BY W. J. RAINBOW. 489 



Family ARGIOPID^E. 



Subfamily ARGIOPINJE. 



Genus Araneus, Clerck ( = Epeira, auct. ). 



Araneus parvulus, sp.nov. 



(Plate xxiv., figs. 3, 3a, 36, 3c.) 



J\ Cephalothorax 1*5 mm. long, 1*4 mm. broad; abdomen 2 mm. 

 long, 1*5 mm. broad; total length 32 mm. 



Cephalothorax obovate, longer than broad, arched, sparingly 

 hairy. Pars cephalica yellow, high, arched, somewhat attenuated 

 in front, obtusely truncated. Pars thoracica broad, brown, 

 glabrous, arched, deeply depressed at centre, radial grooves 

 indistinct. 



Eyes in three series of 2, 4, 2; the median group forms' a square 

 and are seated upon a tubercular eminence; of these the anterior 

 pair are slightly the smallest, and are separated from each other 

 by a space equal to three times their individual diameter; the 

 posterior pair are separated from each other by a space equal to 

 twice their individual diameter; lateral eyes minute, oblique, 

 contiguous, and elevated upon small tubercular projections. 



Legs long, yellow, annulated with broad brown rings, and 

 armed with long, dark brown spines. Relative lengths 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Palpi yellow, short, similar in clothing and armature to legs. 

 Gopulatory organ large, broad, and exceedingly complicated. 



Maxillce and labium yellow, normal. 



Sternum cordate, dark brown, glabrous. 



Abdomen ovate, projecting over base of cephalothorax, convex, 

 pubescent, dark brown, with a large median patch of chrome 

 yellow, the latter being intersected with a short, dark brown, 

 irregular, longitudinal and transverse line, somewhat in the form 

 of a f; upon the upper surface there are four large punctures, 

 arranged in the form of a trapezium, and of these the anterior 

 pair are much the closest together. 



£. Cephalothorax 2 mm. long, 1-8 mm. broad; abdomen 24 mm. 

 long, 2-4 mm. broad; total length 3 - 3 mm. 



