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be found in the fact that not only are the corpulatory organs 

 somewhat more complicated than in A. volans, but the legs of A. 

 splendent are more numerously spined. When immersed in spirit 

 the bright colours entirely disappear, but upon being withdrawn 

 from the tube, and exposed to the atmosphere, the spider soon 

 redisplays its gorgeous livery. 



Family EPEIRID^. 



Genus E p e i r a, Walck. 



Epeira coronata, sp. nov. 



(Plate xLix., fig. 1.) 



9. Cephalothorax 4 mm. long, 3 mm. broad; abdomen 12 mm. 

 in circumference. 



Cephalothorax dark brown, convex, longer than broad. Caput 

 moderately hairy, prominently elcAated, summit surmounted with 

 two lateral coniform tubercles, seated about four times their 

 individual diameter from lateral eyes ; normal grooves and 

 indentations distinct. Clypens moderately convex, dark brown, 

 with faint lateral grooves radiating from the centi-e. Marginal 

 band narrow. 



Eyes black; the four comprising the central grou}? forming a 

 square or nearly so, and elevated upon a high and prominent 

 tubercle; lateral pairs minute, placed obliquely' on tubercles, and 

 not contiguous. 



Legs reddish-brown, hairy, moderately long, robust ; relative 

 lengths 1, 2, 4, 3; the tirst and second pairs are considerably the 

 longest, and co-equal, and the third pair the shortest. 



Palpi moderatelj^ long, robust, reddish-brown, and hairy. 



Falces concolorous, robust, hairy; a row of three teeth on the 

 margins of the furrow of each falx; fangs strong, reddish-brown at 

 their base, wine-red at the points. 



MaxillcG club-shaped, pale yellow, inclining inwards, a few short 

 hairs at extremities. 

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