344 ARACHNIDAN FAUNA OP BRITISH NEW GUINEA, 



38. DliEA OCELLATA, sp.nOV. 



(Plate VII., figs. 8, 8«.) 



9. Cephalothorax 1 -8 mm. long, 1 -5 mm. broad ; abdomen 

 4 "6 mm. long, 2 mm. broad. 



Ce-phalotliorax pale yellow, faintly tinged with green, broad, 

 arched, glossy, devoid of hairs. Caput arched, obtusely truncated 

 in front, pale yellowish, faintly suffused with green at base, and 

 with pink within the ocular region ; normal grooves faintly 

 distinct. Chjfeus broad, pale yellowish, faintly suffused with 

 green, median depression and radial grooves barely discernible. 

 Marginal hand narrow. 



Eyes black and arranged in two strongly recurved series; the 

 median eyes of each series are the smallest of the group; lateral 

 eyes elevated on small but prominent tubercles of a light greyish 

 colour. 



Legs moderately strong, tapering, yellowish, moderately clothed 

 with very fine and short yellowish hairs, and armed with 

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



Palpi short, similar in colour, clothing, and armature to legs. 

 Falces short, arched, glossy, pale yellowish. 

 JSIaxilJcB pale yellowish, long, arched, apices inclining inwards. 

 Labium concolorous, arched, long, conical. 

 Sternum concolorous also, arched, glossy, and nearly round. 

 Abdomen oblong-ovate, arched, moderately projecting over base 

 of cephalothorax, pale yellowish, ornamented in the median line 

 with a series of nine large discs of pale green, which, with the 

 exception of the first one, are arranged in pairs; in addition to 

 these there are numerous smaller discs of the same colour, 

 too-ether with a series of dark brown spots, distributed over the 

 superior surface; sides and inferior surface pale yellow. 

 Epigy7ie a small tubercular eminence of a yellowish tint. 

 Xoc. — Neneba; November, 1896. 



(9&s._This species closely approaches J)/«j« circnmlita, L. Koch, 

 in general appearance, but differs from the latter both by the 

 general shape and formation of the epigyne. 



