Urquhart. — Oil Neto Species of Arauege. 243 



by anterior centre eyes ; sides of thoracic part tolerably well 

 rounded, fovea oval, transverse ; normal grooves shallow ; 

 profile-contour represents a low arch, rises perceptibly at 

 ocular prominence. 



Four centre eyes of equal size, posited at about equal dis- 

 tances on face of prominence ; posterior row visibly recurved, 

 median pair quite their space and a half from side-eyes ; 

 laterals one-third smaller than centrals, separated by an 

 interval scarcely equalling their own breadth. 



Falces brown, clouded ; moderately haired ; conical, re- 

 treating, divergent, base projects beyond plane of clypeus ; 

 fully as stout as the pars femoralis of a fore-leg, length equals 

 space. 



Maxill(2 fuscous, apices greenish-yellow ; length rather 

 surpasses breadth, round-pointed, prominently dilated outer 

 side. 



Labium similar coloration, large, visibly wider than long, 

 pointed. 



Sternuvi fuscous ; hairs light, rather sparse ; heart-shape, 

 eminences opposite coxag. 



Legs approximate to brown -pink, fuscous-purple stains ; 

 thighs of anterior legs armed on inner side ; patella + tibia 

 somewhat aplanate, grooved. Hairs short, yellowish. Legs 

 fairly well armed with short, irregular spines, base orange- 

 brown, fore-half whitish. 



Palpi and legs concolorous ; penultimate and digital joints 

 furnished with numerous hairs and spines. 



Abdomen angular-oviform, depressed, sides wrinkled ; 

 humeral tubercles moderately developed ; first row of pos- 

 terior tubercles do not differ much in length, conical, centre 

 tubercle twice as broad as lateral ; tubercle of second line 

 more prominent and acute than upper, lower fairly well 

 developed; moderately haired ; ground-colour fulvous ; folium 

 constricted, sides obtusely-crenate, mostly covered with brown 

 patches, stained and bordered with dark-brown ; lateral 

 margins stained with light fuscous-green ; ventral shield dark 

 olive-green, border brownish-buff. Vulva greenish, yellowish 

 towards fore-end ; represents a transversely-wrinkled scape, 

 rather longer than wide, second half tapers somewhat rapidly, 

 perceptible bead round margins, projects backwards from a 

 moderate elevation. 



Single example, contained in a small collection from 

 Stewart Island. T. Kirk, F.L.S. 



Epeira ventriosa, sp. uov. 



Fern. — Ceph.-th., long, 7-1 ; wide, 6 ; facial ind., 3-1. Abd., 

 long, 12-0 ; wide, 11. Legs, 1, 2-4, 3 = 25, 23, 15 mm. 



CepJialothorax deep amber-colour, brov/n-lake reflections ; 



