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brown; towards posterior extremit}'^ there is a network of fine 

 dark and uneven lines; sides oi a somewhat darker green than 

 superior surface; underside olive green. 



Epi(jy)ie an elevated eminence; the two openings, though 

 sensibly separated, are connected at anterior part with a pale 

 yellowish curved bar; immediately above the curved Ijar mentioned 

 there is another bar larger, stronger, and much more arched than 

 the first mentioned. 



Flab. — New England District. 



Epeira similaris, sp.nov. 



(Plate XVIII. fig. 3.) 



2 Cephalothorax 3 mm. long, 2 mm. broad; alxlomen 5 mm. 

 long, 5 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax pale yellow. Caput elevated, rounded on sides 

 and upper part, a few short fine pale yellow hairs in front and at 

 sides. Ciypeus broad, strongly convex; normal grooves indistinct. 

 Marginal band narrow. 



Eyes, legs, palpi, falces, inaxilUe, labium and sterniiia similar to 

 E. ficta. 



Abdomen broad, ovate, overhanging base of cephalothorax, 

 moderately convex, green, with a broad transverse irregular patch 

 of dull white towards anterior extremity, and which is broadest 

 laterally; there are two large dark brown une\ enly formed lateral 

 patches so situated as to be surrounded by portions of the white 

 patch referred to; in addition to these there are two small median 

 depressions or dents, the depths of which are of a dark bi"own 

 colour; from about the centre to the posterior extremity there is a 

 network of fine uneven lines; sides green; under side dull green. 



Epi'/yne an elevated eminence; the two openings more widely 

 separated than in E. ficta, and not connected at anterior part, as 

 in that species, with a curved bar; above the openings, and 

 slightly overhanging them, there is a large strong arched bar as 

 in the former species. 



Hab. — New England District. 



