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Show 5 9 0 OX SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SPIDERS. [Dec. 1 2 , This species is rather close to L . Koch's JJ. instabilis, from Mudgee, not very far north of Gilbert River ; but differs in having scopulse 011 the tarsus and metatarsus of each pair of legs, and the first pair of legs longer than the second pair, instead of equal in length. The clypeus, though very wide, is not so wide as the front row of eyes, thus differing from the condition described by L . Koch for his species. There is no scolloped pattern on the back of the abdomen, and no paler coloured spots at the root of the spines on the legs. There are two females sent by Mr. A. Molyneux from the Gilbert River. L ycosa obscur a L . Koch, 1877. Die Arachn. Austr. vol. ii. p. 954. Gilbert River, Riverina, N. S. Wales (Molyneux); Kangaroo Island, S. Austr. (Tepper) ; Onkaparinga, S. Austr. (Tepper). 15 males, 22 females. Previously described from Bowen, Queensland, and Sydney. L ycosa l .e t a ? L . Koch, 1877. Op. cit. vol. ii. p. 944. One female. Kangaroo Island (Tepper). According to L . Koch, L. Iceta has the palpal tibia longer than patella of same; in this specimen the two joints are of equal length. Previously described from Rockhampton, Queensland, and Palm Creek, Central Australia. L ycosa c l a r a ? L . Koch, 1877. Op. cit. vol. ii. p. 912. Four females. Goolwa (J. Zietz). In L. clara, according to Koch, the cephalothorax is equal to patella cum tibia iv., in these specimens it is slightly longer. Previously described from Bowen, Queensland, and Macedon, Victoria. |