342 Mr. J. Black wall on some neiv species 



These parts are of a dark red-brown colour^ with the exception 

 of the extremities of the maxillse and lip, which are much paler. 

 Legs robust, provided with hairs and spines ; they are of a pale 

 reddish brown colour, with streaks, spots and annuli of a deeper 

 hue. The palpi are short and resemble the legs in colour. The 

 specimen from which the description was made had the digital 

 joint of the palpi very tumid, but the palpal organs were not 

 developed, demonstrating that it had to undergo its final change 

 of integument before it arrived at maturity. The tarsi are ter- 

 minated by the customary number of claws of the usual structure. 

 Abdomen short, broad, sparingly clad with hairs, convex above, 

 projecting over the base of the cephalo- thorax ; the upper part 

 is of a dark red-brown colour freckled with numerous minute 

 spots of a lighter hue ; near the anterior extremity, on each side 

 of the medial line, is a large, conspicuous, yellowish white spot ; 

 the sides are paler than the back, and along the middle of the 

 under part a broad, dark, reddish brown band extends, which 

 comprises two curved, yellowish white lines whose concavities are 

 directed towards each other. The branchial opercula are of a 

 dark reddish brown colour. 



This distinctly marked spider, which was captured at Broad- 

 stairs in Kent, in the month of September, occupies a place in 

 Mr. Walker's cabinet. 



7. Epeira ornata. 



Length of the female ^th of an inch ; length of the cephalo- 

 thorax ^ ; breadth y\j ; breadth of the abdomen ^ ; length of an 

 anterior leg -^-jr ; length of a leg of the third pair /^. 



Cephalo-thorax somewhat oval, slightly compressed before, 

 glossy, convex, with an indentation in the medial line of the 

 posterior region : falces powerful, conical, vertical, armed with 

 two rows of teeth on the inner surface : maxillae short, strong, 

 straight, and greatly enlarged and rounded at the extremity : 

 lip nearly semicircular, but rather pointed : legs robust, provided 

 with hairs and spines : palpi short, with a curved pectinated claw 

 at their extremity. These parts are of a dull yellow colour tinged 

 with red, the extremities of the maxillae and lip being much the 

 palest. Sternum heart-shaped, dull yellow marbled with red. 

 Eyes disposed in two transverse rows on the anterior part of the 

 cephalo-thorax ; the four intermediate ones form a square nearly, 

 the posterior side being rather the shortest ; the eyes of each 

 lateral pair, which are contiguous, and those of the anterior in- 

 termediate pair are seated on small prominences. Abdomen 

 oviform, thinly clad with hairs, convex above, projecting over the 

 base of the cephalo-thorax; it is of a fine bright red colour, 

 palest on the sides and under part ; a series of minute indenta- 



