Rainbow — Arachnida 245 



BATHYPHANTES HUMILIS sp. nov. (L.H.I.) 

 (PI. x.Kix, figs. 46-48.) 



d Cephalothorax, 0-6 mm. Km.c:. 0-4 mm. broad; abdomen, 1 mm. long, 

 '.T mm. Ijroad. 



Cephalothorax obovate, smiKjth, dull yellow. Pars cephalica 

 strongly arched, narrowest in front, segmental groove distinct; ocular area 

 occupying almost tutal width of cephalic segment; clypeus narrow. Pars 

 thoracica broad, strongly arched, radial grooves and median fovea distinct; 

 marginal band narrow. E}-es in two rows of four each, the anterior row being 

 recurved and the posterior procurved ; anterior median eyes minute and 

 separated from each other b_\' a space ecpial to about once their individual 

 diameter, and again from their lateral neighbours by the same space. Legs 

 long, moderately strong, ta])ering, yellow, hairy, armed with short weak 

 spines. Relative lengths, 1, 4, 2, 3. Palpi moderately long, not strong, 

 pubescent, concolorous with legs ; genital bulb large, complicated. Maxillae 

 and labium concolorous with foregoing. ."Sternum cordiform, slightly longer 

 than wide, yellow-brown, shining. Abdomen ovate, arched, slightly over- 

 hanging base of cephalothorax, pubescent, yellow-lirown. 



9 Cephalothorax, -S mm. long, •(". mm. broad; abdomen, 1-2 mm. 

 long, 1 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax obovate, but more (jbtuse in front than in the male, which 

 latter it resembles in every other particular, h^yes and legs as in the male. 

 Palpi short, similar in colour and armature to male. Falces concolorous with 

 ]ialpi, arched, nioderatelv long, coniform, apices divergent. Sternum concol- 

 orous with foregoing, broadly cordate. Abdomen ovate, pubescent, over- 

 hanging base of cephalothorax, strongly arched, yellow-brown. There is 

 present on the upper surface, though only faintly discernible a longitudinal 

 yellowish bar, and three or four transverse chevrons ; sides concolorous, 

 inferior surface vellowish-grey. Ri)igynum a large and prominent reddish- 

 brown, nearlv semi-circular plaipie, with a short, somewhat tongue-like 

 process. 



Sieved from fallen leaves. There is a slight variation noticeable among 

 the female examples, some being darker and smaller than the others. A few 

 immature examples were among the material collected. Type, L 11523. 



LINYPHIA PHAEOCHORDA sp. nov. (N.L) 

 (PI. xxix, figs. 40, 50.) 

 9 Cei)halothorax, 1 -4 mm. long, 1 nun. limad; abdomen, 2-5 mm. long. 

 1 -6 mm. broad. 



