ARACHNIDA FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND— RAINBOW. 103 



Araneus rotdnddlus, Kei/s. 



Epeira rutnuduht. Keys., Die Arach. (leh> Ausfcr., Snppl., 1887, p. 

 193, pi. XV., figs. 6, 6(j, 7, la. 



Obs. — One specimen in bad condition. 



Kah. — Gordonvale, at 3,200t"t. 



ArANEDS FAVORABILIS, sp. )WV. 



(Plates xxii,, figs, 18, 19.) 



9 Cephalotliorax, 2.8 mm. long, 2.4 mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 -4.6 mm. long, 3.5 mm. broad (PI. xxii., fig. IS). 



Cephalotliornx. ■ — • Obovate, straw yellow, shining. Pars 

 cepJtalicii strongly arched, moderately clothed with pale hairs, 

 thoracic groove distinct ; ocular area broader than long, fringed 

 with a few rather long and very fine hairs ; dijpeus smooth, 

 arched. Fars thoracica broad, pubescent, strongly arched, 

 I'adial grooves distinct; niedian fovea, deep; inanjinal baud, 

 broad. I^i/es. — Black, prominent; tlie four comprising the 

 median group are the largest, and form a trapezium ; lateral 

 eyes arranged in pairs, small, contiguous. Leys. — Rather 

 long, concoloious with cephalothorax, moderately clothed with 

 short hairs, and armed with short, weak spines ; metatarsal 

 and tarsal hairs the longest; relative lengths; 1, 2, 4, 3. 

 Palpi. — Rather long, similar in colour, clothing and armature 

 to legs. Falces. — Concolorous with cephalothorax, slightly 

 projecting, strongly arched, tapering, moderately hairy, apices 

 divergent; lower angle of furrow of each falx armed with 

 three strong, coniform teeth, of which the one nearest the base 

 of the fang is the strongest ; at the rear of the third tooth 

 from the fang, there is another rather short and coniform one ; 

 upper angle of the furrow of each falx armed with four coni- 

 form teeth, of which the two nearest the fang are much the 

 strongest ; in the groove between the two ridges there is a con- 

 siderable number of small granular teeth irregularly distribu- 

 ted ; faiKj long, strong, well curved, wine-red Maxilhe and 

 Labium. — Normal, moderately hairy, pale j^ellow. Sternum. — 

 Concolorous with cephalothorax, shield-shaped, arched, clothed 

 with rather long, yellowish hairs. Abdomen. — Ovate, over- 

 hanging base of cephalothorax, yellow, pubescent, superior 



