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DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME XEW ARAXEID^ OE XEW 

 SOUTH WALES. Xo. 3. 



By W. J. Raixbotv. 



(Plate X.) 



The present paper contains descriptions of four species of spiders 

 new to science, for which I am indebted to Mr. A. M. Lea, whose 

 name I have much pleasure in connecting with one of them 

 (Epeira Leai). I desire herewith to place on record my gratitude 



to that gentleman for the valuable assistance he has rendered me 

 in connection with my investigations into the Araneidan-fauna of 

 Xew South Wales, by collecting numerous specimens fi'om a wide 

 range of localities. 



The most interesting, varied, and striking forms are found 

 amongst the pygmies rather than the larger representatives of 

 this order, and it is owing to his care in pro«"uring so many 

 specimens of Jlicro-Arayieidie that the collections made by Mr. 

 Lea are so valuable. 



Family EPEIRID.E. 



Genus Epeira. Walck. 



Epeira Leai, sp.nov. 

 (Plate X. fig. L) 



9. Cephalothorax, 3 mm. long, '2 mm. broad ; abdomen, 5 mm. 

 long, 3 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax yellow-brown, sparingly hairy. Caput truncated 

 in front, elevated and rounded on the sides, normal grooves dis- 

 tinct. Ciypeics convex, yellow-brown, with faint lateral striations 



