1901.] AUSTRALIAN SPIDERS. 225 



intermediate at lower end, away from fang. There are no spines 

 on lip or maxillae. 



Eyes : the front middle are the largest, oval, inclined to one 

 another, hases half their short diameter apart. Side-eyes ahout 

 equal in size, in length equal the short diameter of front middle 

 eves. The cephalic part above the eyes is deeply pitted with 

 numerous coarse indentations. 



The rastellum is on a pad on the inner side of the falx. The 

 sternal sigillne are large, away from margin, and the same as in 

 E. insigne and E. rubrocapitatum. 



A thick low undivided scopula on tarsus and metatarsus iii. and 

 iv. reaches nearly to the base of the latter. There are 5 pectinations 

 ou superior inner tarsal claw, 3 on outer, and 3 short on inferior. 



These particulars are from a male from Perth (H. W. J. Turner) 

 in the British Museum. 



Measurements in millimetres. 



Cephalothorax 

 Abdomen . . 



Long. Broad. 

 5 6 

 51- 5 



Pat. & 



Metat. 









Coxa. Tr. & fem. 



tib. 



& tars. 







Legs 



1. 21 5| 



2. 2| 5 



5 



41 



4 



= 



171 

 16 





3. 21 5 



4 



4 



= 



151 



Or 1,4,2,3. 



4. 21 5 



41 



4 1 



= 



16£ 



Palpi 



If 2 & 4 



6} 



1 



= 



14 



Eeiodon rugosum Auss. (Text-fig. 21 c, p. 223.) 



Eriodon rugosum Auss., Verh. der k.k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 

 Baud xxv. 1875, p. 141, Taf. v. figs. 5 & 6. A male from Australia. 



One male, Keyserling Coll., British Museum. Total length 

 14 mm. 



The front side- eyes ai'e largest and oval. The front middle are 

 likewise oval, long diameter vertical, slightly smaller ; their short 

 diameter apart. 



The whole cephalothorax and mandibles are deep black, the legs 

 and palpi inclining to reddish brown — the colour of E. occatorium, 

 from which however the eyes differ entirely. The abdomen 

 considerably overhangs the cephalothorax. 



Measurements in millimetres. 

 Long. Broad. 

 Ceph. (without mandibles) . . 7 7 



Abdomen (i. 1 , 5 



Mandibles 4 



Pat. & Metat. 

 Coxa. Tr. & fem. tib. & tars. 



Legs 1. 2\ v i'. 4^ = 17 



2. >/}, 5" 4" 4" = 151 



8. 24 5 4 4 = If..' 



Or 4, 1,2,3. 4. 2] 6 5 6 = 181 



Palpi 2} 6 5 \\ = 14" 



Pboo, Zool. 800.— 1901, Vol, EL No. XV. 15 



