Mr. J.Blackwall on new species 0/ Araneidea. 95 



The cephalothorax is compressed before, depressed and 

 rounded on the sides, which are marked with furrows converging 

 towards the middle, and the cephalic region is convex and 

 rounded in front ; it is of a dark brown colour, with a broad 

 yellowish-brown band, which tapers to its posterior extremity, 

 and is densely covered with yellowish-grey hairs, extending from 

 the eyes along the middle, nearly two-thirds of its length, and a 

 dentated yellowish-white band on each lateral margin. The 

 eyes are nearly equal in size, and disposed in two transverse 

 rows on the anterior part of the cephalothorax ; the intermediate 

 ones of the two rows form a square, and those of each lateral 

 pair are placed obliquely on a tubercle, near to each other. The 

 falces are powerful, conical, and vertical : the maxillae are convex 

 at the base, somewhat dilated near the middle, rounded at the 

 extremity, which is more abruptly curved on the inner than on 

 the outer side, and inclined towards the lip, which is large, tri- 

 angular, and rounded at the apex ; and the sternum is heart- 

 shaped. These parts are of a reddish-brown colour, the sternum 

 and lip being the darkest, and the falces much the palest. The 

 legs and palpi are moderately long, provided with hairs, and of 

 a pale, dull, yellow hue. The legs of the first pair are the longest, 

 then the second, and the posterior legs, which have a calamistrum 

 on the superior surface of their metatarsi, are longer than the 

 third pair ; 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 abdomen is oviform, convex above, 

 and projects over the base of the cephalothorax ; it is clothed 

 wdth short hairs, and is of a greyish-yellow colour ; in the medial 

 line of the upper part there is a dark red-brown spot, nearly of 

 a circular form, situated full one-third of its length from its an- 

 terior extremity; and at the posterior extremity a few short, 

 curved, transverse bars of the same hue occur, which diminish 

 in length as they approach the spinners ; a few obscure dark 

 brown streaks and spots are disposed along the sides, and a 

 broad longitudinal band of the same colour occupies the middle 

 of the under part ; the spinners are eight in number, and the two 

 inferior ones are united throughout their entire length. 



This Ergatis, which was taken among heath at Lyndhurst, in 

 the New Forest, by the Rev. 0. P. Cambridge, in September 1858, 

 and was forwarded to me by Mr. R. H. Meade, though imma- 

 ture, is certainly a distinct species. 



Genus Veleda, Blackw. 



Eyes small, nearly equal in size, disposed on the anterior part of 

 the cephalothorax in two transverse, curved rows, whose 



