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Epigyne small, shining brown of simple form, viz., two 

 depressions with a median ridge. 



Total length, 65 mm.; thorax abd,, 25 mm. 



This striking species of Lycosa was sent from Wilson, 

 Flinders Kange, 



Type in South Australian Museum. Male unknown. 



Named after Mr. H. C. Skeet, of Melbourne, an 

 enthusiastic collector for other naturalists. 



Lycosa perinflata, n. sp. 



Cephalo-thorax broad, compressed, nearly circular in 

 outline; warm reddish-brown, covered with fine white 

 adpressed hairs. 



Median brown lines extending on to eye area in front, 

 uniting behind and then spreading into a broad fork with 

 radiating brown lines and spots on either side, running into 

 a brown splashed area on the margins of the thorax. 



Maxillae dark shining brown with thick tomentum of fint> 

 white hairs interspersed with darker brown ones. 



Lip and maxillae reddish-brown, sternum and coxae 

 darker with fine clothing of black hairs. 



Abdomen above, dirty white with four discrete broad 

 greyish-black bands interspersed with small spots and a similar 

 densely-spotted area at sides of abdomen. 



Below, yellowish-white with a broad central black band 

 narrowing towards spinnerets, which are likewise black. 



The whole abdomen is clothed with a fine white 

 tomentum. 



The eye area, of usual shape, appears white from the 

 thickness of the tomentum. 



Legs dark brown, under-surface of tibiae densely clothed 

 with white hairs, showing marked contrast with the remain- 

 ing joints. 



Total length, 73 mm.; thorax abd., 27 mm. 



This robust Lycosa was found at Whyte-Yarcowie, South 

 Australia. 



Type in South Australian Museum. Male unknown. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE Y. 



Lycosa skeeti, n. sp. 

 Nat. size. 



Ljycosa perinflato, n, sp. 

 Nat. size. 



