BY \y. J. RAINBOW. 351 



above the centre puncture of tlie first row, intersecting it, and 

 continue as such until near the two inner punctures of the second 

 row, where it opens out and forms two Unes; from thence they 

 proceed to the extremity of the abdomen, intersecting each punc- 

 ture; laterally the colour, towards the dorsal surface, is a shade 

 darker, but low^er down a rich nut-l)rown colour prevails; the sides 

 are ornamented with yellowish wavy markings; ventral surface 

 dark brow^n, with 3^ellowish lateral and transverse markings. 

 Epigyne a transverse, oval, dark brown eminence, concave within. 



Hab. — Sydney. 



The specimen described above was obtained by Dr. C. A. 

 Edwards, M.D., M.R.C.S., Edin., of Waverley, and it affords me 

 great pleasure in connecting his name with it. To the same 

 gentleman I am indebted for many other interesting specimens 

 and much valuable information as the result of personal and 

 independent observation. 



Kephila ventricosa, (J. Pt 9., sp.nov. 



(Plate XXIII. figs. 1, la, 2, '2a.) 



(J. Cephalothorax, 2 mm. long, 1 -5 mm. broad; abdomen, 2 mm. 

 long, 1 -5 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax convex. Caput yellow, furnished with few short 

 yellowish hairs, normal grooves and indentations indistinct. 

 Clypeus dark brown. 



Eyes prominent, glossy black, the four centrals form a somewhat 

 quadrangular figure; lateral pairs much the smallest, placed 

 obliquely on minute tubercles; not contiguous. 



Legs long, slender, tapering to a point, yellowish, furnished 

 with rather long hairs and spines; superior tarsal clans long, 

 curved and pectinated; inferior clair sharply curved. Relative 

 lengths 1, 2, 4, 3; the second and fourth pairs are coequal, or 

 nearly so, while the third pair is by far the shortest. 



Paljn: humeral joint slender, yellow, few black hairs and 

 slender bristles; nearly twice as long as cubital and radial joints 



