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ON NEW SPECIES OF TASMANIAN ARANIEDiE. 



Cephalothorax late-brown, passing into brown on posterior 

 incline and lateral borders, moderately clothed with, 

 adpressed, silky, whitish hairs; depressed; length equals 

 metatarsus and tarsus of a leg of fourth pair ; pars cephalica 

 sub-aplanate, squarely truncated, ocular-eminence prominent; 

 facial index exceeds lateral by one-fourth, equals one-half 

 breadth of thorax ; depth of cly'peus plainly surpasses diameter 

 of a fore-centre eye; pars thoracica ovate; indentation 

 trisected; caput and radial strife faint; contour of profile 

 represents a moderate, even arch. 



Fore-centre eyes of about equal size, form a quadrilateral 

 figure widest in front; posterior row slightly recurved 

 median eyes rather further from fore-pair than they are 

 from each other, an interval visibly surpassing their diameter ; 

 their space and a half from laterals ; curvature of anterior 

 row perceptibly stronger than hind row; median eyes 

 separated by an eye's breadth and a half, divided from side- 

 eyes by their space and a quarter ; laterals one-third smaller 

 than centrals, posited obliquely on a forward projecting 

 tubercular elevation, less than their radius from each other. 



Legs and cephalothorax concolorous, annulations broad, 

 brown, not clearly defined; hairs fine, somewhat sparse- 

 spines yellowish, base dark; fairly numerous, irregular- 

 tibial spines equal to its own diameter in length- le«s 

 moderately stout, tibial joints cylindrical. 



Palpi fuscous, annuli deeper tone ; length equal to meta- 

 tarsus and tarsus of first leg ; spines numerous on radial and 

 digital joints ; palpal claw short, well curved, 9 teeth, 3 basal 

 rapidly decreasing in size. 



Fakes deep, raw-sienna ; conical, vertical, strongly gibbous 

 at base m front; fore-third divergent, as stout as the femur 

 of a third leg, length equal to anterior row of eyes ; 4 teeth 

 on outer row ; inner 3. 



Maxillce nearly as broad as long, extremity much dilated, 

 roundly pointed, inclined over labium, which is wider than 

 long, sub-triangular ; organs olive-brown, pale margins. 



Sturnum mahogany-brown ; hairs light; cordate ; eminences 

 opposite coxal joints. 



Abdomen broad-oviform, base pointed; profile-contour 

 ovate; humeral tubercles obtuse-conical; rather sparsely 

 clothed with short, black bristle-like hairs, and soft 

 white, latter following the lighter tints ; pattern somewhat 

 obscure; ground colour creamy-brown, mottled, ill-defined 

 patches of a pale olive-brown, few orange-red stains, most 

 pronounced about region of centre figure and tubercles ; basal 

 half displays an olive-brown cruciate figure, composed of two 

 longitudinally placed, spindle-shaped spots, and two much 



