96 Mr. J. Black wall on new species of Araiieidea. 



convexity is directed forwards; the anterior vow, which is 

 the less curved, is situated near the frontal margin, and the 

 intermediate eyes, which are seated on a tubercle, are the 

 largest, and the lateral ones rather the smallest of the eight ; 

 the lateral eyes of both rows are widely apart, and are placed 

 on minute tubercles, and the intermediate ones form a tra- 

 pezoid whose anterior side is the shortest, thus ; — ,• •, 



Maxilla moderately long, straight, powerful, greatly enlarged 

 and rounded at the extremity, which is prominent on the 

 inner surface. 



Lip short, triangular, and rounded at the apex. 



Le^s very unequal in length ; the first pair much the longest, 

 then the fourth, and the third pair the shortest; each 

 metatarsus of the posterior pair is provided with a calamis- 

 trum situated on its superior surface. 



Spinners eight ; those constituting the inferior pair are united 

 throughout their entire length. 



Veleda lineata. 



Length of the female Jth of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 

 thorax ^-^ ; breadth ^V y breadth of the abdomen j^^ ; length of 

 an anterior leg \ ; length of a leg of the third pair ■^■^. 



The abdomen is of an oblong oviform figure, convex above, 

 and projects over the base of the cephalothorax ; the anterior 

 extremity and the posterior part of each side are densely covered 

 with white hairs ; the upper part is of a dull or brownish- yellow 

 colour, with three longitudinal dark brown lines, whose posterior 

 half is somewhat ramified, extending its entire length ; one of 

 these lines, which is broadest towards its anterior extremity, 

 occurs in the middle, and another is situated on each side of it ; 

 the anterior and part of the superior region of the sides, extend- 

 ing towards the spinners, and the under part are of a brownish- 

 black colour. The cephalothorax is long, moderately convex, 

 compressed before, depressed and rounded on the sides, and 

 clothed with white hairs ; it is of a brown-black colour, with 

 three longitudinal brownish-yellow lines, one in the middle, 

 and another on each side, and narrow lateral margins of the 

 same hue. The falces are short, conical, vertical, and of a yel- 

 lowish-brown colour. The maxillae and lip have a dark brown 

 hue, the apex of the latter being much the palest. The sternum 

 is of an oblong oval form ; it is thinly clothed with white hairs, 

 and has a brownish-black hue. The legs are hairy, and the in- 

 ferior surface of the tarsus and of the extremity of the meta- 

 tarsus of the posterior pair is provided with short spines ; they 



