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



than 1st, and in not having the cephalothorax highest in pos- 

 terior thml. The front side-eyes are generally not larger than 

 the median. Until we know the males of all the species now 

 included provisionally, for which a good deal more collecting is 

 required, we cannot settle the whole of the species for certain. 

 The species may be distinguished as follows : — 



A. Side-eyes of front row larger than median . 



Abdomen above and below pale yellow, with very fine 



hairs magareyi, nov. sp. 



B. Side-eyes of front row not larger than median. 

 a}. Side-eyes of front row smaller than median. 



a". Abdomen underneath whole-coloured, without 

 special markings. 

 a^. Abdomen twice as long as broad, a longitudinal 

 median dark stripe the whole length of back 



{sec. L. Koch) maeilentus L. K. 



53. Abdomen at most 14 times as long as bi'oad, 

 without the longitudinal median stripe above 



(sec. L. Koch) jpallidus'L.'K. 



Ir. Distinct markings on underside of abdomen. 

 «■*. Shield-pattern behind epigyne 



aP. black, with two white longitudinal stripes 



thereon (sec. L. Koch) _p£etos L. K. 



£5. reddish brown, darker anteriorlj^, bounded by 

 pale brown border all round. Cephalothorax 



highest posteriorly tJioracictis, nov. sp. 



h'^. No black shield behind epigyne, 

 a^. but an orange-yellow transverse stripe {sec. 



L. Koch) prmclarus L. K. 



66. Underside of abdomen dark orange-yellow ; 

 in front of the spinnerets a broken trans- 

 verse band of j'ellowish- white hair rutilus L. K. 



c". Longitudinal brown median stripe on pale 

 yellow ground fi'om middle of back to spin- 

 nerets ; irregular small dark brown spots on 



underside inframaculatus Hogg. 



£1. Eyes of front row of equal size, 

 a'. Eyes of front row equidistant. 



a^. Median sulcus wanting on cephalothorax festivtis L. K. 



6^. Median sulcus clearly defined. 

 a^. On the underside of abdomen no black field, 



a}^. but two brighter longitudinal stripes hmmorrhoidalis L. K. 



6^0. four brighter longitudinal stripes incomtus Jj.1^. 



h^. On the underside of abdomen a black field, 

 a^^. with tv/o white longitudinal stripes or spots, 

 a 12. Inside the black field two white longi- 

 tudinal stripes and a black stripe at base 



of abdomen on underside diana L. K. 



&i". The two white longitudinal stripes, one 



each side, but outside the black field ?pictiis L. K., var., or 



fill. No white spots accompanying the black [n. sp. 



field, 

 fli^. The black field reaching two-thirds of 



way down calUgastcrli. K. 



513. A straight black stripe halfway down on 



orange ground {sec. Karsch) patella f us Karsch. 



ei2. The black field broken in the middle 



transverselj', thus forming two sa laciiis L. K. 



h'. The front middle ej^es farther from the side-ej^es 



than from one another. 



a^^. On the ixnderside of the abdomen a black 



longitudinal field reaching to the spinnerets, 



but separated transversely in the middle {sec. 



Jj. Koch) conspicuus L. K. 



