GEA FESTIVA, Thor. 
J 895. Gea /es/tva^ Thor. The Spiders of Burma, p. 166. 
IJt'scriptioii of Plate 30 $ . — spider macfnified ; natural size ; ^r, profiie ; 
cephalothorax underside ; e, eyes ; / epigyne ; do. profile ; /t, snare reduced. 
Total length of body, 6 ; cephalothorax, 2)4 ' breadth, 2}( ; in front, 1 ; abdomen, 
4 ; breadth almost jj^ millim. Legs, i. — 9^!, ii'"9X > 'ii*"5^^ ; iv.— 9 mitlhii. long. 
Patella + til>ia, iv, — j miliim. long. {Thorcll). 
The snare made by G, fesiiva^ Thor is perpendicular, and from 5 to 6 inches in 
diatneter- 
Rays 48 — 56 
Inner spiral ... 7 — 11 turns. 
Free zone ... i inch. 
Outer spiral 32— 3S inches. 
In one web the inner spiral spread over the free zone. Another had an orbicular 
web guarding side of the web on which the spider sat. Spidor sits in centre, head 
downwards, and is easily alarmed, dropping at once to the ground. Spider when living 
has a bright red ephalothorax. Three specimens found by me at Singapore. 
