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Show 586 MR, JI. R. HOGG ON [Dec. 12, only one instead of two diameters from tliose of tlie second row , also the tibial joint of the palpi is longer than the patellar joint instead of equal to it. Measurements in millimetres.-Female. Long. Broad. Cepihai l.oith orax ... 1111 I1 Hg in front- Abdomen ........... 9 6 Mandibles........... 5| much longer than front patella. Pat. & Metat. Coxa. Tr . & fern. tib. & tars. Legs ........... 1. 2. 4 91 9' 91 9 91 9 _ 321 30! 3. H 84 8 = 281 4. 4~ 10' 10 121 = 36! Palpi............... 2 5 Male. 44 3 14! Long. Broad. Cephalothorax 8 I 6 Abdomen 8 5 Mandibles 4 Coxa. Tr . & fem. Pat. & tib. Metat. & tars. Legs ........... 1. 3| 9 10 11 - 334 2 . 3 8 9 101 = 30j 3. 3 91 7 10' = 29i 4. 31 91 4 13 = 35i Palpi............... 2 " 4 3 21 = i i ! One male and one female from Gilbert River, Riverina, collected by Mr. A. Molyneux. L ycosa a r e n a r is , sp. nov. (Text-fig. 88.) Cephalothorax yellow-brown ; hairs red, black, and white mixed over cephalic part, behind this a white patch extending to middle of rear slope, and less distinctly pale round the margin. Mandibles dark brown, with erect brown and decumbent greyish-yellow hairs. Lip, maxillfe, and sternum yellow-brown, with pale greyish-yellow hair. Coxfe yellow-brown. Abdomen dull grey-brown, irregularly spotted with small patches of white hairs, the underside dingy brown, the centre area rather paler than the sides. The legs and palpi yellow, brown decumbent hairs and darker brown erect bristles, with a ring of paler yellow" round femur, middle of tibia, and metatarsal joints. The front of the cephalothorax is high and narrow, with a clypeus twice the width of the front middle eyes. The front row' of eyes |