378 Mr. J. Blackwall on newly discovered Spiders 
and are of a pale-brownish-yellow colour. The convex sides of 
the digital joints are directed towards each other. 
Family Linypaiip2. 
Genus Nertene, Blackw. 
Neriéne pigra. 
_ Length of the female ith of an inch; length of the cephalo- 
thorax ;4,; breadth ,; breadth of the abdomen ;,; length of 
an anterior leg 4; length of a leg of the third pair }. 
The eyes are disposed in two transverse rows on the anterior 
part of the cephalothorax; the four intermediate ones form a 
trapezoid, the two anterior ones, which constitute its shortest 
side, being the smallest of the eight ; the eyes of each lateral 
pair are seated obliquely on a tubercle, and are near to each 
other, but not in contact. The cephalothorax is convex in the 
cephalic region, glossy, somewhat compressed before, rounded 
in front and on the sides, which are marked with slight furrows 
converging towards an indentation in the medial Ime; the lip is 
semicircular and prominent at the apex; and the sternum is 
heart-shaped. These parts are of a brown colour, the sternum 
and base of the lip being much the darkest. The falces are 
powerful, conical, rather divergent at the extremity, inclined 
towards the sternum, armed with teeth on the inner surface, 
and have a longitudinal row of short strong spines in front, to- 
wards the outer side; the maxillz are somewhat enlarged at the 
extremity, and inclined towards the lip; 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 slender claws; the two superior ones are 
curved, and the inferior one is inflected at its base; the palpi 
are slender and without a claw at their extremity. These organs 
have a yellow-brown hue, the legs and palpi being much the 
palest. The abdomen is subglobular, thinly clothed with short 
hairs, glossy, and projects over the base of the cephalothorax ; 
it is of a brownish-black colour, and that of the sexual organs, 
which have, in connexion with their anterior margin, an oval 
process directed backwards, is dark brown faintly tinged with 
red. 
Family Epriripz. 
Genus Eprira, Walck. 
Epeira lentiginosa. 
Length of the female ,4,ths of an inch; length of the cephalo- 
thorax 4; breadth ;,; breadth of the abdomen 4; length of an 
anterior leg ; ; length of a leg of the third pair }. 
