Rainbow — Arachnida 231 



Cephalothorax obovate, dark brown, acuminate in front, truncated pos- 

 teriorly. Pars cephalica gently arched, narrowing towards front, pubescent, 

 segmental groove faintly distinct; <K-uIar area broader than long; clypeus 

 narrow, not deep. Pars tlioracica gently arched, broadest at middle, from 

 u'hence it gently narrows t(.)\vards the front ; marginal band moderately 

 broad. Legs long, tapering, concoluruus with cephalothorax, hairy, armed 

 with short, fine spines. Relative lengths, 1, 2, 4. 3. Palpi moderately long, 

 similar in colour and armature to legs, b^alces hairy, yellow-brown, arched, 

 apices di\ergent ; upjier margin of the furrow cif each fal.x armed with four 

 large teeth, and the lower with numerous small ones; fang strong, reddish- 

 brown, long, and well cur\ed. jNlaxillae hairy, pale yellow. Labium normal, 

 sides dark brown, the middle smoky-yellow, apex pale yellow. Sternum 

 elongate, very slightly arched, dark brown with a prominent yellowish patch 

 near the front, anterior angle truncated, posterior extremity acuminate. 

 .\bdiimen somewhat angular. slightl_\- overhanging base of ce]ihalothorax, 

 arched, pilose, dark brown, spotted with yellow, terminating posteriorly with 

 three large coniform lobes; inferior surface golden-yellow reticulated with 

 ilark brown. Epigynum flat, hairy, and ha\-ing two small circular pits, the 

 latter obscured by hairs. Type. 1. H.^O'). 



F.AMiLv DICTYNIDAE. 

 AMAUROBIUS ANNULIPES L. Koch (L.H.L) 

 .\u immature specimen, sieved from fallen leaves. 



AMAUROBIUS CANDIDUS L. Koch (N.I.) 

 AMAUROBIUS FREQUENS sp. nov. (L.H.T.) 

 (PI. xxviii, figs. .^. 6. ) 

 9 Cephalothorax, 4-2 mm. long, 2 -(S mm. broad; abdi.imen, 6-3 mm. 

 long, 4 -6 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax obovate, yellowish-grey, with. dusky lateral markings, and 

 clothed with dusky hairs. Pars cejihalica raised, strongly arched, marked 

 down the middle with a strongly defined black line, sides declivous, segmental 

 groove distinct ; ocular area bn lader than long ; clypeus broad, deep. Pars 

 thoracica arched, Inroad, radial grooves and thoracic fovea distinct; marginal 

 band broad, [lale }-ellow. Eyes in two rows of four each, yellow and ringed 

 \\ith black; front row slightly |)rocur\-ed, rear row slightly recurved; front 

 nu-(liau eves close to each other but not touching; rear median eyes separated 

 from each other by a space equal to once their individual diameter, and each 



