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ON NEW SPECIES OF TASMANIAN ARANIEDyE. 



length, together scarcely surpassed by the patellary 

 and tibial joints ; penultimate article aplanate, base 

 incrassated ; hairs whitish and yellowish, most numerous on 

 tibise of I. and II. ; tibial and metatarsal joints of I. and II. 

 armed their entire length on both edges with long, flattish, 

 brown, curved spines, directed forwards and outwards ; 

 metatarsal longest; tibiae have about 6 on each side; 

 metatarsi 7 on inner, 4 on outer edge ; space between long 

 spines occupied by from 3 to 4 much shorter spines of similar 

 form and colour ; lateral sides of tarsi armed the whole length 

 with close spines similar but shorter than metatarsal ; tibise 

 of III. have about 3 spines beneath, 1 above ; metatarsi 3 or 4 

 on inferior side ; tibiae of IV. ; IV. pair 1 on superior, 3 or 4 

 on inferior side; metatarsi 4 or 5; superior tarsal claws — 1st 

 pair, short, well curved, 8 comb teeth ; inferior claw sharply 

 bent, points ? ; axillary claws. 



Palpi, humeral and cubital joints fulvus, former article 

 clouded, radial and digital lake-brown, clouded with black 

 brown, both articles fairly furnished with hairs ; cubital joint 

 1 spine ; radial 2 ; digital 7 ; humeral rather shorter than two 

 following articles together, two latter scarcely equal digital 

 joint in length ; palpal claw long, slender, first half straight, 

 second moderately curved ; 7 teeth, free end short. 



Falces glossy, deep chocolate brown, apices lake tinge; 

 bristle-like hairs at extremity, conical, inclined inwards 

 scarcely as long as radial and digital joints of palpus, rather 

 stouter than the pars femoralis of a first leg; double row of 

 5 short teeth. 



Maxilla light reddish brown, pale greenish yellow apices ; 

 short, breadth nearly equals length, dilated forwards, roundly 

 pointed, directed towards each other. 



Labium chocolate brown, apex pale greenish hue ; semi- 

 circular, perceptibly wider than long, everted. 



Slurnum, dark fuscous ; few coarse hairs, sub-oval. 



Abdomen sub-rhomboid, base truncated, posterior fourth. 

 tumid, convoluted, dotted with small pits, sides dilated; 

 dorsum rises, almost in line with humeral angles, into an 

 obtuse-conical elevation; lateral margins longitudinally 

 wrinkled; abdomen prolonged nearly one-third its length 

 beyond spinners, which are short; darker parts, more especially, 

 marked with rather large, circular or oval lacunose depressions, 

 surrounded by numerous, very fine, sinuating wrinkles ; hairs 

 white, short, sparse; ground colour marbled with purple-black 

 and brown ; large, deep, creamy-coloured, cruciate figure 

 occupies dorsal area, fore-part nearly as wide as long, displays 

 five light brown impressed spots, three form a procurved line 

 near basal margin, two occur at foot of conical elevation, 



