Spiders of Victoria. 99 



Araneus memopii, nov. sp. (PI. XV., Fig. 1). 



Cephalothorax, mandibles, maxillae, lip, sternum, palpi, and 

 legs, pale ivory yellow, with light brown spines and pale yellowish 

 white hairs. The abdomen on the upper side is pale yellowish 

 green, with two conspicuous reddish brown spots on the shoulders 

 in a line with the broadest part of the back, two small round 

 dark spots behind these, three pairs of quite small dots behind 

 these again. The hairing is faintly yellow. Underneath the 

 abdomen is pale yellow brown, epigyne and spinnerets the same. 



The Cephalothorax is as long as patella 'cum tiabia IV., very 

 slightly longer than broad, narrowed in front, rounded at the 

 sides, with faintly marked depressions between the cephalic and 

 thoracic parts. There is no median sulcus, but a rather wide 

 depression in the rear slope where it is overhung by the abdomen. 



The four middle Eyes are sessile, about equal in size, and form 

 a trapezium broadest in front, the rear pair being one diameter 

 and the front pair one and a half diameters apart, the same 

 between front and rear. Seen from above the front side eyes are 

 in a line with the rear middle, and twice the breadth of the 

 trapezium at rear away. Seen from in front they are on a line 

 with the front middle. The front and rear side eyes are close 

 together, the front being on a slight indication of a tubercle the 

 rear sessile. AH eyes are bright yellow. 



The Mandibles are conical, as long as the front patellae, 

 slightly knee-formed at base, with small weak fangs. 



The Lip is triangular, broader than long, swelling out from a 

 straight neck, and less than half the length of the Maxillae, 

 which are upright straight in front, and as broad as long. 



The Sternum is heart-shaped, pointed at rear, with deep 

 impressions between the coxae, and raised ridges pointing to the 

 latter. It is smooth and membranous, with a few upstanding 

 hairs round the edge. 



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