324 HORN EXPEDITION—ARANEIDiE. 
Coxa. 
Troch. and 
Patella and 
Metat. and 
Femur. 
Tibia. 
Tarsus. 
1. 
Leg - 
- 1^ mm. 
4| mm. 
- mm. 
4^ mm. 
= 14i 
mm. 
2. 
Leg - 
- U „ 
- ^ V 
- 3| „ 
- 3f „ 
= 13i 
3. 
Leg - 
- 1 
- 3 „ 
- 3 „ 
- 3 „ 
= 10 
4. 
Leg - 
- li 
- 4 „ 
- 4 „ 
- 4 „ 
= 13i 
M 
Relative length of legs; 1, 2, 4, 3. 
Allied to A. senilis (L. Koch, Division B), but differs in the shape of the 
epigyne, the number of teeth on the falx edge {senilis having four and two) ; also 
the legs are longer in proportion to the size of the body, and the abdomen is 
smaller. 
Locality Hole. A single female specimen. 
Aniaiirobms scalaris^ L. Koch. 
A number of specimens, both male and female. 
Professor Spencer informs me that this spider was very frequently seen on 
buildings. At Crown Point station its webs were constructed in a funnel shape 
with the mouth opening to the outside of the thick thatch covering a verandah. 
The funnel narrows rapidly as the web passes into the thatch. At Tempe Downs 
and other places the web was built so as to pass in between sheets of corrugated 
iron and the horizontal wooden beam on which the ends rested. The open end of 
the funnel was from two to several inches in diameter, and the web was usually 
heavily laden with fine sand particles which had adhered to it. Numerous small 
insects such as flies are caught in the webs, and the spider lies in wait close to the 
opening, retreating down the funnel immediately it is disturbed. It was never 
seen away from buildings. 
Locality. —Charlotte Waters, Crown Point, Tempe Downs, Glen Helen. 
Previously recorded from Bowen, Queensland. 
Mithurga, Thor. 
Mitlmrga lineata,* Thor., var. 
Two males and two females from Oodnadatta, Alice Springs, and unlabelled 
combine the distinguishing characteristics of both Af. lineata., Thor., and AL. gilva, 
L. Koch. 
* Aranem nonnullae, Novae Ilollandiae. Oversight af Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps Acad. Forhandlinger, vol. 27, 
1870, pp. 367-389. 
