SOME NEW ARANEID/E FROM THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND (Jl 



Ova-sac. — Sub-globose, about the size of a pea. loosely woven, transparent, eggs round and of a 

 pinkish tint. 



Hub. Kitty's Creek, near (.Ink-Mile, Sydney. taken from under stones. 



Family ARGIOPIDjE. 



Subfamily ARGIOPINJE. 



Genus Carepalxis, L. Koch. 



Another small, but striking, form is the one described below, and which 1 name in honour of my 



young friend, .Master C. Darners Power. The genus is a small one. containing as it does only about 



fourteen species. Carepalxis ranges through Australia. Papua, and Central America. In my "Census 



of Australian Araneidae," six species are enumerated, and to these I now add one other. 



Carepalxis powbri, sp. nov. 



(Fig. 4)- 



Female. Cephalothorax j mm. long, 1.6 mm. broad; abdomen, 3.6mm. long, 3mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax. — Ovate, shining, bilobed, reddish-brown, moderately hairy. Pars cephalica strongly- 

 arched, obtuse, segmental groove profound ; ocular area broader than long ; clypeus strongly curved, 

 deep. Pars thoracica strongly arched ; median fovea profound ; marginal hand broad. Eyes. — Dis- 

 tributed over three series of 2, 4, 2 respectively ; the median group arranged in pairs and forming a 

 trapezium ; each pair of eyes, both median and lateral, close together, the former nearly touching 

 each other, and the latter conjoined ; anterior median pair smaller than their posterior neighbours ; 

 lateral eyes smallest. Legs.- Short, strong, tapering, hairy, armed with short spines, yellow, annulated 

 with reddish-brown ; relative lengths : 1, 4, 2, 3. Palpi. .Moderately long, similar in colour, clothing 

 and armature to legs. Falces. —Yellow, shining, strongly arched, tapering, inner angles fringed with 

 fine hairs. Maxilla!. — Dull yellow, short, broad, arched, apices inclined inwards. Labium. — Conco- 

 lorous, short, broad, arched, apex curved. S/eriium. -Broad, somewhat shield-shaped, posterior 

 extremity acuminate, and terminating between fourth pair of coxa? ; surface uneven, hairy ; two 

 rather large, though not high, tubercles in front, and two smaller ones on each side, and seated opposite 

 the second and third coxa' respectively ; the general colour is dark brown, but the tubercles are pale 

 yellow. Abdomen. — Somewhat ovate in outline, overhanging base of cephalothorax, and having 

 towards the summit, but seated laterally, two large mammilifomi tubercles ; posterior angle deep, 

 retreating ; the general colour is yellow, mottled with dark brown. Epigynum. — Long, slender, straight. 

 Hab. — Xarrabeen, near Sydney. 



