90 Transactions. — Zoology, 



Epeira linea-acuta, sp. nov. 



Female.— Gei±. th., long, 8; broad, 2-8; facial index, 1. 

 Abd., long, 5; broad, 4. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3=10-5, 9-5, 9-5, 

 6-5 mm. 



CepJudothorax greenish, hairs sparse, grey ; depressed, sides 

 rounded, laterally constricted forwards ; caput roundly trun- 

 cated, ocular eminence low, lateral index equal to space between 

 a fore-lateral eye and the hind-central nearest to it; median 

 foveadeep, striae fairly marked; profile line rises fi-om thoracic 

 junction at an angle of 30°, forms sHght arch across caput. 

 Height of cUjpeiis about equal to diameter of an anterior central 

 eye. 



^ Eyes on dark rings ; posterior row sensibly recurved ; median 

 pair rather more than their diameter apart, their space and a 

 quarter from hind-laterals ; anterior row recurved, centrals 

 nearly twice their breadth from each other, rather less than that 

 interval from hind-centrals, nearly their space from side-eyes 

 next to them; laterals seated obliquely on low tubercles, 

 separated by about their diameter. 



_ Legs moderately stout ; clear yellowish-green, brownish annu- 

 lations ; short grey hairs, spines rather numerous, yellowish, 

 double row of five beneath tibiae and metatarsi ; superior tarsal 

 claws — 1st pair, 9 teeth ; inferior claw, 2 strong teeth. 



Paljyi rather shght, yellowish-green ; palpal claw straighter 

 than tarsal, 9 teeth. 



Falces conical, directed somewhat inwards, greenish-yellow. 



MaxilloB nearly as broad as long, obtusely pointed, inclined 

 towards labium, which is triangular, almost twice as broad as 

 long; organs yellowish, base greenish. 



Sternum cordate, eminences opposite coxae, yellowish, olive 

 tinge. 



Ahdnmcn somewhat oviform, broad, sensibly convex above, 

 sides rounded, projects moderately over base of cephalothorax ; 

 sparsely clothed with short fine hairs ; dorsal surface covered 

 by a large, mottled, greenish-yellow oviform mark, margined 

 by two streaks, inner white, outer brown, graduating oti* to 

 green ; four central impressed spots form a trapezoid, 1st pair 

 placed close to apex at base ; on either side, and directed towards 

 2nd pair, are two fine brown Imes forming an acute angle ; 

 extending outwards from spumers to 3rd pair arc a series of 

 four brown lines — outer streaks in most examples form a curve 

 connected with narrow dorsal line. On ventral surface there is 

 a wide green band, white and brown margins. Ejngyne repre- 

 sents a broad, transversely wrinkled, yellowish eminence, 

 centrally produced into a short, pendulous, cupuliform, wrinkled 

 process, directed backwards ; projecting at right angles from 

 base of process are two smaller, somewhat vermiform, short 



