BY W. J. RAINBOW. 
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above the centre puncture of the first row, intersecting it, and 
continue as such until near the two inner punctures of the second 
row, where it opens out and forms two lines; from thence they 
proceed to the extremity of the abdomen, intersecting each punc- 
ture; laterally the colour, towards the dorsal siirface, is a shade 
darker, but lower down a rich nut-brown colour prevails; the sides 
are ornamented with yellowish wavy markings; ventral surface 
dark brown, with yellowish lateral and transverse markings. 
Epigyne a transverse, oval, dark browm eminence, concave within. 
Hob . — Sydn ey . 
The specimen described above was obtained by Dr. C. A. 
Edwards, M.D., M.R.C.S., Edin., of Waverley, and it affords me 
great pleasure in connecting his name with it. To the same 
gentleman I am indebted for many other interesting specimens 
and much valuable information as the result of personal and 
independent observation. 
Nephila ventricosa, et Q., sp.nov. 
(Plate xxiii. figs. 1, la, 2, 2a.) 
(J. Cephalothorax, 2 mm. long, 1*5 mm. broad; abdomen, 2 mm. 
long, 1-5 mm. broad. 
Cephalothorax convex. Caput yellow, furnished with few short 
yellowish hairs, normal grooves and indentations indistinct. 
Clypeus dark brown. 
Eyes prominent, glossy black, the four centrals form a somewhat 
quadrangular figure; lateral pairs much the smallest, placed 
obliquely on minute tubercles; not contiguous. 
Legs long, slender, tapering to a point, yellowish, furnished 
with rather long hairs and spines; superior tarsal claws long, 
curved and pectinated; inferior claw sharply curved. Relative 
lengths 1, 2, 4, 3; the second and fourth pairs are coequal, or 
nearly so, while the third pair is by far the shortest. 
Palpi: humeral joint slender, yellow, few black hairs and 
slender bristles; nearly twice as long as cubital and radial joints 
