262 Mr. J. Blackwall on new species of Madeiran Spiders. 



strong, straight, and somewhat quadrate, having the exterior 

 angle at the extremity curvilinear ; and the lip is semicircular 

 and prominent at the apex. These organs are of a dark-brown 

 hue, with yellowish-brown extremities. The sternum is heart- 

 shaped, and of a brown-black colour. The legs are long, slender, 

 provided with hairs and fine spines, and have a yellowish-brown 

 hue, with a small dark-brown annulus at the extremity of the 

 tibia? and metatarsi ; the first pair is the longest, then the se- 

 cond, and the third pair is the shortest ; each tarsus is termi- 

 nated by three claws ; the two superior ones are curved and 

 pectinated, and the inferior one is inflected near its base. The 

 palpi are slender, and resemble the legs in colour. The abdo- 

 men is oviform, convex above, and projects over the base of the 

 cephalothorax ; it is sparingly clothed with hairs, and of a dull 

 yellowish-brown colour faintly tinged with olive-green, and 

 freckled with white on the upper part ; a brownish-black line, 

 slightly ramified at its posterior extremity, extends along the 

 middle, and a broad, irregular, longitudinal band of the same 

 hue, bounded both above and below by a parallel white band, 

 the latter of which is much the more conspicuous, occurs on the 

 upper part of each side ; these brownish-black bands meet above 

 the spinners, and a broad band of the same hue extends along 

 the middle of the under part. 



I have dedicated this Linyphia, which was taken in the vici- 

 nity of Funchal, to James Yate Johnson, Esq., resident in Ma- 

 deira, to whom I am indebted for opportunities of inspecting 

 numerous highly interesting specimens of Araneidea from that 

 island and the Dezertas. 



Family Epeirid,x. 



Genus Epei'ra, Walck. 



Epe'ira diver sa. 



Length of the female 5th of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 

 thorax ^ ; breadth ~ ; breadth of the abdomen £ ; length of 

 an anterior leg ^ ; length of a leg of the third pair i. 



The legs are moderately long and provided with hairs ; the 

 first pair is the longest, then the fourth, and the third pair is 

 the shortest : each tarsus is terminated by three claws ; the two 

 superior ones are curved and pectinated, and the inferior one is 

 inflected near its base : the palpi are short, and have a curved, 

 pectinated claw at their extremity : the cephalothorax is convex, 

 glossy, slightly compressed before, and rounded on the sides, 

 which are marked with furrows converging towards a large in- 

 dentation in the medial line. These parts have a yellow-brown 

 hue ; the cephalothorax, which is the darkest, has narrow, dark- 



