112 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



second row ; the lateral pairs are much the smallest of the group, 

 are seated obliquely on small tubercles, and are almost contiguous. 

 Legs long, moderately strong, pale yellow with yellow-brown 

 annulations at ultimate extremity of joints ; the limbs clothed 

 with pale yellowish pubescence, and armed with long, strong 

 black spines; relative lengths: 1, 2, 4, 3; of these the second and 

 fourth pairs of legs are co-equal in length, and the third pair the 

 shortest. Palpi similar in colour and armature to legs. Falces 

 glossy, pale yellow, somewhat darkest at base ; the upper margin 

 of the furrow of each falx armed with a row of four teeth, and 

 the lower margin with three. Maxillfe pale yellowish, strongly 

 arched, broader at apex than base, sparingly clothed with long 

 black hairs. Labium of a dull obscure colour, broader than long, 

 arched, and rounded off at apex. Sternum oblong-cordate, 

 concolorous, clothed with short hoary pubescence. Abdomen 

 oblong-ovate, projecting over base of cephalothorax, pale yellow, 

 ornamented with a long leaf-like design and dark markings and 

 dots ; sides pale yellow also, with yellow-brown markings and 

 dots ; inferior surface pale yellow with a broad median patch of 

 dark brown, the patch broader at its anterior than at its posterior 

 extremity, and narrowest at the middle. Spinnerets long, pro- 

 minent. Epigyne a long, glossy, dark-brown chitinous protuber- 

 ance, terminating in a blunt point, slightly curved, hollowed out 

 on the under-side, and clothed on its upper side with long dark 

 hairs. 



A single specimen. 



Epeira multispina, $ et ? , sp. nov. 

 Plate iii., figs. 4, 4a, 46, 4c. 



cj Cephalothorax, 3|mm. long, 3mm. broad ; abdomen, 4mm. 

 long, 3mm. broad. 



Cephalothorax pale yellow, clothed with moderately long hoary 

 hairs. Caput slightly elevated, moderately arched, truncated in 

 front, normal grooves indistinct. Clypeus broad, arched, pale 

 yellow, with broad obscure lateral bands, and clothed with 

 moderately long hoary hairs ; there is a deep longitudinal cleft 

 (having the appearance of a fine black line) commencing at 

 junction of cephalic and thoracic segments, from whence radiate 

 the lateral grooves. Marginal band narrow, fringed with fine 

 hoary pubescence. Eyes of an opaline tint with black rings, the 

 four comprising the median group forming a trapezium ; of these 

 the front eyes are the largest, and are separated from each other 

 by about once their individual diameter ; those in the second row 

 are somewhat smaller, and are separated from the front pair by a 

 space equal to about one diameter of an eye of the second row, 

 and from each other by a space equal to one-half a diameter ; 



