308 ARANEIDAN FAUNA OF SANTA CRUZ, 



9. Araneus suavis, sp.nov. 



(Plate xxiv., figs. 2, 2a.) 



9. Cephalothorax 2 mm. long, 1'5 mm. In'oad; abdomen 3'S mm. 

 long, 2 8 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax longer than broad, sparingly hairy, yellowish. 

 Caput high, arched, moderately hairy, normal grooves distinct, 

 yellowish, with two dark, longitudinal lines running from median 

 group of eyes to base of cephalic segment. Clypeus yellowish, 

 strongly arched, moderately hairy, radial grooves and median 

 depression distinct. Marginal hand broad. 



Eyes black, arranged in three groups; the median series are 

 seated upon a somewhat quadrangular tubercular eminence: of 

 these the anterior pair are separated from each other by a space 

 equal to nearly twice their individual diameter, and the posterior 

 by scarcely so much; the lateral eyes are minute, and seated 

 obliquely upon small tubercles, but are not contiguous. 



Legs long, strong, tapering, yellowish with dark brown annu- 

 lations, clothed with pale 3'ellowish hairs, and armed with short, 

 strong, black spines. Relative lengths: 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Palpi similar in colour, clothing and armature to legs. 



Falces yellowish, strong, broad, arched, divergent at tips. 



Maxillce short, strong, broad, moderately arched, divergent, 

 dark brown laterall}^ inner margins pallid. 



Labium short, broad, rounded off at tip; the base dark brown, 

 apex pallid. 



Sternum shield-shaped, glossy, brown, moderately arched, 

 sparingly clothed with short, hoary hairs. 



Abdomen ovate, boldly projecting over base of cephalothorax, 

 strongly arched, yellowish-brown; at the centre there are two 

 dark brown spots widely separated, and below these again, at a 

 considerable distance, there are two others, equally as dark, and 

 in a line with them; somewhat further down there are two smaller 

 spots, and these are seated closer together ; commencing just 



