487 



Hob. — Clayton Creek ; Murteree ; Strzelecki Creek ; Devils 

 Village, near Trinity. Previously recorded from Wollongong, 

 Sydney, Nepean River, and Reedy Creek, George Hill Range, 

 Central Australia. 



Note. — Three specimens, each immature, of what I take 

 to be the above species were obtained. Like the example 

 recorded by Hogg (supra) they differ very considerably from 

 Koch's description and figure. The latter author, however, 

 points out that his specimens varied considerably in size and 

 marking. Under the circumstances, I prefer to regard the 

 forms before me as one and the same species, and inseparable 

 from D. australianus. 



Family LYCOSIDAE. 



Lycosa waitei, n. sp. 

 PI. xxxii., figs. 7-9. 



9 • Cephalothorax 6*5 mm. long, 4*6 mm. broad ; 

 abdomen 10'2 mm. long, 5*2 mm. broad (fig. 7). 



Cephalothorax obovate, hairy. Pars cephalica slightly 

 raised, well arched, nearly black in front, yellow down the 

 middle, dark reddish-brown laterally ; ocular area longer than 

 broad, furnished with a few moderately long stiff black 

 bristles; clypeus deep. Pars thoracica well arched, dark 

 reddish-brown, yellow down the middle and sub-laterally; 

 median fovea long, straight, radial groves well defined, nearly 

 black; marginal band broad. Eyes distributed over three 

 rows of 4, 2, 2; those of the front row small, even, and 

 slightly recurved : the two constituting the intermediate row 

 much larger than their anterior neighbours, and dis- 

 tinctly larger than the posterior pair ; median pair separated 

 from each other by a space equal to about once their indi- 

 vidual diameter, and the posterior pair from their median 

 neighbours by a space equal to about once their individual 

 diameter, and the posterior pair from their median neigh- 

 bours by a space equal to about twice their individual 

 diameter, and again from each other by a space equal 

 to fully four times their individual diameter (fig. 8). 

 Legs long, strong, hairy, tapering, yellow, annulated 

 reddish-brown, armed with long, moderately strong 

 spines; relative lengths, 4, 1, 2, 3. Palpi long, strong, 

 similar in colour and armature to legs. Falces long, strong, 

 taperdng, black, hairy, well arched. Maxillae normal, red- 

 dish, rather densely clothed with coarse, black hairs, apices 

 inclined inwards, yellow. Labium normal also, similar in 

 colour and clothing to maxillae. Sternum somewhat shield- 

 shaped, arched, yellow, shining, margined with dull pale 



