732 mr. a. g. butler on [Dec. 2, 



two on each side and two behind, the anterior lateral processes bifid, 

 owing to their confluence with tbe lateral oculiferous tubercles ; a 

 prominent, nearly circular, central oculiferous tubercle bearing the 

 four central eyes ; the anterior pair of eyes larger than the posterior 

 pair, nearer together, but separated from each other by a longer 

 distance than from the posterior pair ; abdomen scutiform, the 

 anterior margin truncated ; the anterior surface oblique, longitu- 

 dinally sulcated and with a transverse series of six mammiform 

 tubercles upon the ridges between the sulci ; a large humeral 

 process on each side, its length six millimetres, its form cylin- 

 drical, expanding laterally towards the culmen, which bears three 

 well-developed and slightly incurved conical projections, the central 

 projection forming the apex of the process and therefore considerably 

 more prominent than the two lateral ones ; a short distance behind 

 each process is a small impression followed by a small conical process ; 

 lateral margins of the abdomen arched and indistinctly transversely 

 sulcated, posterior extremity obtusely pointed ; pectoral shield scu- 

 tiform, truncated in front ; coxse short, rugose ; relative length of 

 legs 1, 2, 4, 3, ; tibia? and tarsi flattened and longitudinally sulcated ; 

 falces large, rugose, with four well-developed teeth on each internal 

 margin and with a very powerful curved movable fang ; palpi flat- 

 tened, hairy, the two terminal joints expanded and longitudinally 

 sulcated. Length of cephalothorax and abdomen together 17 milli- 

 metres. 



Antananarivo (Kingdon) ; Fianarantsoa (Shaw). 



I have compared three specimens of this singular species. It is 

 allied to C. paradoxa of Java (Plate LVIII. figs. 5, 5 a, 5 b) and 

 C. avernalis. 



7. C(EROSTRIS AVERNALIS, Butler. 



Fianarantsoa (Shaw). 



I was pleased to find even an injured example of this species among 

 Mr. Shaw's Spiders, as, although of little value as a specimen, it is 

 in a sufficiently recognizable condition to prove the constancy of the 

 specific characters. 



8. Epeira locuples, n. sp. (Plate LVIII. figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b.) 



5 . Cephalothorax black ; caput clothed with whitish hair ; legs 

 castaneous, the tarsi orange-yellow, tarsal claws black ; tibiae and 

 tarsi of third and fourth pairs of legs broadly banded with black; 

 palpi castaneous ; maxillae and labium blackish, with whitish borders ; 

 pectoral shield yellowish, with black border ; abdomen sordid whitish 

 (probably bright chrome-yellow in life), two or three transverse lines 

 across the anterior margin and six central impressed dots in pairs 

 black ; ventral surface black, with a triangular basal marking, a semi- 

 circular patch on each side, and two transverse ellipsoidal spots a 

 short distance in front of the spinnerets, sordid whitish (probably 

 yellow in life). 



Cephalothorax of the usual form, almost circular behind the caput, 

 its posterior area deeply depressed and with two lateral diverging sulci 



