120 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



of an opaline tint with black rings ; the four central eyes are 

 seated upon a slightly elevated and somewhat quadrangular 

 surface, and form a trapezium ; of this group the two comprising 

 the front row are somewhat larger than those of the second, and 

 are separated from each other by a space equal to about twice 

 their individual diameter ; those of the second row are separated 

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

 half the diameter of an eye of the front row, and from each other 

 by once their individual diameter ; side eyes seated obliquely on 

 small tubercles, and nearly contiguous to each other. Legs long 

 and strong, of a somewhat yellowish-green colour with broad dark 

 brown annulations ; each limb clothed with yellowish and dark 

 brown hairs, and armed with long, black spines ; relative lengths, 

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

 long, glossy, strong, divergent at apex, inner margins fringed 

 with white hairs ; colour, at base, dark brown, at apex, yellowish- 

 brown ; each margin of the furrow of each falx armed with a row 

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

 Maxillte broad, moderately arched, divergent, dark brown at 

 base, yellow at apex at inner margins ; fringed on outer margins 

 with long dark hairs and on the inner with yellowish pubescence. 

 Labium short, broad, arched, dark brown at base, yellowish at 

 apex. Sternum shield -shaped, convex, dark brown with yellowish 

 median streak, commencing at anterior extremity and continuing 

 to about two-thirds its length ; moderately clothed with short 

 hairs. Abdomen ovate, projecting over base of cephalothorax, 

 moderately clothed with rather long yellowish hairs ; colour, 

 yellowish-grey, with a large dark brown leaf-like design, some- 

 what lighter at the middle, and relieved laterally with whitish 

 necks ; sides grey with dark brown markings, terminating in a 

 large dark patch near spinnerets ; inferior surface dark brown 

 with lateral patches of yellowish-grey in front, and patches of 

 white near spinnerets. Spinnerets long, prominent, yellow-brown. 

 Epigyne a transverse slit, with large yellow overhanging lip. 



One specimen. 



I have very much pleasure in dedicating this species to my 

 esteemed friend and correspondent, Mr. H. R. Hogg, M.A., of 

 Cheniston, Victoria, author of the admirable and valuable paper 

 on " The Araneidpe of the Horn Exploring Expedition."* 



Epeira speciosa, sp. nov. 

 (Plate v., figs. 2, 2a.) 



9 . Cephalothorax l|mm. long, 1mm. broad ; abdomen, 2mm. 

 long, lmm. broad. 



*Rep. Horn Expl. Exp., ii., Zool., pp. 309-356, pi. 24. 1896. 



