FROM THE MONTEBELLO ISLANDS. 71 
anteriorly, three times the height of the lip, which is broader 
than long, rounded in front, straight at the sides with the 
upper margin clearly protrudent. The sternum is shield-shaped, 
14 times as long as broad; from its greatest breadth between 
the second paix of coxee it narrows slightly anteriorly and poste- 
riorly to a point between the not quite contiguous rear coxe. 
The legs are long and thin, the metatarsi and tarsi tapering to a 
very fine point. The abdomen is twice as long as broad, widening 
from the base to halfway of its length, whence it rather suddenly 
narrows and tapers to the spinnerets. The epigyne is dome- 
shaped on the upper half, overhanging two oval hollows, one each 
side of a median broad ridge. 
This species is rather near L. Koch’s 7. gemmata from Port 
Mackay, but is smaller; the first pair of legs not so long com- 
pared with the second, and the mandible on the upper side is 
without the large tooth near the middle of the anterior edge ; 
the coloration is much lighter, and there are brown spots on 
the legs. 
The measurements (in millimetres) are as follows :— 
Long. ‘Bread. 
Cephalothorax... 2 ] 
AN NCIOMME Ms cccoe0ce 4. 2 , 
Mandibles ...... 14 
Pat. & Metat. 
(Com, Airs es Weis ADs & tars. 
La meee I = 4 5) a — eal 
Me 1 3 3 3 = 94 
: a 14, I a 4t 
4. = 3 a 3 = 84 
babes 1 1 3 hoy eee 1 
IPI OVL Ee tithe ee ae omer = 5 rs} 3; = Me 
Subfamily Neparmr a. 
Group NepniLe. 
Genus Nepuina Leach. 
Neraita venosa L. Koch. 
8 females (2 non-adult), P. D. Montague. 
Hab. (sec. Rainbow). Polynesia, New Guinea, Torres Straits, 
Queensland, N.S. Wales. Victoria and 8. Australia (H. R. #.). 
In these specimens the eyes of the rear row are clearly smaller 
than those of the front row, whereas in L. Koch’s description 
they are of the same size. This is also the case in my specimens 
from §. Australia. The longitudinal lines on the rear end 
of the abdomen are also absent, but the specimens agree in other 
respects; and I see no reason for making them a local variety, 
which they might be said to be if only found on this particular 
island. 
