital fold. 



The male, which is smaller, is uniformly pale orange and 

 without any shield ; the legs are much thinner, but nearly as long 

 as those of the female. 



In both specimens the front side- eyes are much larger than and 

 touch the middle pair, which are half their diameter apart. Eyes 

 all pale orange. 



In the Brisbane specimen, which I first thought must be 

 difierent, the colouring is not so deep, the dark stripes underneath 

 femora are absent as in male above, and the abdominal shield 

 much fainter. The rear row of eyes also is slightly procurved, in 

 the others straight. 



I append measurements (in millimetres) of all three : — - 



Female (N. Ireland). 



Long. Broad. 



Cephalothorax ... 12 1 in~ 



Abdomen 14 9 



Mandibles 5 =pat. i. 



Tat. & Metat. 



Coxae. Tr. & fem. tib. & tars. 



Legs 1. ^ 15 18 161 = 54 



2. 41 15 17 15 = 5U 



3. 4 111 l^ 111 = 391 



4. 4 131 131 131 = 441 

 Palpi 2 5 51 4 = 161 



