Urquhabt. — On New Species of Araneae. 143 



length of latter, large, rather wider than long, roundly emar- 

 ginate. 



Sternum light olive-brown, spotted and bordered with 

 brown ; subcordate, nearly as wide as long between first pair 

 of coxal joints. 



Legs orange-yellow, passing into orange-lake on fore-ends 

 of femoral joints, first pair most shaded ; tibiae have two or 

 three not - well-defined orange-lake annulations ; metatarsi 

 two; legs strong; bristle-like hairs on femoral joints, more 

 especially clustered on inner side of first pair, and on superior 

 surface of hind-pairs, which are armed beneath with a double 

 row of bristle-like spines, strongest on second aiid third legs ; 

 patella), 1 sphie ; single row beneath tibiae + metatarsi. Claws 

 weak. 



Palpi light orange-yellow ; pars humeralis fully one-thu'd 

 longer than cubital + radial joints ; pars cubitalis short, 

 dilated forwards, projects a strong black bristle ; pars radialis 

 twice length of former article, outer side prolonged, much 

 enlarged forwards, rounded, armed at extremity with a row of 

 strong long bristles ; vie\\ed from inner side somewhat cup- 

 shaped, short ; digital joint about as long as cubital + radial 

 joints together, well developed ; laminae bulbi reddish maho- 

 gany-colour ; moderately furnished with stiff black hairs ; 

 oval, directed towards each other ; genital organs partially 

 covered by a brownish-yellow, spotted membrane, projecting 

 forwards from beneath is a greenish, elongate, pointed pro- 

 cess, which, viewed from beneath, discloses a membranous 

 truncated process, margins involute ; iuimediately under it is 

 a brownish curved lobe, convex side directed backwards ; ex- 

 tremities prolonged, free, upper tapering, lower — not visible 

 from outside — somewhat membranous; bulb partially enclosed 

 on lower side by a greenish, somewhat oval, or pointed 

 membrane. 



Abdomen e\onga,te-owi(oYm, yellowish stone-colour; folium 

 covers dorsal region, deeper tone, green tinge, second half 

 stained with lake, margins sinuating, olive-black, interrupted, 

 centre pair of curves creamy-white ; median band exhibits a 

 series of six large creamy-white spots on first quarter ; irre- 

 gular-shaped figure near centre, of similar colour; second half 

 displays three tapering groups of coalescent, yellow, lake- 

 tinged spots ; oblique brown marks on lateral margins ; ven- 

 tral shield brown. 



Forest, Stratford, A. T. U. 



Linyphia albi-apiata, sp. nov. 



Mas. — Ceph.-th., lo:ig, 1-7 ; wide, I'l. Abd., long, lo ; 

 wide, 1. Legs, 1, 4, 2, 3 ; 1st pair, 5-4 mm. 



