and Metatarsus of the rear pairs are thickly bespined, with a bunch at the 

 posterior end of the latter, but have no scopulae. 



The Abdomen is oval, rather flat above and below, thickly covered with 

 short fine hair. The Epigym consists of two nearly circular hollows, open on 

 the outer sides and separated by a flat longitudinal bridge. The Spinnerets 

 are one jointed cylindrical, the inferior pair longest three-fourths their 

 diameter apart. 



The measurements in millimetres are as follows : — 



Legs I 



2 



3 



4 



(Palpi : Pat. longer than Tars.). 



I female from Yii-lin Fu, North Shensi. 



Family Argiopidae, Group Argiopeae. 

 Genus Araneus, Clerck. ? sp. 



Cephalothorax pale yellow on the cephalic part, dark yellowish grey on the 

 thoracic, scantily clothed with short white hair. The Mandibles are yellow 

 blotched with grey, similar white hair, and fangs yellow brown. Maxillae 

 yellow with grey fringes. Lip and Sternum yellow brown with grey hair and 

 a pale longitudinal median stripe on the latter. The Legs pale yellow with 

 white hair on the upper joints, brown bristles on the tarsi, which are them- 

 selves brown at the anterior end. The Abdomen is greyish green all over, the 

 Spinnerets olive green. 



The Cephalothorax is convex and one-fourth longer than broad. The 

 cephalic part obtusely rounded in front and straight at the sides, the 

 thoracic part rounded at the sides. The rear row of Eyes is straight, the rear 

 median pair equal in size to the front median are only half their diameter 

 apart. The front pair are one-and-a-half diameter apart and the same distance 

 from the rear, thus forming a trapezium considerably broadest in front. The 

 front laterals are rather smaller than the median, and two diameters of the 

 latter away from them. They are half their diameter from the rear laterals, 



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