20 DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW ARANEID.E OF N.S.W., 



Eyes of an opalino tint ; the four intermediate eyes seated on a 

 prominence, nearly forming a square ; the two anterior ones are 

 ratlior tlie widest apart, and are the largest of the eight ; the eyes 

 of each lateral pair are placed obliquely on a small tubercle, but 

 are nob contiguous. 



Leg^ long, moderately strong, yellow-bi'own, trochanters and 

 tibife of all four annulated dai-k brown ; relative lengths, 1, 2, 4, 3; 

 each is furnished with long coarse hairs and strong spines. 



Palpi long ; first, second, and third joints pale yellowish, fourth 

 and fifth rather darker ; armature similar to that of legs. 



Falces strong, yellowish, furnished with a few short strong black 

 bristles, and armed with teeth on the under side. 



Maxilke short, strong, rounded at extremity, furnished with 

 a few rather long and strong black hairs ; yellowish, suffused with 

 bistre. 



Lahlum concolorous, short, broad, rounded off at apex. 



Sternum concolorous, broad, shield-shaped, sparingly clothed 

 with hairs. 



Abdomen ovate, outline somew^hat sinuous, projecting over base 

 of cephalothorax, moderately convex above, furnished with a few 

 short white hairs; colour, silvery-white, dotted over with numerous 

 small red spots, besides which there are six large spots of a reddish- 

 brown colour, placed in three rows ; those of the first row are 

 somewhat the largest of the six and the widest apart, and those 

 of the third row the smallest and closest together ; there are also 

 two large sinuous black lateral bands on superior surface which 

 are pointed, the points being directed outwards ; inferior surface 

 black, sides pale yellowish with black flecks. 



Epiyyne broad, moderately convex, furnished with a long articu- 

 lated membranous process, which is directed forwards ; colour 

 yellowish. 



i7a6.— Manly. 



Epeira sinuosus, sp.nov. 



(Plate III. fig. 6.) 

 Q. Cephalothorax, 2 mm. long, 1-5 mm. broad; abdomen, 3 mm. 

 long, 2 mm. broad. 



