28 ARANEIDEA. 
little the preserved specimens can be relied upon in respect of colouring, that portion 
which in life was shining green having changed to a dull whitish-yellow. 
Epeira sargi, sp. n. 
Adult female, length 32 lines. 
Cephalothorax brownish-yellow, the caput and parts of the thorax thickly clothed with white hairs, a large 
patch on each side of the thoracic indentation dark brown. 
Legs spinous, yellow, distinctly annulated with black, the yellow portions thickly clothed with white hairs. 
Sternum black, with an irregular central longitudinal yellow stripe. « 
Abdomen subtriangular, rather roundish, pointed in front, strongly and subconically prominent at each shoulder. 
Its colour is bright yellow above, with five large irregular black markings, two in front between and leading 
from the inner side of the summit of each conical prominence, two about the middle, and one forming a 
vertex behind of a Y-shape; the anterior as well as the posterior black markings are connected with the 
black underside, which is strongly and irregularly emarginate all round, where it joins the yellow of the 
upper part. On the middle of the underside are four yellow spots (of which the two hinder ones are the 
largest) forming very nearly a square. The genital process is not very strong nor conspicuous; the 
epigyne connected with it is pale coloured, slender, tapering, and of moderate length, nearly straight, 
directed backwards, and slightly bent at the end. 
Hab, GuatEMALA, Chilasco (Sarg). 
A fine, very distinct, and handsome species. 
Epeira habilis, sp. n. 
Adult female, length 23 to 33 lines. 
This spider belongs to the £. diademata, Clk., group, and its general form needs no particularization. 
The cephalothoraw is of a deep brown colour, with a large, somewhat diffused patch of a pale dull yellowish 
hue on each side of the median line of the thorax. 
The legs are yellow, the tibie rather indistinctly annulated with brown, the femoral joints as well as a portion 
of the femora more or less strongly suffused with the same hue. The strongest and deepest coloured 
annulus is at the hinder extremity of the tibie of the fourth pair; these latter are furnished with hairs 
and a few inconspicuous spines. 
The eyes are in the usual three groups, and seated on tubercles; those of the central group form a square 
whose posterior side is shorter than the rest. They do not differ much in size, but those of each of the 
lateral groups, which appear to be the smallest, are contiguous to each other and are placed obliquely. 
The clypeus retreats a little, and its height is much less than half that of the facial space. 
The falces are moderate in length, but powerful ; they are similar in colour to the cephalothorax, and per- 
pendicular to the caput. The mawille, labium, and sternum are like the falces in colour, the two former 
margined with pale whitish-yellow. 
The palp: are similar in colour to the legs. 
The abdomen, which is large, oval, broad, and projects considerably over the thorax, is of a yellowish-white 
colour, and somewhat cretaceous in appearance. The whole of the upperside is margined with a broad 
deep brown band very irregularly edged on the inner side, and a conspicuous longitudinal band of the 
same hue, and rather tapering form, occupies the middle of the hinder half of the upperside, its hinder 
extremity coalescing with the marginal band before noted; the exterior margins of the central band are 
deeply but obtusely indented, and are bordered with a white, or nearly white, line, and a little way in front 
of the band is a transverse row of four black spots, the two middle ones widest apart and representing 
two of the normal indentations or points of internal muscular attachment, two others of the same kind, 
but smaller and much closer together, being placed rather more than halfway between them and the 
marginal band at the fore extremity of the abdomen. The underside of the abdomen is similar to the mar- 
ginal band in colour, and just behind the genital process are two pale yellowish blotches placed transversely, 
and of a roundish, or, sometimes, somewhat diamond form. The genital process is of a pale hue, and very 
