528 ARACHNIDA FROM THE SOUTH SEAS, 



17. A. NAUTicus, L. Koch. 



Log. — Noumea, New Caledonia. 



This, and the preceding species, are common in tropical regions. 



Genus Gasteracantha, Sund. 



18. Gasteracantha mollusc a, L. Koch. 

 Log. — Noumea, New Caledonia. 



Originally recorded from Port de France, Noumea, and later, 

 by me, from British New Guinea.* 



Family THOMISID^. 

 SnMamily MISUMENIN5). 

 Genus D i ^ a, Thor. 



19. Dl^A BIPUNCTATA, sp.nOV. 



(Plate xxviii., figs. 4, 4a.) 



9. Cephalothorax 2 mm. long, 1 -9 mm. broad; abdomen 3-7 mm. 

 long, 2-5 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax pale yellowish, smooth, glossy, nearly as broad 

 as long, arched. Pars Gephalica, broad, arched. Pars thoracica 

 broad, arched, radial grooves very faint. 



Eyes normal, black, each mounted upon a small, bluish-grey 

 tubercle. 



Legs concolorous with cephalothorax, finely pubescent, and 

 armed with spines; of the latter those upon the tibiae and meta- 

 tarsi of the first and second pairs are much the longest and 

 strongest. Relative lengths 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Palpi short, similar in colour to legs, and armed with short 

 spines. 



Falces concolorous, short, strong, arched. 



Maxilloi concolorous also, long, narrow, arched, apices inclining 

 inwards. 



Labium concolorous, long, coniform. 



* Rec. Aust. Mus., Vol. iii., Part 5, p. 112. 



