246 mb. h. e. hogg on [June 4 



male was known it was supposed to be L. Koch's S. crassipes, 

 from which it differs in the coloration of the legs. 



To many female specimens I have only seen one male, sent to 

 the British Museum from Crown Point Station, S. Australia. 



The measurements (in millimetres) compare as follows: — 



Female. 

 Long. Broad. 



.Cephalothorax .. 18 < , fi 



Abdomen 28 20 



Mandibles §\ 



Pat. & Metat. 



Coxa. Tr. & fern. tib. & tars. 



Legs 1. 9 17 17 15 = 58 



2. 8 14 14 14 = 50 



3. 7 12 12 14 = 45 



4. 8 16 16 18 = 58 

 Palpi 9 12 12 7 = 40 



Male. 

 Long. Broad. 



Cephalothorax . . 16 14 



Abdomen 17| 14 Spinnerets 8. 



Mandibles 6 



Pat, & Metat. 



Coxa. Tr. & fern. tib. & tars. 



Legs 1. 8| 18 19 18 = 63£ 



2. 7 16 17| 16 = 561 



3. 6 14 15 19 = 54" 



4. 7 17 18 22 = 64 

 Palpi 6i 13 14 4 = 37£ 



The point of the stigma of palpal bulb of male is broadened 

 into a flattened scoop, but not to the same extent as in /S. vulpina, 

 n. sp., below. 



Selenocosmia strenua Thor. 



Selenocosmia strenua Thor. Ann. Mus. Genova, vol. xvii. (1881) 

 p. 253. 



Described from an adult female from Somerset, Cape York 

 (Gulf of Carpentaria). 



This species is unknown to me ; but the Australian Museum at 

 Sydney possesses specimens from New Guinea, identified by 

 Mr. W. J. Bainbow, P.L.S. 



Selenocosmia tulpina, n. sp. (Text-fig. 28, p. 247.) 



Male. — Colour. The cephalothorax is black-brown, covered with 

 short matted yellowish-brown hair which extends over the whole 

 of the falces but is longer on the lower half. The sheath-fringe 



