1901.] 



AUSTEALIAN SPIDEBS. 



Synopsis of Species. 



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Line joining centres of front row of eyes straight. 



Eyes in same about equal in size. Legs whole- 

 coloured throughout S. stirlingi, n. sp. 



Line joiniug centres of front row of eyes procurved. 2. 



(Male.) First and fourth pairs of legs about equal 

 in length. In the front row of eyes a line touching 

 the lower part of the middle pair passes through 

 the centres of the latei'als. Femur i. & ii. chocolate- , o „,,>•„ „ „„ 

 bro^vn underneath 1 ^iS crca-ine&'Li Koch 



(Female.) First pair of legs distinctly longer than ^ ' " -^ ' 



the fourth. Front row of eyes so far procurved 

 that a line touching the lower points of the middle 

 pair passes above the side-eyes (sec. Thor.) 8. strenua Thor. 



Selenocosmia cbassipes L. Koch. 



Phrictus crassipes L. Koch, Die Arachn. Austr. (1874) p. 490. 

 Phlogius crassipes E. Simon, loe. cit. 



Selenocosmia stirlingi, n. sp. (Text-fig. 27.) 



Text-fig. 27. 



Selenocosmia stirlingi. a. Male palpal organ ; h, extremity, enlarged 

 from upper and under sides, c. Eyes. 



This species has a wider range over Australia apparently than 

 any other of the group. I have met with specimens from New 

 Gruinea through Queensland to about the northern border of New 

 South Wales, through Central and South Australia, to lat. 25° 30', 

 and in Western Australia from the latitude of Perth. Until the 



