Uequhakt. — On Netu Species of Araneae. 211 



Ventral area exhibits an olive-green, trapezoidal shield, 

 laterally bordered with short, white hairs. 

 Single example, Poivell collection. 



Tekella, gen. nov. 

 Ccphalothorax broad-ovate, nearly as wide as long ; com- 

 pression at caput slight, lateral index short ; pars cephalica, 

 viewed from front, conoid ; clypeus projecting ; height scarcely 

 equals one-half depth of facial space ; contour of profile strongly 

 arched, dips at an angle of 40 degrees to petiolum and ocular 

 region. Eyes rather large, fore-centrals dark ; posterior row 

 procurved, of about equal size, about twice as far from side- 

 eyes as they are from each other — an interval equalling an 

 eye's radius ; anterior row recurved, middle pair more than 

 half size of side-eyes, posited on a tolerably prominent eleva- 

 tion, their own radius apart ; removed rather more than their 

 diameter from the pair next to them ; perceptibly more than 

 the latter interval from hind-centrals ; laterals contiguous, on 

 prominent tubercles. Falces linear, vertical, one-third longer 

 than wide. Maxillag twice as long as broad at base, gradu- 

 ally contracted, especially second half ; curve round lip ; apices 

 round-pointed, close. Labium subquadrate, rather wider 

 than long, margin tumid. Sternum cordate, rugose. Legs, 

 1, 2, 4, 3, tolerably long and slender; hairs sparse; patellse 1 

 bristle-like spine; tibiae 1, 1. Claws slender, few open teeth. 

 Palpal claw fine, few teeth. Abdomen oviform, globose. 



Tekella absidata, sp. nov. 



Fern. — Ceph.-th., long, 1. Abd., long, 1-4. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 

 3 = 6, 4, 3-2, 2-3 mm. 



Cephalothorax chestnut-brown, studded with depressed 

 papillae ; larger set arranged in radial lines, sparsely armed 

 with spine-like bristles. Broad-ovate, lateral compression at 

 caput very moderate ; pars cephalica conoid in outline ; clypeus 

 projecting, height visibly less than one-half depth of facial 

 space ; striae fairly well marked, fovea ill-defined ; profile-con- 

 tour strongly arched. 



Eyes rather large, with exception of fore-centrals have a 

 pearl-grey lustre ; posterior row procurved, median pair about 

 as large as laterals, removed from latter pair by rather more 

 than an eye's interval, and from each other by a space fully 

 equal to their own radius; anterior row recurved, centrals 

 more than half as large as side-eyes ; posited, their radius 

 apart, on a tolerably prominent elevation ; separated by an 

 interval plainly exceeding their diameter from side-pair, and 

 rather further from hind-centrals ; laterals seated, contigu- 

 ously, on a dark, prominent elevation. 



Falces yellow-orange, basal three-fourths stained with 



