340 ARACHNIDAN FAUNA OF BRITISH NEW GUINEA, 



Sternuin shield-shaped, tuberculated laterally, arched, black, 

 with yellow median, longitudinal bar, surface clothed with long 

 black hairs and bristles. 



Abdomen oblong-ovate, arched, boldly projecting over base of 

 cephalothorax ; anterior extremity yellow, thence dark brown, 

 almost black, to posterior extremity where there is a pale XJ-like 

 mark, the lines of which are somewhat uneven; in addition to 

 this, there is a series of rather large and small pale yellowish and 

 white spots distributed over the superior surface and sides; the 

 two abdominal tubercles are small and obtuse, black at the inner 

 angles, and pale yellowish on the outer; the sides are black, with 

 uneven yellowish markings near the anterior extremity; inferior 

 surface dark reddish-brown, but relieved by two narrow lateral, 

 longitudinal, slightly curved yellowish lines, between which there 

 is a series of eight pale yellowish spots, arranged in pairs. 



Epigyne a small, transversely oval, dark brown tubercular 

 eminence, the upper lip of which is sinuous and overhanging; the 

 lower lip is also sinuous in outline and deeply cleft at the centre; 

 the groove is deep and transverse. 



Loc. — Neneba, Mount Scratchley, at between 4,000ft. and 

 and 5,000ft.; November, 1896. 



Genus A r a n e u s, Clerck. 



28. Araneus trigonus, L. Koch. 

 Loc. — Panneata. 



29. Araneus punctigera, DoL, var. vatia ("?), Thor. 



Loc. — ISTeneba, Mount Scratchley, at between 4,000ft. and 

 5,000ft.; November, 1896. 



30. Araneus brisbanjE, L. Koch. 

 Loc. — Neneba. 



31. Araneus depressus, sp.nov. 



(Plate vii., figs. 6, 6a.) 



9. Cephalothorax 3'3 mm. long, 3 mm. broad; abdomen 5-3 mm. 

 long, 4-2 mm. broad. 



