BY W. J. RAINBOW. 353 



and tarsi dark brown, approaching sepia; tarsal claws as in N. 

 Fletcher I and N. Edwardsii. Relative lengths 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Palpi moderately long; humeral and cubital joints yellowish, 

 the others dark brown, approaching sepia; similar in armature to 

 legs. 



Falcc^ black, glossy, vertical, divergent at apex; armed with a 

 row of five teeth along each margin of the furrow of the falx 

 wherein the fang lies concealed when at rest. 



Maxilk^ sepia, inner margins yellowish, longer than broad, 

 diA'ergent; a few coarse dark hairs on outer margins. 



Labium dark, glossy, yellowish patch in centre, about half the 

 length of maxilla?; furnished with few rather long dark hairs. 



Stamum orange-yellow, dark irregular transverse band at 

 middle, shield-shaped, tuberculate. 



Abdomen ovate, exceedingly convex, projecting over base of 

 cephalothorax, pale yellow^, somewhat darker at jDosterior extremity, 

 clothed with minute hairs; dorsal surface ornamented with a 

 curved row of 10 minute dark spots towards anterior extremity; 

 seated lower down are two other dark spots, much larger than 

 those of the curved series, and each is relieved by a circular pale 

 3"ellow patch or disc at the upper margin, in a somewhat lateral 

 position; from the lower lateral margin of each spot there extends 

 in an outw^ard ol^lique direction a short slightly curved line, 

 terminating wdth a minute spot ; immediately between the 

 curved lines there is a short straight longitudinal line; at the 

 centre of dorsal surface there are other two dark spots, more 

 widely removed than former pair, and each is also relieved by a 

 circular pale yellow patch or disc; midway between these two 

 latter spots, and connecting them, is a series of longitudinal 

 parallel and curved markings, which proceed therefrom and termi- 

 nate at posterior extremity (vide fig. 2, PL xxiii.); near posterior 

 extremity, and inside lateral longitudinal lines, there are two 

 small yellow discs separated from each other by two parallel lines; 

 laterally the abdomen is much darker, and is ornamented witli 

 four broad white irregular bands; ventral surface dark brown. 



