Urquhakt. — On Neiu Species of Araneae. 235 



Labium deeper tone than maxilla?, fully one-half their 

 length, oval ; breadth somewhat surpassed by length. 



Stermim colour of coxas, brown stains between the slightly- 

 developed eminences ; cordate, attenuated between coxal joints 

 of fo^irth legs. 



Legs creamy - ochreous, spots broNvnish-orange, stained 

 more or less with olive-green ; indications of annuli. Arma- 

 ture consists of erect black hairs and few long bristle-like 

 spines. Superior tarsal claws — first pair, slender, well curved, 

 5 close teeth increasing in length and strength ; inferior claw ? 



Palpi colour of legs; length, 2-3mm. Humeral joint 

 slender, straight, rather longer than cubital and radial together; 

 pars cubitalis very much shorter than pars radialis, which is 

 gradually incrassated, extremity truncated, roundly emargi- 

 nate on outer side ; lamina light-ochreous, somewhat sparingly 

 furnished with hairs ; projects three strong bristles ; broad- 

 oval, base produced en outer side into a large, forward-curved, 

 spathulate process; bulbus genitalis yellow -ochreous, basal 

 third subcircular, convex, upj)er part lake-colour, dilated into 

 a revolute cutaneous fold ; central portion of lobe shade 

 darker, rugose, somewhat undulating, forms a deep backward- 

 curved loop above ; anterior submargins membranous — viewed 

 from outer side, exhibit three processes directed forwards ; 

 upper ochraceous, border dark ; broad, compressed into a 

 sharp point ; immediately behind it is an obtusely-pointed 

 brownish process ; lower projection greenish hue, margin 

 fascous ; wide, convex beneath, apex acute, upcurved. 



Abdomen triangular-ovate, aplanate ; humeral tubercles 

 project upwards and outwards ; contour of profile triangular ; 

 spinners well develojied, yellowish ; olive stone-colour, spotted 

 with creamy - stone lobate flecks varying in form and size ; 

 few blue-black stains interspersed amongst the latter ; series 

 of chocolate-brown spots connect humeral tubercles ; the 

 somewhat undetermined, more or less unspotted, dorsal stripe 

 widens out on posterior incline, intersecting a blue-black 

 chevron ; between the extremities of this mark and the 

 blackish stains above spinners are two elongate creamy spots 

 enclosing brownish dots. 



Two male specimens captured in the forest near Stratford. 

 A. T. U. 



Gen. Theeidium, Walck. 



Theridium argentatum, sp. nov. 



Fern. — Ceph.-th., long, 1-2; broad, 1. Abd., long, 2; 

 broad, 1-6. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 7, 5-7, 4, 3 mm. 



Ceplialothorax fulvous, median band slightly mottled with 

 dark olive-green, bifurcates from fovea, extends to posterior 

 row of eyes ; lateral borders mottled with similar tone ; clath- 



