Ukquhakt. — On Netv Species of ArauecC. 171 



Stenmtib greenish-yellow, clouded with brown, centre 

 mark ; cordate, clathrate. 



Abdomen triangular, base rounded, depressed above; in- 

 tegument pinkish creamy-colour, lightly suffused with dull- 

 yellow, numerous small lake spots ; creamy-white — border of 

 baud dark on posterior side — moderately wide band connects 

 the slightly-developed humeral protuberances ; superior surface 

 of base has an olive-green tinge, clouded with black-brown ; a 

 broken, recurved wreath of lightish flecks connects apices of 

 transverse band ; folium olive-green tinge, extends from band 

 to spinners, serrated, blackish marks on posterior side of serra- 

 tions ; blackish transverse patch below first serration ; oblique 

 l:)rownish streaks on latei-al margins ; la,ke spots on ventral 

 surface more pronounced, shield somewhat heart-shaped, olive- 

 brown, margin dark. 



Taken in the forest near Stratford, .1. T. U. 



Epeira laevigata, sp. nov. Plate XXI., fig. 6. 



Femina.— Ceim.'th., long, 3; broad, 2. Abd., long, 5; 

 broad, 4. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 10, 8-5, 8, 5-8 mm. 



CephalotlLorax yellowish, green tinge ; liairs light, somewhat 

 sparse ; pars cephalica moderately convex, roundly truncated, 

 eye-prominence low, lateral index equal to rather more than 

 two-thirds facial ; depth of chjpcus equal to nearly the diameter 

 of a fore-central eye ; pars thoraeica convex, sides tclertibly 

 rounded ; fovea suboval, rather deep ; normal grooves well 

 defined ; profile-contour rises from stalk at an angle of 40 ', 

 forward inclination slight. 



Eyes on dark rings, hind-centrals lake-coloured ; posterior 

 only sensibly recurved, centre eyes largest of eight, rather 

 more distant from each other than they are froin fore-centrals, 

 an interval scarcely equalling their ditimeter; about their 

 space and one-fourth from laterals ; anterior row recurved, 

 median eyes dark, rather more than half size of hind-pair, sepa- 

 rated by scarcely an eye's breadth and one-half ; divided from 

 side-eyes by an interval somewhat shorter than their space ; 

 laterals about one-thu-d smaller than anterior centre eyes, 

 posited obliquely, rather more than one-fourth an eye's breadth 

 apart, on very low elevations. 



Fakes yellowish, suffused with green ; conical, vertical, 

 equal in length to digital joint of palpus, and in stoutness to 

 the femur of a second leg. 



MaxiUce yellowish, base clouded vvith olive-brown ; dilated 

 forwards, pointed, length somewhat surpasses breadth, in- 

 clined towards each other. 



Labium greenish-yellow, base dark olive-brown; oval, 

 rather wider than long; more than half length of maxilkc. 



