>24 Mr. K. I. Pocock 



on some 



Family Argiopidae. 

 Genus Gasteracantha, Sund. 

 G aster acantha Spencert, sp. n. 



Colour. Carapace and mandibles deep red ; sternum black, 

 with anterior yellow spot ; legs with coxa?, trochanters, and 

 femora red, the remaining segments black ; abdomen black 

 below, with yellow spots ; uniformly yellow above, with 

 dark sigilla, and slightly clouded with fuscous at the base of 

 the anterior spine and posteriorly at base of median spine ; 

 spines reddish, with black tips. 



Abdomen not twice as wide as long ; posterior spines as 

 large as in G. ensifera, Thor. (?= G. versicolor, Walck.) ; 

 anterior and median spines much shorter than in that 

 species ; the medians scarcely as long as the posteriors, straight 

 and strong, and about four times as long as the anteriors. 



Loc. East London (H. A. Spencer) ; also a closely allied 

 form from Grahamstown (Schonland). 



Genus Araneus, L. 



Araneus mensamontis, sp. n. 



? . — Colour much as in A. Eumpfi or A. nauticus ; cara- 

 pace yellowish or red, darker at the sides; legs banded, 

 femora of anterior pairs reddish or black; abdomen black 

 below, with a pair of large yellow spots in front of spinners. 



Eyes of anterior line straight, medians about three times as 

 far from the laterals as from each other. 



Tibia and protarsi of anterior legs armed with many spines; 

 tarsi also spined. 



Vulva somewhat as in A. haploscopus, but the scape 

 shorter and not bent at right angles, but meeting the basal 

 portion at an obtuse angle. 



Total length up to 15 millim. 



Loc. Table Mountain (J. Hull) ; Port Elizabeth (Br. 

 Broom) . 



Araneus Graemii, sp. n,. 



$ . — Colour. Carapace yellow, black on thoracic portion 

 and on middle of head ; legs yellow, banded with black ; 

 patella and tibia of anterior legs black below ; abdomen 

 olive, varied with black and white above, black below, with 

 a broad yellow band on each side of the middle. 



Eyes of anterior line strongly procurved. Carapace about 



