1901.] 



AUSTRALIAN SPIDBES. 



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EmoDON iNSiGNE Cambr. (Text-fig. 21, figs, a, 6.) 

 Eriodon hisigne Eev. O. P. Cambridge, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 4, vol. xix. 1877, p. 29. 



Cephalic part of ceplialothorax and mandibles bright scarlet ; 

 thoracic part black. Abdomen black. Thoracic fovea deep and 

 strongly procarved. Front middle eyes largest, oval, upright, 

 close together. Eear middle eyes nearer to rear side than to front 

 middle. Scopula on tarsus and two-thirds of metatarsus of 3rd and 

 4th pairs of legs. Superior claws lightly pectinated, 5 or 6 on 

 inner, 3 on outer ; 2 on inferior. S teeth on inner falx-edge, 



Text-fig. 21. 



Eriodon rugosmn. c. Male palp. 

 E. insigne. a. Ejes. b. Male palp. 



4 on lower part of outer, and 5 Very small intermediate at lower 

 end. Club-shaped spines on lip and lower inner edge of maxillae. 

 A rather large protuberance on the inner fore corner of maxilla. 

 Trochantal joint of maxillse long and cylindrical. Posterior 

 sternal sigillge large and removed from margin. Porehead slightly 

 granulated, not so much as E. incertum. 



I have several of these males from Dimboola, Victoria, but no 

 females that I can attribute as cospecific with them. 



The males of E. insigne Cambr., E. incertum Cambr,, E. riibro- 

 capitatum Auss., and apparently E. semicoccineum Simon, are all 

 very much alike, with their black thoracic part, abdomen, and legs, 

 and scarlet head and mandibles. No scarlet-coloured females have 

 been found ; probably they are of the normal black-brown or 

 chocolate colour, and may not differ even so much as the males. 



