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Show 440 MR. H. R. IIOGG ON AUSTRALASIAN SPIDERS. [Dec. 2, The front row of eyes is straight, nearly equidistant, three-fourths of a diameter apart, their diameter between front and rear median; rear median farther from side than from one another in male, equidistant in female. Clypeus one-third of front median. The first tooth on inner side of falx-sheath large, two next moderate, fourth very small. There are no spines above on tibia iii. and iv. The metatarsal joint of tibial palp of male is distinctly broad. Measurements in millimetres. Male. Long. Broad. Cephalothorax .. 10 1 6 1 11 Abdomen ............ m 84 Mandibles........... 5" Pat. & Metat, Coxa1. Tr. & fem. tib. & tars. Legs ............ 1. 4 13 5, 11 15 = 48 (16) 2, 4 14 18 16 = 52 3. 4 11 121 11 = 38. 4. 4 11 13 121 40 r ^ p i ...................... 2 U 3^ H = 14. Female (not fully developed). Long. Broad. Cephalothorax .. 8| ( 5 1 81 Abdomen ........... 9;j V. - 6 Mandibles............ 3j Pat, & Metat. Coxae. Tr. & fem. tib. & tars. Legs................. 1. 3 10* 12 11 = 361 61. 3 111 15 12 = 4H 3. 3 9~ 10 9 = 31 I. 3 9 10 10 -- 32 Palpi ................... .. u 4 3 4 - 1212 Loc. Macedon, Victoria. I sopeda pococki, nov. sp. (Text-fig. 92.) Cephalothorax dark red-brown; mandibles, lip, maxilke, and sternum almost black-brown. Legs and palpi dark red-brown, with brown hairs all over. Abdomen yellow-brown above, reddish brown underneath ; very thick, long, coarse hair; no pattern. The cephalothorax is rather sloping at the sides, steep at rear, convex above. A long fovea followed by a depression almost to second row of eyes. Cephalic side-depressions clearly marked. The front row of eyes is slightly procurved, equidistant; side- |