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perceptibly arched across caput, dips rather abruptly to 

 stalk. 



Eyes represent two somewhat equally recurved lines ; 

 median pair of posterior row divided by an interval perceptibly 

 less than an eye's breadth and a half, less distant from fore- 

 centrals, separated from laterals by their space and a quarter ; 

 centre eyes of anterior row sensibly larger than hind-pair, 

 rather further apart, closer to each other than they are to 

 side-eyes ; laterals have the opalescence of posterior median 

 eyes, scarcely equal them in size, posited obliquely ; fore-eye 

 on a strongish tubercle. 



Falces yellow-ochreous ; conical, vertical, base projects well 

 beyond plane of clypeus. 



Maxillce brownish-yellow, green tinge, base clouded with 

 olive-brown ; dilated, round-pointed, inclined towards each 

 other. 



Labium and maxillae concolorous ; visibly wider than 

 long, roundly pointed. 



Sternum pale brownish-yellow, shaded with olive-brown ; 

 angular-cordate ; eminences opposite coxae. 



Legs light ochreous-brown ; moderately strong ; armature 

 sparse light hairs, and yellowish dark-based spines ; latter 

 only moderately numerous. 



Palpi colour and armature of legs. 



Abdomen broad -ovate; humeral tubercles low; ground- 

 colour light yellowish-brown, folium lightly suffused with 

 olive-brown, rather faintly outlined by a brown, acute-crenate 

 border. Corpus vulvce light brownish-yellow ; subreniform, 

 sides project prominently, tumid, centrally grooved, extremi- 

 ties acute, curved towards each other, and beneath corpus 

 above the rima genitalis ; median area transversely rueose ; 

 scape curves over corpus, spoon-shape; basal two -thirds 

 rather broad, flat, transversely wrinkled ; fore-third pointed, 

 prolonged somewhat beyond lateral lobes. 



The above-mentioned observations refer as well to this 

 species, which affects the same localities as E. invisibilis. 

 P. Goyen. 



Epeira simulata, sp. nov. 



Fern. — Ceph.-th., long, 3-5 ; wide, 3 ; facial ind., 2. Abd., 

 long, 6 ; wide, 5. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 == 15, 13, 11, 7-6 mm. 



Gephalothorax brown, approximating to brown-pink, suf- 

 fused and veined with fuscous-purple. Hairs yellowish, short, 

 sparse. Gephalothorax in length equal to patella -f tibia of 

 hind-leg ; moderately depressed ; lateral compression of ce- 

 phahc part nearly parallel, frontal line visibly rounded, ocu- 

 lar eminence prominent, mammiform elevations moderately 

 developed, depth of clypeus rather shorter than space occupied 



