426 MR. H. E. HOGG ON SPIDEES 



VI. Kulczynslu, M. Eugene Simon, Mr. R. I. Pocock, Herren Emil Strand and 

 Alb. Tullgren, but from amongst its rich fauna there seem plenty of new forms 

 yet to be described. 



In this collection, leaving out the Attidfe, there are representatives of 9 families, 

 comprising 27 genera and 43 species or subspecies, of which some 18 appear to 

 be new*. 



As might be expected from a district so well supplied with insect-life, the local 

 representatives of the various genera are particularly powerful and well developed, 

 producing in closely allied species such differences as a superabundance of mandibular 

 teeth in groups like the Deleneae, where the number has been generally considered a 

 matter of more than specific importance. 



A few of the more widely spread species extend to the northern part of Australia, 

 but the general connection is decidedly Indo-Malayan, and only slightly associated 

 with the fauna to the south. 



I have to thank Mr. R. I. Pocock for his kindly advice on many debatable points, 

 and Mr. A. S. Hirst, of the Natural History Museum, for the courtesy with which he 

 has provided me with specimens for comparison from the collection under his charge. 



Suborder ARANEiE THERAPHOS.E. 



Family AvicuLARiiD^. 



Subfamily Miginse- 



Group Myrtalese. 



Genus Conothele Thor. 



CONOTHELE SPINOSA. (Text-fig. 20.) 



Conothele spinosa Hogg, Abstract P. Z. S. 1914, p. 56 (Nov. 17). 

 One female, Setakwa River. {Type of the species.) 



The cephalothorax, mandibles, and upperside of legs black-brown. Lip, maxillae, 

 sternum, and coxae rich dark yellow-brown. The fangs red at the base ; dark brown 

 from halfway to the point. The fringes on the maxillae bright orange ; bristles, both 

 ordinary and tooth-shaped, brown. 



The surface of the abdomen is mostly destroyed, together with the spinnerets. 

 The cephalothorax is convex, rising along the median line from the eyes to the 

 rear end of the cephalic part ; from this it slopes evenly to the side margins and steeply 

 to the rear. In contour it is ovate, straight in front and at the rear end, rounded at 



* [The complete account of the new genus and species described in this communication appears here, but 

 since some names and preliminary diagnoses were published in the ' Abstract,' Xo. 137 (1914), these are 

 distinguished by the names being underlined. — Editor.] 



