92 ON SPIDERS FROM THE MONTEBELLO ISLANDS. 
spines, under metatarsus i. and ii. two similar pairs. On tibia ui. 
and iv. is a single pair, and a bunch at the end of the meta- 
tarsus of same. The femoral joint of the palpi is incurved and 
broadest at the anterior end, the tibia longer than the patella. 
The abdomen is rather longer than the cephalothorax, truncate 
in front, straight at the sides for 3 of its length, whence it narrows 
to an obtuse point; the epigyne is a chitinous oval ring thickest 
at the posterior end, granular inside, with two small club-shaped 
protuberances therein near the lower end. 
The measurements (in millimetres) are as follows :— 
Long. Broad. 
Tole § y 
Cephalothorax... 3°1 | ae “Un ant 
Abdomen......... 3°5 eal 
Mandibles ..... ‘ 3 
Pat. Metat. 
Coxe. Tr. & fem. & tib. & tars, 
SSPE: lt 3 4 2 if = 53 
3 3 1 ES 7 
Bt Mes 1 Paige ease aes 
g 3 . ‘ i} = 1 
aang 16 2 ii = 5 
Zola 3 
AA Orcs ere, Sencar le - i 4 tf, = 13 
This may be distinguished from any of the recorded Australian 
species by the black lines on the back of the abdomen and the 
pattern of the epigyne. 
Another smaller specimen, apparently of the genus Marpissa, 
has contiguous front coxe longer than the rest, weaker mandibles, 
and tarsus i. as long as the metatarsus, but is too broken to 
describe. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Puate I. 
Fig. 1. Tetragnatha angulata, sp.n.(X 2). a. Mandible from outer side. 6. Man- 
dible from inner side. ¢. Epigyne. 
. Nephila meridionalis Hogg, var. hermitis, nov. (nat. size). a. Underside 
of abdomen. 6. Profile. ec. Eyes. 
- Argiope haynesi, sp. n. (nat. size). a. Underside of abdomen (xX 2). 
b. Epigyne. c. Eyes. 
. Larinia montagui, sp. n. (X 2). a. Eyes. 6. Epigyne. 
. Araneus reversus, sp. n. (nat. size). a. Male (non adult), X 2. b. Eyes of 
female. ec. Epigyne. d. Epizyne from side. 
. Gasteracantha minax Thor., var. hermitis, nov. a. Epigyne. 
oe ist) bo 
for) 
Prare Ti 
Fig. 7. Dieta isolata, sp. n. (X 2). a. Byes and mandibles. 6. Epigyne. 
8. Miturga parva, sp.n. (nat. size). a. Eyes. 6. Underside of abdomen (X 2). 
ce. Male palp. 
9. Olios hermitis, sp. n. (nat. size of immature). a. Eyes. 6. Lip and 
maxille. 
10. Montebello tenuis, gen. et sp. n. (X 2). a. Eyes. 6. Mandibles. ec. Lip, 
mavxille, and sternum. 
11. Peucetia margaritata, sp.n.(X 2). a. Byes. 4. Epigyne. 
12. Marpissa ridens, sp. n. (X 2). a. Byes. 6&6. Epigyne. c. Lip, maxille, 
Jett mandible, and first pair of cox. 
