Urquhaet. — On New Species of Araueae. 209 



them in size by one-fourth ; posited on moderately low eleva- 

 tions, contiguous. 



Falccs yellowish-amber colour, figured with olive-green, 

 display a conspicuous pale patch ; inwardly inchned, of some- 

 what even breadth to fore-third, which is bent rather ab- 

 ruptly outwards. 



MaxiUcB pale-brown, basal half red-brown, clouded with a 

 dusky shade ; of somewhat even breadth, pointed, inclined 

 over lip, which is tinted with deeper shades ; subcircular, 

 margins turgid. 



Sternum deep yellow-brown, dappled with dark-brown; 

 cordate. 



Legs creamy-fulvous ; femora suffused with a bright fulvous 

 colour ; broad, somewhat obscure, central and distal annuli 

 of a similar shade, tinted with green, occur on the femoral, 

 tibial, and metatarsal joints ; sparingly armed with pale-yellow 

 hairs and spines. 



Palpi, coloration and armature of legs. 



Abdomen oviform, projects well over base of cephalothorax ; 

 glossy, brownish-cream colour, suffused with rather large, sub- 

 confluent flecks of a paler tone ; folium has the shade of 

 ground-colour; pattern olive-brown, not very pronounced; 

 fore-half represents a broad, sublinear band with a wide edge, 

 much interrupted on basal slope ; produced again, somewhat 

 beneath, into a subcrescentic transverse figure; band exhibits 

 two pairs of coarse, tooth-like dilatations ; area enclosed by 

 anterior pair has a somewhat hastate form, is sharply con- 

 stricted at its junction with posterior part, which is subellip- 

 tical, projects a pair of lateral dilatations ; contains within a 

 dusky spot of similar form; folium on liind-slope cordate, olive- 

 brown, without very determinate limits, deepens in tone 

 towards the lighter parts, which represent free or coalescing 

 chevrons of irregular form ; lateral margins suffused with 

 creamy-olive, marbled with a darker shade. Ventral region 

 pale. Corpus vulva yellowish, stained with olive-green ; sub- 

 quadrate, elevated; superior area exhibits two ovate, lake- 

 tinted foveas, bordered by rather turgid costae, which are pro- 

 longed beneath the scapus vulvae ; latter organ short, broad, 

 apex disciform, margins moderately turgid. 



Single specimen, Poivell collection. 



Lin3rphia fucatinia, sp. nov. 



Jfas.— Ceph.-th., long, 1-5; wide, 1. Abd., long, 1-6; 

 wide, 1. Legs, 1, 4, 2, 3— do not differ much in length; 1st 

 pair 3-7mm. 



Cephalothorax rich mahogany - colour, approximating to 

 lake ; thoracic region tinged with olive-green. Clathrate ; 

 furnished with few short bristles. Pars cephalica prominently 

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