490 SOME NEW ARANEIDiE OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Cephalothorax obovate, orange-yellow, clothed with long, coarse, 

 hoary hairs. Pars cephalica high, arched, obtusely truncated. 

 Pars thoracica broad, arched, median and radial grooves distinct. 



Eyes : central group forming a trapezium, elevated upon a small 

 protuberance; anterior median pair separated from each other by 

 a space equal to fully twice their individual diameter; posterior 

 pair somewhat larger than the preceding, and these are also 

 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 moderately long, yellow with brown annulations, hairy, 

 and armed with long, black spines Relative lengths 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Palpi similar in colour and armature to legs. 



Falces yellow, glabrous, moderately long, arched, hairy, apices 

 divergent. 



Maxillce and labium yellow, normal. 



Sternum cordate, glabrous, yellow, hairy. 



Abdomen broad, ovate, strongly arched, boldly projecting over 

 base of cephalothorax, very finely pubescent, dark reddish-brown 

 in front and laterally; from near anterior margin, and extending 

 for about one-third the length, there is a large patch of chrome 

 yellow reticulated with fine, reddish-brown lines; from thence 

 backwards dark reddish-brown mottled with chrome yellow ; 

 abdominal punctures as in the <J; a broad, sinuous, longitudinal 

 band commences in front and continues to near posterior 

 extremity; this is crossed in front, near the base, with a broad, 

 slightly arched bar, the margins of which are irregular, and the 

 lateral extremities pointed; sides and inferior surface dark brown. 



Epigyne as in figure. 



Hub. — Guildford, near Sydney. 



Araneus singularis, sp.nov. 



(Plate xxiv., figs. 4, 4«, 4b.) 



Q. Cephalothorax 2 mm. long, 14 mm. broad; abdomen 27 mm. 

 lone;-, 2-7 mm. broad; total length 3-7 mm. 



