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brown-pink ; linear, vertical, as long as the pars digitalis of 

 palpus. 



Maxilla creamy-brown, dappled; width at base equal to 

 about half length ; gradually compressed, especially second 

 half ; curved round lip ; apices round-pointed, close. 



Labium approximates to maxillse in colour ; subquadrate, 

 breadth somewhat surpasses length ; margin tumid. 



Sternum deep brown-pink ; cordate ; rugose ; exhibits few 

 well-developed papillae projecting bristles. 



Legs very pale-brown, subhy aline ; femora of two first 

 pairs light ochraceous ; femoral joints have three olive-brown 

 annulations ; tibial + metatarsal two ; more or less evanescent 

 on two latter articles ; hairs light, somewhat sparse ; patellae 

 4- tibiae project respectively 1 -}- 1, 1 semi-pellucid bristle-like 

 spines. Claws opaque, slender, armed with few open teeth. 



Palpi subhyaline, stone-colour ; basal riugs on humeral 

 radial -f digital joints, latter very wide ; cubital -f radial 

 joints armed with bristles. Palpal claw fine, few teeth. 



Abdomen globose-oviform, projects well over base of cepha- 

 lothorax ; ground-colour olive-green, pattern creamj^-stone ; 

 figure on dorsal region reaches from base to spinners ; on 

 basal fourth narrow and interrupted, enlarged and lanceolate 

 on summit of dorsum ; on first half of posterior slope the 

 mark is further enlarged, represents a hastate figure, below 

 the latter it runs into a wide band which extends in a continu- 

 ous stripe round lateral margins of abdomen ; contained in the 

 dark ground enclosed by the latter stripe and dorsal marks are 

 three large spots of irregular form. Ventral region occupied 

 by a triangular-cordate shield, margins lobate, wide, creamy- 

 stone ; enclose a small, triangular, olive-green area. Corpus 

 vulvcB fulvous, light fuscous clouds ; represents a large, trans- 

 verse, somewhat elliptical elevation, centrally drawn out into 

 a semicircular scape, margins beaded, reaches nearly to the 

 superior margin of corpus, which is developed into a palish, 

 wide, membranous, introflexed, emarginate lip. Easily per- 

 ceptible within cavity of corpus are two lake-brown, pyri- 

 form or comma-shaped foveae. 



Two specimens, Poicell collection. 



Fam. EPEIEID^. 

 Gen. Epeika, Walck. 

 Epeira decorosa, sp. nov. 



Fern. — Ceph.-th., long, 3 ; wide, 2-2. Abd., long, 5 ; wide, 

 4-5. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3=8-6, 8, 7-9, 5 mm. 



Ceplialotliorax yellowish, tinged with pea-green, suffused, 

 more especially over thoracic part and sides of caput, with 

 lake-brown. Hairs white, somewhat sparse. Length equal 



