BY W. J. RAINBOW. 515 



Palpi short, similar in colour and armature to legs, tips black. 



Falces glossy, yellowish, inner margins fringed w^ith short 

 black hairs. 



Jllnxillce short, yellowish, inclining inwards, arched ; sides 

 clothed with short hoary hairs at their base. 



Labium concolorous, short, broader than long. 



Sternum shield-shaped, dark brown, thickly clothed with hoary 

 hairs. 



Abdomen ovate, pale yellow, boldly projecting over base of 

 cephalothorax, two small tubercles seated laterally near anterior 

 extremity; superior surface ornamented with a network of tracery, 

 barely visible to the naked eye; in addition to this there are six 

 small punctures arranged in pairs ; sides olive-green, inferior 

 surface yellowish-grey. 



Bpi'jyne a simple slightly cur\'ed transverse slit, at the centre 

 of which on the upper lip there is a small, blunt, dark brown 

 protuberance. 



/yrt6. —Guildford. 



Epeira crassipes, sp.nov. 



(Plate XVII., figs. 2, 2a.) 



5. Cephalothorax 5^ mm. long, 5 mm. broad; abdomen 8 mm. 

 long, 5 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax yellowish-green, convex, haiiy. Cajmt high, 

 strongly arched, truncated in front, clothed with long coarse 

 hoary hairs. Clypeus convex, broad, indented at the centre, 

 clothed with long coarse hoary hairs. Marginal band broad, 

 fringed with long coarse hoary hairs. 



Eyes black; those of the central group equal in size, mounted 

 on a dark brown tubercle, and forming a trapezium; the pair 

 comprising the front row separated from each other by a 

 space equal to twice their individual diameter, those of the second 

 row by about one diametex', and the two rows from each other by 

 about two diameters ; lateral eyes minute, seated obliquely on 

 small yellowish tubercles, but not contiguous. 



