34 
EPEIRA CONFRAGA. Thor. 
1S92. Epdra cojifraga^ Thor,, Novae Species Aran ea rum, p. 31. 
Description of Plate 34 $ — spider, mag, ; by natural sisse ; profile ; cephalo- 
thorax underside ; e', eyes ; _/J epigyne ; do. profile \ ^j^h, snare reduced. 
Total length, 3^^; cephalothorax about i)4 ; breadth, 1 ; in frontal least abdomen, 
2^2 ; breadth almost i )^ millira. Legs, 1.-3, ii. — 2%, iii, — about 2, iv.— almost 3 millim. 
(Thorell). 
This spider's snare is 3 inches in diameter, and perpendicular. Across the web, 
perpendicularly, is a band of matted grey silk, which is divided at the centre of the web. In 
this open part the spider sits, head downwards. VVhcii at rest it is impossible to distinguish 
the spider from the silk band, which is constructed, no doubt, for the purpose of 
concealment 
Rays about ... ... 60. 
No inner spiral ... o ? 
Free zone ... ... inch. 
Outer spiral about ... 18 turns. 
Type spccinieri in my collection, only one found. 
