39 
EPEIRA MITIFICA. Thor. 
iSS6. Ep€ira mitijica^ Si'm, Arachn. de Siam, elCj p. i6. 
18S7, „ „ Thor, Ragni Birmani, p. 187, 
1895. „ „ id. The Spiders of Burma, p. 17S. 
Description of Date 39 ? — a, spider, mag, ; natural si^te ; r, profile ; d, maxillae 
and falces ; ^, eyes ; epigyne, dried ; do., wet ; do., side view, wet \ 1, snare reduced ; 
ky nest in leaf. 
Total length, 7 ; cepha?othorax^ 3 ; breadth, about 3 )^ ; do. in front, 1 % ; abdomen, 
5; breadih, 4; height, 31^ millim. Le^^i 1.-9; ii.— 8 ; iii.— 6 ; iv.^ — S millim. Patella 
+ tibia, z% millim. 
This spider when living is of a beautiful green colour. Snare like Ziiki atrtm^ C. I, 
Koch, but in some snares there are more spirals on lower side than on the upper Snare, 
4 lo 5 inches in diameter, and generally extended at an angle of 45*^. 
Rays 30— 3 s 
Inner spiral 6—7 turns. 
Freefone ... inch. 
Outer spiral . . . 20—30 turns upper side. 
Do. . . . 23 — 40 do. lower side. 
^ Much smaller than ? but colouring is the same. 
