262 Mr. J. Black wall on new species of Madeiran Spiders, 



strong, straight, and somewhat quadrate, having the exterior 

 angle at the extremity curvilinear ; and the lip is semicircular 

 and prominent at the apex. These organs are of a dark-brown 

 hue, with yellowish-brown extremities. The sternum is heart- 

 shaped, and of a brown-black colour. The legs are long, slender, 

 provided with hairs and fine spines, and have a yellowish-brown 

 hue, with a small dark-brown annulus at the extremity of the 

 tibise and metatarsi ; the first pair is the longest, then the se- 

 cond, and the third pair is the shortest ; each tarsus is termi- 

 nated by three claws ; the two superior ones are curved and 

 pectinated, and the inferior one is inflected near its base. The 

 palpi are slender, and resemble the legs in colour. The abdo- 

 men is oviform, convex above, and projects over the base of the 

 cephalothorax ; it is sparingly clothed with hairs, and of a dull 

 yellowish-brown colour faintly tinged with olive-gi'een, and 

 freckled with white on the upper part ; a brownish-black line, 

 slightly ramified at its posterior extremity, extends along the 

 middle, and a broad, irregular, longitudinal band of the same 

 hue, bounded both above and below by a parallel white band, 

 the latter of which is much the more conspicuous, occurs on the 

 upper part of each side ; these brownish-black bands meet above 

 the spinners, and a broad band of the same hue extends along 

 the middle of the under part. 



I have dedicated this Linyphia, which was taken in the vici- 

 nity of Funchal, to James Yate Johnson, Esq., resident in Ma- 

 deira, to whom I am indebted for opportunities of inspecting 

 numerous highly interesting specimens of Araneidea from that 

 island and the Dezertas. 



Family Epeirid^e. 



Genus Epeira, Walck. 



Epe'ira diver sa. 



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

 thorax ^ ; breadth -^^ ; breadth of the abdomen ^ ; length of 

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



The legs are moderately long and provided with hairs ; the 

 first pair is the longest, then the fourth, and the third pair is 

 the shortest : each tarsus is terminated by three claws ; the two 

 superior ones are curved and pectinated, and the inferior one is 

 inflected near its base : the palpi are short, and have a curved, 

 pectinated claw at their extremity : the cephalothorax is convex, 

 glossy, slightly compressed before, and rounded on the sides, 

 which are marked with furrows converging towards a large in- 

 dentation in the medial line. These parts have a yellow-brown 

 hue ; the cephalothorax, which is the darkest, has narrow, dark- 



