Ubquhakt. — On New S2)ecles of Araneao. 141) 



at hind-row, divided to fovea by a narrow streak ; lateral baud 

 broad, lake-brown ; few coarse hairs on caput ; rather flatly 

 convex, roundly truncated, lateral index equals space from a 

 side-eye to hind-central furthest from it ; dypcus inclined 

 moderately forwards, scarcely equal to one-half facial space ; 

 pars thonxcica oval, fairly convex; fovea subcircular, deep ; 

 normal grooves somewhat slight ; contour of profile rounded 

 behind, angle about 40^ slope forwards moderate, visibly 

 curved. 



Eyes tolerably large, on dark i-ings ; enclose an oval space ; 

 posterior row of equal' size, divided from one another by an 

 interval perceptibly surpassing an eye's breadth ; median pair 

 their diameter and a half from fore-centrals ; median eyes of 

 anterior row one-fourth smaller than posterior pair, separated 

 by their breadth and one-half ; form with hind-centrals a 

 quadrilateral figure widest in front ; visibly more than their 

 diameter from side-eyes ; laterals contiguous, fore-eye rather 

 the smallest; placed obliquely on a common, strong tubercle ; 

 have the pearl-grey lustre of posterior centrals. 



Legs straw-colour ; femora, patellas, and tibiae of first pair 

 tinged with dark-orange ; spotted — especially two first pairs 

 — with lake ; three brown-lake annuli on tibial -f metatarsal 

 joints of first and second ; black-brown rings at extremity of 

 three hind-pairs ; first half of tliigh of fourth pair black-brown ; 

 third and fourth have annuli on patella^, and central and apical 

 rings on tibial joints ; similar but fainter annulations on meta- 

 tai'si ; hairs and bristles sparse. 



Palpi pale-orange ; hairs ratlier sparse ; short bristles on 

 cubital joint. 



Falccs fulvous, lake-coloured reflections at extremities ; 

 somewhat linear, vertical. 



Maxilla pale-yellow, suffused with orange ; large, spatliu- 

 late, tapering at extremities, inclined towards each other. 



Labium yellowish, base greenish; nearly semicirculai', 

 somewhat truncated, less than half length of maxilltic. 



Sternniii, pale greenish-yellow, metallic reflections, dark- 

 lake flecks on side borders ; triangular, about three-fourths as 

 wide at base as long. 



Abdomen oviform, convex ; fore-third of folium without any 

 determinate limits, gradually fades into ground - colour ; 

 centrally displays two pairs of crenatures, fore-pair twice as 

 wide as hind ; posterior third ovate ; dull jiale-brov/n (perhaps 

 with an olive tinge in fresh examples), marbled with lake, 

 ■border lake-black ; median band broad, creamy-white on fore- 

 third, centre part hastate, stained with lake and yellow-; 

 obliterated posteriorly ; lateral margins shade lighter than 

 folium, marbled with dull-purple ; ventral region greenish- 

 yellow, median band dull-lake ; wide subtriangular mark of 



