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ovate, hanging downwards, separated by a convoluted bulb 

 from an articulated appendage of similar colour, but some- 

 what thicker, attached at both ends ; a dark, triangular, acute 

 process projects from extremity of bulbus. 



Abdomen broad-ovate, depressed, projects moderately over 

 cephalothorax ; impressed spots deep, conspicuous, form a 

 trapezoid narrowest in front ; sparingly clothed with light 

 and black coarse hairs projecting from yellowish spots ; 

 ground-colour light-yellowish olive-green — in fresh specimens 

 probably light olive-green, figured with large and small creamy 

 lobate flecks — resolved into streaks along basal margins of the 

 unspotted dorsal band ; dash of blue-black occurs on either 

 side of medial band on basal third ; posterior third is traversed 

 by an interrupted chevron of similar colour, each half repre- 

 senting an acute-oval figure ; one example exhibited two 

 blackish spots forming a transverse line midway between the 

 chevron and spinners. 



Two examples, taken in the forest, Stratford. .4. T. U. 



Fam. Epeirid^. 

 Gen. Epeira, Walck, 



Epeira invisibilis, sp. nov. 



Mas.— Ceph.-th., long, 2-5; broad, 2-1. Abd., long, 3-8 ; 

 broad, 3. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 13-7, 12, 10-2, 7 mm. 



Ceyhalothorax light ochreous-brown, deeper tone about 

 grooves ; somewhat sparingly clothed wich light adpressed 

 hairs; pars cephalica depressedly convex, sides low, ocular 

 prominence moderately developed ; lateral index equal to two- 

 thirds facial ; pars thoracica convex, dilated ; indentation 

 longitudinal, deep, reddish; normal grooves somewhat shallow; 

 profile-contour represents a low arch. 



Eyes tinged with lake, fore-centrals dark ; on mahogany- 

 coloured rings ; form two somewhat evenly-recurved rows ; 

 posterior median pair separated by fully an eye's breadth, 

 visibly more than that interval from fore-pair, less than their 

 space and one-half from side-eyes ; anterior centrals slightly 

 exceed hind-pair, form with them a trapezoid widest in front, 

 rather less than their space from side-eyes ; laterals one-third 

 smaller than posterior centrals, posited on separate mahogany- 

 coloured tubercles, more than an eye's breadth apart. 



Falces light ochreous-brown ; subconical, vertical, diver- 

 gent, inferior border convex. 



Maxilla colour of coxas ; perceptibly longer than wide, 

 round-pointed, inclined towards each other. 



Labium light olive-green, margin fulvous ; broader than 

 long, roundly pointed, margin tumid. 



