1902.] 



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The mandibles are long and stout. 



The abdomen is oval, but the specimen is dried and it is stuffed 

 with wool, and so the epigyne is desti'oyed. It is rather closely 

 covered with thick short hair. 



The legs are very stout, and altogether it is a formidable species. 



Text-fig. 87. 



P ,21 ^ 13 (43 

 10 

 (5)7 ©8 ©7(5) 



Neosparassws tJwracicus, ^ . 

 A, eyes; B, profile. 



Measurements in milliinetres. 



Long. Broad, 



r 10 

 Oephalothoi'ax ... 18 -i ^^ 



Abdomen 22 17 



Mandibles 8 



Pat. & Metat. 

 Coxse. Tr. & fern. tib. & tars. 



Legs 1. 6 17 22 20 = 65 



2. 6 18 23 21 = 68 



3. 5i 15| 164 14| = 52 



4. 5| 16 17" 17 = 55i 

 Palpi 3i 7 8i 6 = 25'' 



One dried female in Brit. Mus. fi*om IST. Australia. 



Neosparassus macilentus (L. Koch). 



Ueteropoda oyiacilenta L. Koch, Arach. Austr. vol. ii. p. 711. 

 One female from Bowen. 



L. Koch thinks this should possibly be included in the genus 

 Isopeda. 



ISTeosparassus pallidus (L. Koch). 

 Heteropoda pallida L. Koch, loc. cit. p. 713. 

 One male from Peak Downs. 



