moderate; roundly truncated; frontal index more than half lateral; fovea subcircular, fairly deep; radial and caput striæ well defined; clypeus projects moderately, height visibly exceeds depth of eye-area; profile-contour arched, posterior slope very abrupt compared with anterior incline.

Eyes large; posterior row procurved; middle pair on lake spots, separated by about an eye's radius, removed by scarcely their diameter from lateral pair; anterior row recurved, centrals dark, perceptibly smaller than hind pair—form a square with them; lateral eyes about one-fourth smaller than hind-centrals, posited contiguously on prominent, lake-coloured tubercles.

Falces and cephalothorax concolorous; linear, about twice as long as broad, inclined perceptibly forwards.

Maxillæ pale stone-colour, dusky clouds; linear, rounded, basal third turgid; slightly inclined towards each other.

Labium similar in tone to maxillæ, about one-third their length; oval.

Sternum normal stone-grey shade; cordate.

Legs pale slaty-grey; a slate-coloured, wide, vein-like streak runs through their entire length; almost glabrous; few black, bristle-like spines.

Palpi pale metallic stone-colour; humeral joint of somewhat even breadth, about one-fourth longer than two following articles together; armed with few spine-like bristles; cubital short, cup-shaped; radial joint large, crateriform, deeply cleft above; pars digitalis well developed; basal fourth inserted within the cup-shaped cavity of penultimate article; lamina sparingly haired, assumes a yellowish tone towards extremity; ovate curves round lower aspect of bulb; prolonged in a stout, trunk-like form, abscinded, apex concave; genital bulb metallic-grey; membranous, convex above, deeply cleft at fore-end; the cutaneous fold of the superior (upper) extremity is down-curved, somewhat revolute; inferior projection about same length as superior, wide, tapering, extremity rapidly acute; the brownish beading of fore-half, which is bent forwards, forms a continuous line with the bead bordering the deeply sinuous membranous folds of the lower part of bulbus. Within the bulb, just beneath the above-mentioned projections, are two dark, easily perceptible, subprocesses.

Abdomen ovate in outline, sides deep; a depressedly conical tubercle projects at the verge of the abrupt posterior slope. Ground-colour yellowish-stone, sides have a dull metallic lustre; folium exhibits no very determinate limits; spotted with fair-sized, white, lobate flecks; a V-shaped figure composed of confluent flecks extends from apex of tubercle to base of abdomen, enclosing an unspotted area, and bordering the fuscous, linear petiole; central third traversed by two lines

into a lake-coloured process of somewhat uniform breadth, curved upwards and backwards. Genital bulb represents principally a series of membranous folds and processes, which have yellowish and brownish-yellow tints; bulb viewed from outer sides exhibits a conoid outline, projects at nearly a right-angle to lamina, occupies about one-half its length; consists of four folds, the upper or basal fold is produced into a triangular enlargement in front, second projects only slightly beyond the first, third and fourth of nearly equal width, together perceptibly narrower than upper fold; the fore-extension of terminal fold differs from that of basal membrane inasmuch as the apex of it is drawn out and curved backwards. Two strong apophyses occur beneath lamina, springing from base of bulbus, both membranous, wide, tapering, inner shortest, dark, spiral; crossed outwardly by the larger and pale apophysis, whose apex reaches nearly to extremity of clava. A third apophysis, which has a yellowish colour, springs from near centre of inner side, base stout, tapers rapidly from first third into a thin flexible bristle, spiral (plane), curved backwards.

Abdomen elongate-oviform; in colour light-fuscous, flecked with spots of a paler tone; folium ovate, covers most of dorsum, approximates to olive-brown, lake-stains; edge wide, olive-green, undulating, partially encloses on fore-half an ovate space; exhibits on posterior half a series of tooth-like dilatations projecting inwards. Inferior half of lateral margins mottled with dark-brown.

Single example, Powell collection.

Linyphia decolora, sp. nov.

