Urquhakt. — On Neio Species of Araneas. 189 



yellowish ; thoracic part less than one - third longer than 

 cephalic, sides moderately dilated ; profile-line ascends from 

 stalk at an angle of 50°, dips forwards with a slight incline 

 and curve. 



Anterior row of eyes distributed at nearly equal distances 

 — less than radius of a side-eye ; dorsal pair do not differ per- 

 ceptibly in size from fore-laterals, placed slightly nearer to 

 each other than are the former pair ; eyes of second row inter- 

 mediate ; square fully one-third wider than long. 



Falces lake - chestnut ; transversely rugose ; sparingly 

 haired ; oval, flat, rather longer than broad, directed forwards. 



Maxilla long, rather sharply dilated and rounded at ex- 

 tremity. Labium oval, barely one-half length of maxillae ; 

 organs brownish, approximating to olive-green, passing into a 

 red-chestnut about margins. 



Sternum light-brown, dappled with olive ; oval. 



Legs: First pair orange-ochreous; femora clouded, espe- 

 cially inner side, with dark-brown ; tibial, metatarsal, and tarsal 

 joints have bright reddish reflections ; three hind-pairs light- 

 ochreous, except the tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi of second legs, 

 which have a similar shade to the respective joints of fore- 

 pair ; hind-pairs have more or less evanescent, olive-brown 

 annuli ; second and fourth legs of about equal length. Hairs 

 fine, sparse ; spine armature normal. 



Palpi ochraceous, penultimate and digital joints reddish ; 

 pars humeralis suffused with olive-brown ; latter article arcu- 

 ated, incrassated forwards, projects 2 spines ; cubital plainly 

 longer and stouter than radial joint, which projects forwards 

 from outer side a black, tolerably long and slender, down- 

 curved process ; pars digitalis nearly equals the two preceding 

 joints m length ; lamina elongate-ovate, moderately haired ; 

 genital bulb depressedly conical, moderately developed ; 

 bordered on outer side by a wide, reddish callus — contiguous 

 to lamina— that bends abruptly into its emarginated third. 



Abdomen ovate, moderately convex ; sparsely clothed, 

 chiefly on lateral margins, with short, yellowish hairs ; stone- 

 brown, lightly dappled over dorsal region with reddish-brown ; 

 median band chocolate-brown, somewhat evanescent, ter- 

 minates at posterior half ; two branch streaks project for- 

 wards ; second half exhibits five broad, more or less arrow- 

 shaped figures, approximating to olive-brown ; lateral margins 

 horizontally streaked with olive-brown ; spinners orange- 

 yellow. 



Single specimen. Hunua. T. Broun. 



Attus adustus, sp. nov. 



Fern. — Ceph.-th., long, 3-4; wide, 2-2. Abd., long, 4; 

 wide, 2-4. Legs, 1-4, 2, 3 = 6-2, 5-1, 4-9 mm. 



