200 
bbb. 
ARANEIDEA. 
marginal band. Abdomen with a brown spot on each side just 
before the middle and a row of brown chevrons towards the 
spinners. Femora i. and ii. blue, iridescent. Ventral area black, 
with two narrow longitudinal white lines. Tibie ii. and iv. 
with a dorsal basal spine. ] 
Legs i. and ii. not thickly, but only apewely aid normally, clothed 
with hairs. 
A>, Maxille normally developed, not unusually dilate at the apex 
or deeply emarginate on the outer side. Sternum scarcely 
longer than broad. 
i, Abdomen yellow-brown or olive-green, with a broad pale dorsal 
central band somewhat dilate behind the middle. 
a. Patella of palpus dilate before the middle of the outer margin. 
Femur of palpus with a stout conical spur beneath, at the 
apex. Palpal spine longer and more slender. [Femur of 
palpus with a tuft of white hair at the apex above. ] 
b. Patella of palpus not dilate on the outer margin. [Femur of 
palpus much longer (S. inermis) or shorter (as in S. festiva 
and S. recondita), but without any conical spur beneath at 
the apex. Palpal spine shorter and stouter. | 
a’. Femur of palpus longer. Cephalic area with two erect 
tufts of hair just before the middle. [Femur of palpus 
with a tuft of white hairs at the apex above. |] 
6’. Femur of palpus shorter. Cephalic area without the 
two erect tufts of hair just before the middle. [Femur 
of palpus with a tuft of white hairs above at the 
apex.| . 
11, Abdomen brown or black, with a sulphur-yellow shoulder-spot, 
a short transverse band on each side just behind the middle, 
and a pair of smaller spots, nearer together, toward the anal 
tubercle. [Tibial spur of palpus a little longer than the 
segment, sparsely truncate at the apex (possibly accidental) . 
Bulb not developed at the base, with a fine curved spine 
at the apex, forming a small but complete circle, its point 
slightly recurved. (Femur of palpus without any definite 
tuft of white hairs at the apex above.) | 
iii, Abdomen yellow, with a narrow black central dorsal band 
extending from the anterior margin to the spinners, where 
it gradually attenuates to a point. [Tibia of palpus with a 
blunt protuberance beneath at the base; apical spur slender, 
straight, blunt, minutely serrulate beneath, directed obliquely 
forward ; the tibia itself, viewed from the outer side, being 
as long as broad. Bulb very large, developed and attenuate 
basally. Apical spine stout, short, circularly curved ; viewed 
binotata, sp. n. 
festiva, Peckh. 
inermis, Sp. 0. 
recondita, Peckh. 
sulphurea, sp. n. 
