ARACHNIDAN FAUNA RAINBOW. Ill 



surface dark, approaching bistre, ornamented with white and 

 grey median patches, and with a broad leaf-like design ; sides 

 dark brown also, with a broad uneven longitudinal patch of grey 

 near superior surface, and below this a series of irregular tawny 

 markings ; inferior surface sooty black with four white lateral 

 patches. Epigyne a long dark brown chitinous process, terminat- 

 ing in a blunt point. 

 One specimen. 



JSpeira longispina, et $ , sp. nov. 

 (Plate iii., fig. 2.) 



$ . Cephalothorax 2^mm. long, 2mm. broad ; abdomen 5mui. 

 long, Simin. broad. 



Cephalothorax pale yellow, clothed with hoary hairs ; the median 

 and lateral longitudinal markings less distinct than in the female. 

 Caput slightly elevated, arched. Clypeus broad, strongly arched, 

 clothed with long hoary hairs, the median cleft, from which the 

 lateral grooves radiate, more distinct than in female example. 

 Marginal band, eyes, and legs similar to those of female. 

 Palpi short, club-shaped, simple. Maxillee, labium, and sternum 

 similar to those of female. Abdomen ovate, slightly over- 

 hanging base of Cephalothorax ; colour mottled grey ; the broad 

 leaf-like design with which the superior surface is ornamented, 

 is of a dark brown colour, and commences near the middle, 

 terminating near spinnerets ; the sides, inferior surface and 

 spinnerets similar in coloration and general features to those of 

 the female. 



One specimen (immature). 



(Plate iii., figs. 1, la, 16.) 



$ . Cephalothorax, 4|mm. long, 3mm. broad; abdomen, 6mm. 

 long, 4mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax pale yellow with median and lateral yellow- 

 brown longitudinal markings, arid clothed with long hoary hairs. 

 Caput moderately elevated, rounded on the sides and upper part, 

 normal grooves and indentations distinct. Clypeus broad, strongly 

 arched, clothed with moderately long hoary hairs ; there is a deep 

 longitudinal cleft or groove in the centre, from whence the lateral 

 grooves radiate. Marginal band moderately broad, glossy, and 

 fringed with short hoary pubescence. Eyes reddish-brown with 

 black rings, the central group forming a trapezium ; of these, the 

 two eyes that constitute the front row are sensibly the largest, 

 and are separated from each other by about once their individual 

 diameter ; those of the second row are separated from the first by 

 about once their individual diameter, and from each other by a 

 space equal to about two-thirds of the diameter of an eye of the 



