Ar achnida from Natal. 209 



Araneus Spenceri^ sp. n. (PI. VIIT. fig. 4.) 



Colour. Carapace deep blackish brown, with a yellowish 

 spot on each side of the thoracic portion and one on each side 

 involving the lateral eyes ; labium and maxillge deep brown 

 in the basal half, yellowish brown distally ; sternum black, 

 with its median third bright yellow ; palpi yellow, with the 

 distal end of the segments black; mandibles deep brown; 

 legs mostly yellow, the patellee and the distal end of the 

 femora, tibiae, protarsi, and the distal half of the tarsi black ; 

 abdomen above and at the sides yellowish grey, black in 

 front above the pedicle, the lower surface and spinners black ; 

 a smallish subcircular yellow spot on each side of the anterior 

 spinners, preceded by a posteriorly expanded, anteriorly 

 pointed, longitudinal yellow spot, and in front of this a trans- 

 verse posteriorly pointed yellow spot lying immediately 

 behind the pulmonary stigmata ; epigastric area mesially 

 black, laterally yellow. 



Carapace about as long as femora of first and fourth legs, 

 much longer than their tibise, its width also longer than the 

 first tibia and about as long as the protarsus ; cephalic region 

 flat above longitudinally ; ocular quadrangle wider in front 

 than behind, the posterior medians about a diameter apart, 

 the anterior medians about two diameters ; eyes of anterior 

 line at most slightly recurved. 



Mandibles not basally prominent, the fang-groove armed 

 with 4 teeth in front, 3 behind. 



Legs short, first three and a half times as long as the cara- 

 pace; femora, tibiae, and protarsi spiny. 



Abdomen voluminous, almost as wide as long, widely 

 rounded in front and behind, without shoulder-prominences. 



Basal pillar of vulva scarcely wider than the scape; scape 

 longish, bent at right angles, the distal end of the basal 

 portion not projecting above its proximal extremity. 



Measurements in millimetres. — Total length 15 ; length of 

 carapace 6, width 5; length of abdomen 12, width 11'8 ; 

 length of first leg 21, of fourth leg 18"5. 



Loc. Durban {H. A. Spencer). A single female specimen. 



Araneus haploscapus , sp. n. (PI. Vllf . fig. 5.) 



Colotir. Carapace and legs i-eddish brown, the legs in- 

 distinctly banded on femora and tibiee ; abdomen a uniform 

 creamy yellow, a richer yellow on the area between the epi- 

 gastric fold and the spinners; sternum with broad median 

 yellow band. 



Carapace only a little longer than tibia of first leg, 