Fem.—Ceph.-th, long, 2; wide, 1·2. Abd., long, 3; wide, 2·5. First and fourth pairs of legs about equal, 5·5. Second pair, 4·4, slightly exceeds third.

Cephalothorax amber-colour, stained with lake and olive-green; almost glabrous. Cephalic part roundly truncated, facial index sensibly shorter than lateral; height of clypeus nearly equal to one-half the depth of facial space; thoracic indentation longitudinal, deep; radial and caput striæ well defined; profile-contour rises from the petiolum at an angle of 45 degrees; runs with a perceptible incline to centre of occiput, from thence dips more abruptly to frontal margin.

Eyes of fair size, seated on fuscous spots; posterior row procurved, intervals separating middle pair from each other and laterals are about equal to eye's radius and diameter respectively; anterior row recurved, median pair much the smallest of eight, one-fourth of an eye's breadth apart, removed from side-eyes by a space fully equalling their own diameter; laterals have the opalescence of hind-centrals, exceed

them in size by one-fourth; posited on moderately low elevations, contiguous.

Falces yellowish-amber colour, figured with olive-green, display a conspicuous pale patch; inwardly inclined, of somewhat even breadth to fore-third, which is bent rather abruptly outwards.

Maxillæ pale-brown, basal half red-brown, clouded with a dusky shade; of somewhat even breadth, pointed, inclined over lip, which is tinted with deeper shades; subcircular, margins turgid.

Sternum deep yellow-brown, dappled with dark-brown; cordate.

Legs creamy-fulvous; femora suffused with a bright fulvous colour; broad, somewhat obscure, central and distal annuli of a similar shade, tinted with green, occur on the femoral, tibial, and metatarsal joints; sparingly armed with pale-yellow hairs and spines.

Palpi, coloration and armature of legs.

Abdomen oviform, projects well over base of cephalothorax; glossy, brownish-cream colour, suffused with rather large, sub-confluent flecks of a paler tone; folium has the shade of ground-colour; pattern olive-brown, not very pronounced; fore-half represents a broad, sublinear band with a wide edge, much interrupted on basal slope; produced again, somewhat beneath, into a subcrescentic transverse figure; band exhibits two pairs of coarse, tooth-like dilatations; area enclosed by anterior pair has a somewhat hastate form, is sharply constricted at its junction with posterior part, which is subelliptical, projects a pair of lateral dilatations; contains within a dusky spot of similar form; folium on hind-slope cordate, olive-brown, without very determinate limits, deepens in tone towards the lighter parts, which represent free or coalescing chevrons of irregular form; lateral margins suffused with creamy-olive, marbled with a darker shade. Ventral region pale. Corpus vulvæ yellowish, stained with olive-green; sub-quadrate, elevated; superior area exhibits two ovate, lake-tinted foveæ, bordered by rather turgid costæ, which are prolonged beneath the scapus vulvæ; latter organ short, broad, apex disciform, margins moderately turgid.

Single specimen, Powell collection.

Linyphia fucatinia, sp. nov.

Mas.—Ceph.-th., long, 1·5; wide, 1. Abd., long, 1·6; wide, 1. Legs, 1, 4, 2, 3—do not differ much in length; 1st pair 3·7mm.

Cephalothorax rich mahogany - colour, approximating to lake; thoracic region tinged with olive-green. Clathrate; furnished with few short bristles. Pars cephalica prominently

convex, lateral index slightly longer than facial; clypeus inwardly inclined, rather shorter than ocular area; thoracic groove longitudinal, moderately deep; radial striæ lake-coloured, sensibly indented. Contour of profile ascends from petiole to occiput at an angle of 25 degrees, representing a double curve, the greater being across occiput.

Eyes on dark spots; posterior row slightly procurved, of nearly equal size; middle pair separated by rather more than an eye's radius, visibly less than their diameter from laterals; anterior row recurved; centrals dark, much the smallest of eight, posited, their radius apart, on a large, black, cordate mark; plainly more than their diameter from side-eyes of same row; lateral pairs have the opalescence of hind-centrals; seated contiguously on dark, tubercular prominences.

