A rach n ida from Natal. 2 1 1 



'. Eyes of anterior line straight or slightly pro- 

 curved ; legs reddish brown, indistinctly 

 multiaunulate ; carapace in adult scarcely as 

 long as protarsus and tarsus 4 and a little 



longer than tibia 1 haploscapua, ap. n. 



When viewed from the side the scape of the 

 vulva is seen to be as thick as the basal portion, 

 to rise without constriction or notch from the 

 entire distal end of the basal portion. 

 I s . ( )f very small size, total length about 5 mm. ; 

 abdomen with very large angular promi- 

 nences, posteriorly pointed mimosicola, Sim. 



I s . Of large size, about 15 mm. in length ; abdo- 

 men without large shoulder-prominences. 

 a*. Legs shorter, tibia of first much shorter than 

 cai apace ; abdomen subcircular ; femora 



yellow Spenceri, sp. n. 



i'. Legs longer, tibia of first only a little shorter 

 than carapace ; abdomen oval ; femora not 

 uniformly yellow Marshalli, sp. n. 



Araneus coccinella, sp. n. (PI. VIII. fig. 6.) 



Colour. Carapace black, scantily clothed with white 

 hairs; mandibles black, with reddish anterior spot at distal 

 end ; labium, maxillae, and sternum black ; abdomen orange- 

 yellow above, ornamented with eight large black oval spots, 

 forming two parallel lines, lower side entirely black ; coxa? 

 and trochanters of legs black, remainder of legs orange- 

 yellow, with a broad black band on the distal end of the pro- 

 tarsus; tarsi black, with basal yellow baud and paler apex; 

 femur of third leg black basally, of fourth black in its basal 

 half. 



Cephalic region of carapace coarsely coriaceous, high, 

 elevated behind, strongly compressed posteriorly, its upper 

 surface mesially depressed. Eyes of posterior line procurved 

 when viewed from above, the medians rather more than a 

 diameter apart ; ocular quadrangle about as long as wide, 

 wide in front, the anterior eyes about two diameters apart an 1 

 about the same distance from the posterior medians, the 

 clypeus receding, exceeding the diameter of the median eyes ; 

 anterior line of eyes procurved, lateral eyes not in contact, 

 the space between them nearly equal to their radius. 



Legs shortish, scarcely spined, the protarsi and tarsi fur- 

 nished with rigid setae ; carapace about as long as patella and 

 tibia of first pair. 



Abdomen large, oval, about one third longer than broad, 

 projecting some distance beyond the spinners behind, but 

 rounded and not pointed posteriorly ; evenly rounded in front, 



