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previously recorded by Hogg, Strand, and myself are included 

 in the material. The list is as follows : — 



Family DICTYNIDAE. 



Amaurobius australiensis, Str. 

 Strand: Zool. Jahrb., 1913, p. 603. 

 Hab. — Cooper Creek. One specimen. 



Amaurobius australiensis, Str., var. exsiccatus, Str. 

 Strand: op. cit., p. 604. 



Hab. — Trinity; Clayton Creek; Devils Village, near 

 Trinity. 



Family DRASSIDAE. 



Hemicloea longipes, Hogg. 

 Hogg: Rep. Horn Exped., ii., Zoology, 1896,. p. 337. 

 Hab. — Farina, October, 1916, one male specimen badly 

 damaged, and one very immature female ; Strzelecki Creek, 

 1 female, adult. 



Family ZODARIDAE. 



Storena rastellata, Str. 

 Strand: Zool. Jahrb., 1913, p. 606. 

 Hab. — Strzelecki Creek, 1 immature male. 



Family THERIDIIDAE. 



Theridion asbolodes, (D n. sp. 

 PI. xxxii., fig. 1. 



9 • Cephalothorax 1*7 mm. long, 1'5 mm. broad; 

 abdomen 2'9 mm. long, 2'2 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax obovate, yellow, shining, smooth. Pars 

 cephalica strongly arched, segmental groove profound; ocular 

 area broader than long ; clypeus broad, deep. Pars thoracica 

 well arched, radial groves distinct; marginal band broad. 

 Eyes normal. Legs. — Legs 1 and 2 missing; leg 3 has the 

 femur, patella, and tibia yellow, and the metatarsus and 

 tarsus fuscous; leg 4 has the femur and patella yellow, and 

 tibia, tarsus, and metatarsus fuscous ; each limb is pilose and 

 armed with short, fine, dark spines. Palpi short, strong, 

 similar in clothing to legs : femur and patella yellow, tibia 

 and tarsus fuscous. Falces concolorus with cephalothorax, 

 arched, acuminate. Maxillae long, yellow, arched, inner 

 angles dilated, apices converging inwards and nearly meeting. 

 Labium concolorous with maxillae, short, broad, arched. 



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