202 ARANEIDEA. 
white hairs. Abdomen without black or yellow shoulder-spots, 
but with a more or less connected central dorsal black band. 
Excavation of mandibles abrupt, confined to the centre of the 
inner margin in front. ] 
1. Leg i. longer in proportion. Apical spine of palpal bulb much 
less widely spiraloid . . ee 
2. Leg i. shorter in proportion. Apical spine of palpal bulb longer 
and more widely spiraloid. . . . . . .. . 
ii. Inner excavate margin of the mandibles in front with a stout cusp- 
like tooth about the middle. Apical spine of palpal bulb stout, 
widely curved, having a cusp on its outer margin . oy 
Females. 
A. Protarsus i. without lateral spines either on the inner or outer side, in 
addition to the two pairs beneath. 
i, Tibiz iii. and iv. with a small dorsal basal spine on each. Tibia i. 
with one or more lateral spines on the inner side alone, or on 
both sides. 
a. Tibia i. with one or more lateral spines on each side. [Vulva with 
a pair of closely approximate brown discs a quarter of their 
diameter apart, one-half their diameter from the genital rima, 
each connected with an orifice by a curved duct, the concavity 
of the curve being directed inward ; behind these lie a pair of 
elongate, convergent, indistinctly visible sacs.]. 
6. Tibia i. with one or more lateral spines on the inner side only. 
1. Abdomen unicolorous yellow, with a central dorsal band of 
indistinct chevrons. Cephalic area, as far as the central stria, 
black ; or, abdomen with a broad dorsal dark pattern, ending 
in a very dark V-shaped mark just above the spinners, lateral 
area pale, lower lateral area streaked with black. Legs in 
both varieties unicolorous yellow. Vulva variable, forming 
an obtuse triangle, with a pair of conspicuous black spots 
situated anteriorly, each connected with ducts which curve 
slightly backward then inward, where they coalesce on the 
central line and, diverging again on the posterior margin, are 
lost ; on each side of this central line lie a pair of more or less 
distinct convolutions of the oviducts . . , ‘ 
2, Abdomen dark brown, with a white V-shaped band iamediatsly 
above the spinners ; lateral area brown. Legs very decidedly 
annulated with black. Carapace brown and clothed to the 
central stria with white hairs. Vulval area very large, forming 
a broad transverse oval, divided into two oval areas by acentral 
chitinous septum. For further details, see Plate . 
3. Carapace dull brown; abdomen ochreous-yellow, speckled with 
black and with a /“\-shaped central dusky mark. Vulval 
penicillata, sp. n. 
minuta, sp. 0. 
dentichelis, sp. n. 
olivacea, sp. n. 
nigrina, sp. ni. 
albida, sp. n. 
