60 Rev. O. P. Cambridge on a new Genus of Araneidea. 



there for me, through the agency of Mr. Samuel Stevens, in 

 1864, It is (although immature) rather larger than S. austra- 

 liensisj being 2f lines in length, and may be at once recog- 

 nized by the design upon the upper side of the abdomen : 

 this consists of sundry spots and markings of a clear bright 

 cream- white upon a dark rich maroon-brown ground. Eight 

 nearly round spots form two slightly curved longitudinal lines 

 on the fore part ; each alternate spot is very small : these lines 

 are succeeded by two larger spots or patches ; the foremost of 

 these is of a semicircular, and the hindmost one of an oblong 

 form. A belt of the same colour girds the fore half of the 

 abdomen, dividing the upper from the lower side, and to this 

 belt, on either side, succeeds an oblong patch, the fore end of 

 which rather overlaps the end of the belt 5 the underside is 

 dull yellowish tinged with maroon, and softening gradually 

 into that colour on the sides. Normal grooves and furrows on 

 cephalothorax distinctly but not very strongly marked. The 

 legs did not differ much in length, and those of the third pair 

 appeared to be slightly longer than those of the first and se- 

 cond ; their colour was yellow-brown deepening into dark 

 red-brown on the extremities of the femora, the basal portion 

 of which, together with the coxal joints, was clear yellow ; 

 they were furnished with hairs and spines, and each tarsus 

 terminated with three curved claws, the two upper ones pecti- 

 ]iated, the under one simple and much the smallest. The 

 falces appeared to be stronger and more inclined backwards 

 than in Storena australiensis^ and they were furnished with 

 many dark, stiff, prominent, bristly hairs. The height of the 

 clypeus, as well as also the relative sizes of the eyes, appeared 

 to differ. The palpi presented the same general appearance 

 as to the relative proportions of the different joints; but, being 

 immature, the structure of the radial and digital joints, as well 

 as of the palpal organs, was undeveloped. The colour of the 

 radial and digital joints was yellow, that of the rest dark red- 

 brown ; colour of sternum (which was of an oval form pointed 

 behind) yellow -brown. Spimiers short, compactly grouped ; 

 inferior pair much the strongest and longest. 



Family Thoniisides ? 



Nov. gen. Stephanopis. 



Characters of Genus. 



Eyes eight, unequal in size, forming a corona or circlet 

 around the upper part of a cephalic eminence which varies in 

 height ; outer eyes of tlie four in front of eminence largest of 

 the eight. 



