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The cephalo-thorax is of a pale brownish-yellow hue, with a 

 central longitudinal, and two lateral stripes of a dark reddish- 

 brown colour. The legs are strong, and (those of the female 

 especially) rather short, of a pale yellow colour annulated with 

 black-brown ; the spines on the tibiae of the first and second pairs, 

 of the male, are numerous and strong. The palpi (of the male) 

 are short, and have the same characteristics in the form of the 

 cubital, radial, and digital joints as Epeira comuta and several 

 others. The radial joint Jias also a strong obtuse projection 

 beneath its fore extremity. 



The digital joint and palpal organs are of large size, and the 

 latter are very complex. A strong pointed process projects very 

 prominently outwards and forwards from their base, and 

 another, broad and obtuse, and of a rod-brown hue, is situated 

 in front near their extremity. 



The abdomen (of the female) is very large, subglobose, and 

 almost conceals the cephalo-thorax when looked at from behind. 

 Its general colour on the upper side varies considerably in 

 different examples, being red, yellow, greenish -yellow, orange, 

 orange-brown, and other tints. Four large, oval, conspicuous, 

 white or yellowish spots, edged with reddish, form a quadrate 

 figure towards the fore extremity, the fore side being the 

 shortest ; from the outside of each of the hinder ones of these 

 spots a sinuous line of the same colour, and similarly edged, 

 runs obliquely towards the spinners. These sinuous lines repre- 

 sent the margins of the dentated band which is found very fairly 

 perfect in the male. A longitudinal central line is formed by a 

 sories of similar smaller spots, of different shapes and sizes, 

 some of which form, at times, a diamond-6haped figuro here and 

 there along the line. There are also other such lines and spots 

 disposod round tho margins of the upper side. The sides are 

 generally like tho ground colour of tho upper part, or rather 

 darker ; the under side has a broad dark longitudinal band with 

 yellow lateral margins ; and the spinners (which are included in 

 the dark band) are encircled by a ring of yellow spots near their 

 base. The process connected with the genital aperture is some- 



