64 Rev. O. P. Cambridge on new Species of Araneidea. 



Stephanopis (?) camelina, n. sp. 

 ? . Adult. Length 4£ lines ; relative length of legs 1, 2, 

 4,3. 



Cephalothorax short, broad, contracted laterally, and trun- 

 cate before, nearly circular behind ; thoracic portion higher 

 than caput, into which it runs gradually ; caput but very 

 slightly prominent in ocular region ; colour yellow-brown, 

 deeply suffused with dark red-brown, margins broadly yellow : 

 it is thickly studded with small shining tubercles ; some of 

 these on the thorax are arranged in oblique lines correspond- 

 ing to the normal furrows : lower margin of clypeus, looked 

 at from the front, describes an arc of a circle ; fore corners of 

 ocular region slightly raised above the surrounding surface. 



Eyes in two curved, transverse rows, forming a rather longer 

 transverse oval than in the species before described, but differ- 

 ing less in their relative size; external eyes of front row 

 largest, middle ones smallest of the eight : each lateral eye of 

 hinder row very nearly in a straight line with the two outer 

 ones on its side of the front row. 



Legs — those of the two fore pairs long and nearly equal in 

 length ; strong : femora (especially on their undersides) fur- 

 nished with small tubercles ; those on the undersides largest, 

 and forming two longitudinal rows ; many of these tubercles 

 have a small bristle issuing from their summit; possibly 

 similar bristles may have been accidentally rubbed off from 

 the other tubercles. The tibise and tarsi have their under- 

 sides armed with two longitudinal rows of semisessile spines 

 issuing from tubercles : terminal claws strong ; those of the 

 two hinder pairs much shorter and less strong than the rest; 

 some small tubercles beneath the femora of the two hind pairs, 

 and bristles on the tibias and tarsi, take the place of the spines 

 on the fore legs. Colour of the legs yellowish ; the tibiae, 

 tarsi, and metatarsi of the two fore pairs suffused with brownish, 

 and the femora with dark brown. 



Palpi short, moderately strong, furnished with hairs and 

 bristles. 



MaxillcB and labium were obscured in great measure, owing 

 to the specimen being dry and pinned ; but, as far as visible, 

 these parts were similar in structure to those of the species 

 already described. 



Sternum oval, of a yellowish colour, and furnished sparingly 

 with small tubercles. 



Abdomen large, much broader and deeper behind than in 

 front, and projecting over base of cephalothorax ; on the hinder 

 portion are five elevations — a central and four corner ones ; 



