116 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



arc the largest of the group, and are separated from each other 

 by a space equal to about one-and-a-half their individual diameter; 

 those of the second row are somewhat smaller and are separated 

 from their front neighbours by a space equal to about two-and-a- 

 half their individual diameter, and from each other by a space 

 equal to once their individual diameter ; lateral eyes much the 

 smallest, placed obliquely on small tubercles, and contiguous to 

 each other ; of these the front lateral eyes are somewhat the 

 largest. Legs long and strong, with yellow and dark brown annu- 

 lations ; each limb clothed with long yellow and black hairs, and 

 armed with moderately long, strong black spines ; relative lengths, 

 1, 4, 2, 3. Palpi similar in colour and armature to legs. Falces 

 long, strong, divergent at apex, glossy, dark brown, inner margins 

 yellow-brown, and fringed with rather long yellowish hairs ; the 

 margins of the furrow of each falx armed with a row of three 

 teeth ; fangs long, dark brown at base, wine-red at points. 

 Maxilhe long, broad, moderately arched, divergent, dark-brown 

 at base, flesh- coloured at apex ; inner margins thickly fringed 

 with fine yellowish hairs ; a few white hairs on outer surface. 

 Labium arched, short, broad, dark brown, approaching bistre. 

 Sternum concolorous, shield-shaped ; surface uneven, slightly de- 

 pressed at centre, sparingly clothed with hoary hairs. Abdomen 

 ovate, projecting over base of cephalothorax ; superior surface 

 ornamented with a long, narrow, whitish leaf-like design at centre, 

 with broad lateral dark brown sinuous bands flecked with white, 

 immediately below which there is on each side a dull white sinuous 

 band ; superior surface and sides sparingly clothed with short 

 whitish hairs ; sides and inferior surface dark-brown with white 

 markings. Spinnerets long, prominent, yellow-brown. Epigyne 

 seated upon a high, pale fleshy lobe ; the long chitinous process 

 similar to E. multispina, Rainb. 

 One specimen. 



Epeira obsciira, sp. nov. 

 (Plate iv., figs. 2, 2a, 25, 2c.) 



? . Cephalothorax 4mm. long, 3mm broad ; abdomen, 6mm. 

 long, 4Jmm. broad. 



Cephalothorax yellow, with broad median and lateral longi- 

 tudinal dark brown bars, uneven in outline. Caput arched, 

 truncated in front, clothed with long white and dark brown 

 hairs, normal grooves distinct. Clypeus broad, arched ; there is 

 a deep longitudinal cleft commencing near junction of cephalic 

 and thoracic segments, from whence radiate lateral grooves, the 

 latter faintly discernable. Marginal band broad, yellow, fringed 

 with a few short yellowish hairs. Eyes similar to female example 

 of E. multispina. Legs long and strong, yellow, with dark 

 brown annulations, clothed with long, black and yellow hair, 



