spiders from the Upper Endeavour Hiver. 143 



This species is much smaller than H. schmeltzii, L.K., from 

 the Philippine Islands, its legs not so continuously ringed. The 

 underside of abdomen less distinctly marked and the epigyne 

 more complex. The maxillae do not reach so far down the lip 

 posteriorly, otherwise the two seem very similar. 



Though nearer in size to N. hofmanni^ L.K., from Borneo, 

 it differs from it in much the same points as the above. In 

 hofmanni also the epigyne is less differentiated and the meta- 

 tarsal joints seem longer in proportion than in these species. 



Poltys fi-enchi, nov. sp. 



Colour. 



Cephalothorax. — Pale to darker orange-yellow, being lightest 

 on the thoracic part just behind the cephalic and deepening into 

 red-brown on the eye prominence, a pale narrow band borders 

 the edge of the pass thoracic. The scanty hairing is quite pale 

 yellow. 



The Mandibles are a dark orange on the upper half, shaded 

 into red-brown on the lower, the former part having long stiff 

 pale yellow-grey hairs, the latter thin brown, the fangs black- 

 l)i-own at base, lighter into red towards the points. 



The MaxillcB and Lip are a dirty yellow-grey with grey edgings 

 and a silver-grey fringe. 



Sternum. — Black-brown, with black hairs. 



Palpi. — Yellow-brown, darker brown on tibial joint. Tarsal 

 joint thickly covered with long pale yellow hair. 



Legs. — Red-brown from coxa to metatarsus, tarsus golden- 

 brown, with pale drab hair and bristles, and reddish-orange 

 spines. The end of the femoral and the patellar joint ai-e dark 

 brown. 



The Abdomen is of a dirty darker and lighter brownish-grey 

 covei'ed with silvery-grey hairs. In fi'ont a dark transverse 

 curved stripe above the juncture with the cephalothorax and 

 an oblong black and white spot in the centre beyond same. 

 Behind, a darker stripe stretches down the middle hollow of the 

 back and in the hollow between the warty prominences. The 

 underside of the abdomen below the juncture with the cephalo- 

 thorax is darkest at the sides with a paler central longitudinal 

 streak. Epigyne and spinnerets dark red-brown. 



