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HORN EXPEDITION—ARANEID^E. 
Oxyopes, Latr. 
Oxyopes atfe7iriat7is, L. Koch. 
Locality. —Central Australia (? exact locality). Previously recorded from 
Peak Downs, Queensland. 
Oxyopes grains, L. Koch. 
One youn" male (unlahelled). 
Locality. —Central Australia (? exact locality). Previously recorded from 
Rockhampton and Gayndah, Queensland. 
Oxyopes variahilis, L. Kocli. 
Locality. —Ellery Creek. Previously recorded from Gayndah, Queensland. 
Sub-order SALTTGRAD^. 
Attoida^. 
Leptorchestes. 
Leptorchestcs criperens, sp. n. (Figs. 16 and 17). 
Cephalothorax coppery-brown, smooth and shiny from the third row of eyes 
to the rear; white and red recumbent hairs intermingled on the rear and side 
slopes. Eye space deep black, opaque, red and white recumbent hair, black up¬ 
standing hair. Palpi pale straw colour with long thick straw-coloured hair 
interspersed with a few long thin black hairs ; a bunch, of grey hair at the point. 
Mandibles yellowish-grey, fangs pink. Lip and maxillae bright amber, somewhat 
paler yellow at their inner edges. Legs bright amber with thin white hairs on 
the upper joints; black spines on the tarsus, metatarsus and tibia; grey claw-tufts. 
Sternum olive-brown. Abdomen pale yellow on the sides and under surface, with a 
few pale thin hairs scattered at intervals. Epigyne amber. Upper surface 
brownish-grey, with red, white and black hairs intermingled, mottled with small 
yellow spots. 
Cephalothorax oblong, square in front, slightly rounded at the sides of the 
breast part, only slightly incurved at the rear of the same. The petiole joining 
the ceplialothorax and abdomen long and visible from aliove; the breast part 
arched from the middle, sloping rather steeply to the side and rear margins, flat on 
