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Show 1902.] MR. H. R. HOGG ON AUSTRALASIAN SPIDERS. 461 close to the front margin, a broad lunate band behind the epigyne, and a smaller black band in front of the spinnerets. Three larger and one very small tooth on underside of falx-sheath, two on upperside. Measurements in millimetres. Cephalothorax Abdomen ........ Mandibles........ Legs Long. Broad. 7 93 i = front patella. Pat. & Metat. Cox®. Tr. & fem. tib. & tars. 3 8* 91 8| = 291 3 8| 912 81 = 291 212 7~ 7 6 22j 3 8 8 8 27 Palpi ............. . . 1* H 212 2 81 Loc. Yule Island (New Guinea) ; Cape York, N. Queensland; Bowen, Gayndah, Peak Downs, Queensland. Text-fig. 102. B Pediana occidentalis. A, eyes; B, epigyne. Pediana occidentalis, nov. sp. (Text-fig. 102.) This species is on the whole very like P . regina. The cephalothorax and mandibles are dark red-brown, the hairing pale yellow ; lip and maxillae rather darker; sternum |