Uequhart. — On New Species of Araneidea. 79 



Palpi resemble legs in colour and armature ; palpal claw, 

 partially broken, apparently like tarsal claw. 



Falces vertical, conical, moderately strong, yellowish. 



Maaillm somewhat spathulate, inclined towards Up, which is 

 pointed, nearly twice as broad as long ; organs reddish-brown, 

 light margins. 



Sternum cordate, broad as long, emmences opposite coxae, 

 yellowish, shaded with reddish-brown. 



Abdomen somewhat obtusely pointed, from anterior tubercles, 

 which are mammiform with yellow nipple-like ajpices, abdomen 

 tapers moderately off to small posterior tubercle ; depressed 

 above, sides convex ; fr-om apex of fore-tubercle profile line 

 forms a rather sharp angle ; hairs light, short, sparse ; dorsal 

 mark leaf-like, coarsely acute-crenate, mottled with creamy- 

 brown, spotted with lake-coloured, white-margined flecks, with 

 blue-black vein-like streaks between ; dark impressed spot in 

 each acute projection; creamy -white transverse band, with 

 lake-coloured margins, connects anterior tubercles, dii-ected 

 obliquely backwards from centre of band are two short bars of 

 similar hue ; petiole of leaf-like mark curves round base, is 

 creamy-white, lake margins ; lateral margins mottled, flecked 

 and veined with normal tints. On ventral surface is a shield- 

 like mark with white flecks. Epiyyne represents a broad, 

 yellowish, transversely segmented, napiform lobe ; above apex 

 of lobe, which is directed forwards, is a brown membrane pro- 

 duced into central and lateral acute projections ; margins of 

 lobe on posterior side incurvate, divided by a short, petiole-like 

 projection from lobe. 



Colorations of some examples have rich lake, chocolate, 

 and orange tints. Taken amongst low, moist vegetation. 



TeKaraka, A.T.U. 



Epeira orientalis, sp. nov. Plate VII., fig. 3. 



Female. — Ceph. th., long, 5 ; broad, 4 ; facial index, 2. Abd., 

 long, 10 ; broad, 9. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 19, 18, 16, 12 mm. 



Min. — Abd., long, 9; broad, 8. Max. — Abd., long, 12; 

 broad, 9. Leg of first pair, 24-5 mm. 



Cephalothorax lake-black, lake-coloured about dorsal surface, 

 hairs sparse, light, short, adpressed ; length of cephalothorax 

 equal to tibiae of a leg of first pair, sides rounded, moderately 

 compressed forwards ; lateral index of caput nearly equal to 

 facial ; luniform transverse depression in centre of caput ; 

 thoracic indentation transverse, radial and caput strife fairly 

 marked ; contour of profile rises fr'om thoracic junction at angle 

 of 40°, slopes forwards with a slightly undulating line, rising at 

 ocular eminence, which is moderately developed, slopes abruptly 



