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Show 1 902.] MR. H. R. HOGG ON AUSTRALASIAN SPIDERS. 439 Isopeda montaua. A, eyes of female; Ii, eyes of male; C, profile (of female). I s o p e d a Mo n t a n a , nov. sp. (Text-fig. 91.) Male (£• Female.- Cephalothorax and mandibles red-brown, with yellow-brown hair ; lip and maxillae black-brown with pale front edges. Sternum black-brown with dark brown hair, but not extending over coxa;; the latter, legs and palpi light red-brown, with pale brown upstanding hair. Abdomen dingy yellow-grey above, somewhat mottled, rather thick, long, fine grey or yellow-grey hair, with a dark brown spot in front, and three pairs of muscle-spots. Underside greyish yellow, with brown circles round gill-covers, and brown streaks forming a distinct shield-pattern. White underneath patella and lower half of tibia i. and ii. The cephalothorax slopes gradually from the sides, flat above; fovea long, divisions between thoracic and cephalic parts scarcely distinguishable. Cephalothorax as long as tibia i . ; mandibles shorter than patella i. |