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Eriodon insigne Cambr. (Text-fig. 21, figs, a, &.) 

 Eriodon inaigne Rev. O. P. Cambridge, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 ser. 4, vol. xix. 1877, p. 29. 



Cephalic part of cephalothorax and mandibles bright scarlet ; 

 thoracic part black. Abdomen black. Thoracic fovea deep and 

 strongly procurved. Front middle eyes largest, oval, upright, 

 close together. Rear middle eyes nearer to rear side than to front 

 middle. Scopulaon tarsus and two-thirds of metatarsus of 3rd and 

 4th pairs of legs. Superior claws lightly pectinated, 5 or 6 on 

 inner, 3 on outer; 2 on inferior. 8 teeth on inner falx-edge. 



Text-fig. 21. 



Eriodon rugosum. o. Male palp. 

 K. inaigne. «. Eye?, b. Male palp. 



4 on lower part of outer, and 5 very small intermediate at lower 

 end. Club-shaped spines on lip and lower inner edge of maxilla?. 

 A rather large protuberance on the inner fore corner of maxilla. 

 Trochantal joint of rnaxillfe long and cylindrical. Posterior 

 Bternal -igilla?. large and removed from margin. Forehead slightly 

 granulated, not so much as E. incertum. 



I have Beveral of these males from Dimboola, Victoria, but no 

 females thai I can attribute as cospecific with them. 



The males of E. insigm Cambr., /-'. incertum Cambr., E, rubro- 

 capitatum A.U88., and apparently /'. semicoccineum Simon, are all 

 very much alike, with their black thoracic part, abdomen, and legs, 

 and Bcarlel head and mandibles. No scarlet-coloured females have 

 been found; probablj they are of the normal black-brown or 

 chocolate colour, and maj qo1 differ even bo much as the male-. 



