522 DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW ARANEIDiE, 



Abdomen oblong, convex, moderately projecting over base of 

 cephalothorax ; superior surface glossy white, with a few black 

 spots, and ornamented at posterior extremity with four yellow- 

 brown stripes; the latter are pointed in front, retreat gradually,, 

 and unite at ultimate extremity; sides white above, yellow-brown 

 below; inferior surface yellow-brown. 



Ejjigyne an arched and somewhat conical protuberance, directed 

 towards spinnerets. 



Hab. — Queanbeyan. 



Argiope gracilis, sp. nov. 

 (Plate XVII., fig. 7.) 



9. Cephalothorax 3| mm. long, 2 mm. broad; abdomen S mm. 

 long, 4 mm. broad. 



Cejjhalothorax yellow-brown, glabrous above, fringed in front 

 and laterally with short hoary pubescence. Caput moderately 

 high, arched. Clypeus convex, ai-ched, deeply indented at centre^ 

 radial grooves moderately distinct. Marginal hand narrow. 



Eyes as in A. 2^o,llida. 



Legs long, tapering, yellow-brown, armed with short Ijlack 

 spines; relative lengths 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Paljn short, yellow, similar in colour and armature to legs. 



Falces as in .4. jjcdlida. 



MaxiUoi yellow, inner margins dark brown; equally as broad 

 as long, convex. 



Labium yellow, subtriangular. 



Sternum shield-shaped, tuberculate ; yellow-brown laterally, 

 pale yellow in the median line. 



Abdomen oblong-ovate, moderately projecting over base of 

 cephalothorax; superior surface glossy white, ornamented with a 

 delicate tracery of fine yellow lines commencing at its anterior 

 extremity with a single median line, and terminating at the 

 posterior extremity with a net-work design; there are also two 

 small punctures at the centre ; sides and inferior surface dark 

 brown. 



