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AUSTRALIAN SPIDEES. 



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thoracic part, on each side of which are three somewhat oval 

 depressions. 



Eyes. The front row is only shghtly procni'ved ; the two median 

 three fourths their diameter apart ; the side-eyes farther away, 

 about one third longer in diameter than the median. The front 

 and rear side are equal in diameter and almost contiguous. The 

 middle eyes of rear row touch the laterals with their upper corner. 



Stetmum broad, shield-shaped, very convex. Sigillse quite mar- 

 ginal, the posterior pair rather large. 



Text-fig. 30. 



Aname grisea. a. Eyes. 



Li]) convex, cup-shaped, broader than long, sides rounded, the 

 front and rear edges both recurved and parallel ; one or two club- 

 shaped spines. Maxillae rather broad, straight in front, a deep 

 rounded heel at the outer posterior corner, thence curving inwards 

 round the lip. Above this incurved part a thick group of club- 

 shaped spines. 



On inner margin of falx-sheath 8 large teeth and a few small 

 intermediate at the lower end. 



The superior tarsal claws have two rows of pectinations of 4 or 

 5 each, the 3rd claw without teeth. The tarsi are all unbespined. 

 Scopulae on the two front pairs reach two-thirds up the metatarsi 

 also. The tibiae and metatarsi are all bespined, and there are three 

 short ones on the anterior side of patella iii. 



The inferior spinnerets are their diameter apart. The superior 

 tapering, the 1st and 3rd joints equally long, the 2nd shorter. 



