Rainbow — Arachnida 247 



LARINIA TABIDA L. Koch. { L.H.I, and N.I.) 

 A dozen example.^ cif this species were obtained from Kentia palms, and 

 they show considerable variation. One immature male only was in the 

 collection from Norfolk Island. 



LARINIA DELICATA sp. nov. (L.H.I.) 

 (PI. xxix. figs. .Sl-54.) 



d Cephalothorax, 1 •'.I mm. lung, 1 -.S mm. broad; abdomen, 3 2 mm. 

 long, L5 mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax longer than broad, obovate, sparingly pubescent. 



Pars cephalica arched, deeply grooved laterally : ocular area broader than 

 long : clypeus not deep. Pars thoracica arched, deeply grooved down the 

 middle, the groove extending from base of cephalic segment to posterior 

 angle, radial grooves distinct : marginal band narrow. Eyes eight, disposed in 

 three series of 2. 4, 2, lilack, prominent ; the median group forms a trapezium, 

 the eyes of which are of equal size ; of these the anterior pair are separated 

 from each other by a space equal to rather more than once their individual 

 diameter, and the posterior by a space equal to rather less than the diameter 

 of an e}-e : lateral eyes contiguous, and smaller than those of the median 

 series, from which they arc widely removed. Legs long, tajiering, concolorous 

 v.-ith ce]3halothorax, pubescent, armed with long, fine, almost black spines. 

 Relative lengths, 1, 2. 4, 3. Pal])i short, hairy, armed with three or four long, 

 dark spines; genital bulb large, sul)-globose, complicated; yellow with excep- 

 tion of outer angle of bulb, where it is fuscous. Falces pale yellow, pubescent, 

 long, arched, apices slightly divergent. Maxillae and lal:)ium concolorous 

 with falces. Sternum cordate, somewhat flat, concolorous with foregoing. 

 Abdomen ellijitical, arched, projecting over base of cephalothorax, pubescent, 

 yellow, sujierior surface marked with six distinct spots, arranged in pairs; 

 sides and inferior surface somewhat lighter in tint that the superior. 



9 Cephalothorax, 2-1 mm. long, 1-6 mm. broad; abdomen. 4-2 mm. 

 long, 1 -9 mm. broad. 



Except in point of size, the sexual characters, and the ornamentation of 

 the su])erior surface of the abdomen, tliere is little visual difference in the 

 sexes. The anterior part of the superior surface is finely reticulated, whilst 

 the median area is ornamented with an elongated T-shaped design, the sides 

 of which are ime\cn and branched laterally near posterior extreniitv. In 

 addition tn this design there are three small spots in front, and three lateral 

 pairs conforming to those of the male. C)f the latter the front jiair are situated 