Falces dark amber - colour, conical, divergent, directed visibly towards maxillæ, nearly as long as tarsus of second leg.

Maxillæ shade lighter than falx; base greenish-brown; of somewhat even breadth, pointed, inclined towards each other.

Labium fuscous, yellowish margins; semicircular.

Sternum, fuscous-lake; clathrate; cordate, prolonged between coxæ of fourth legs.

Legs light-fulvous, faint indications of annuli. Hairs pale-yellow, sparse; sparingly armed with light-coloured spines.

Palpi yellowish-amber tone; humeral joint slightly dilated towards extremity, one-fourth longer than two following articles together; cubital joint somewhat campanulate, projects one slender bristle; radial cup-shaped, rather longer and much stouter than preceding article; pars digitalis about twice as long as penultimate joint; lamina acute-ovate, moderately haired, produced on outer side into a dark, sharply backward-curved process, of fair size; bulbus genitalis yellowish, stained with lake; viewed from outer side globose, somewhat elongated, extremity truncated, margin roundly emarginate; lower part produced into a short, round-tipped process; projecting forwards from within the vase-like bulb is a semi-transparent, stout, pointed process, revolute beneath, whose apex reaches nearly to extremity of clava.

Abdomen elongate-oviform; hairs light, short, fine, somewhat sparse; pale olive-yellow, spotted with flecks approximating to cream-colour; folium occupies dorsal area, has a rather deeper tone than ground-colour, specific markings olive-brown, somewhat obscure; basal third bordered and traversed by more or less faint and interrupted lines; central third marked with two transverse bands deepening in shade at extremities; two creamy spots occur between bands; posterior third bounded by dense shading, displays three clusters of confluent creamy flecks, intercepted by a continuous, narrow medial stripe; inferior half of lateral margins olive-brown.

to the patella + tibia of a fore-leg, sides moderately rounded, lateral constriction rather sharp; outline of the pars cephalica, viewed from front, semicircular; lateral index nearly equals facial; ocular eminence prominent; clypeus in depth visibly exceeds diameter of a fore-central eye; thoracic indentation somewhat diamond-shaped, radial and caput striæ well defined. Profile-contour represents a low arch, with a somewhat uneven outline.

Four central eyes form a trapezoid rather wider in front than behind, about as long as broad in front; posterior median pair on oval, greenish spots, sensibly smaller than anterior pair, removed by an interval nearly equal to their space and one-half from laterals, which are one-third smaller than centrals; posited on dark, medium-sized tubercular eminences, separated by an eye's radius.

Falces fulvous, tinge of pea-green; somewhat inwardly inclined, stout, length equal to breadth of ocular area.

Maxillæ yellowish-brown, base dusky-olive; about as long as broad, pointed, inclined over labium, which has an olive-brown colour, oval.

Sternum dark mahogany-brown, cordate, moderate eminences opposite coxal joints.

Legs fulvous, more or less tinged with green, few lake-brown streaks and spots; annuli olive-brown, somewhat obscure; thighs of first and second legs display dark patches on inferior surface. Legs rather slender, moderately armed with fine spines and hairs of a yellowish hue.

Palpi and legs concolorous, armature similar.

The abdomen of this example was too much shrunken for accurate description, but the species will be readily recognised by the characteristic form of the genital organ. Abdomen broad-ovate in outline, humeral tubercles fairly-well developed. It was not possible to determine whether the central posterior tubercle was accompanied by a lateral pair. Ground-colour yellowish pea-green, flecked with small lake dots; folium has a deeper shade, margins lake-brown, somewhat ill-defined; a subquadrate figure, with a similar tone, occurs midway between humeral tubercles; petiole broad, tapers towards free end, border lake-brown; lateral margins of abdomen approximate to lake-brown, dappled with yellowish-green. Shield on ventral region greenish-brown, border yellowish, quadrate. Corpus vulvæ, light amber-colour, passing abruptly above foveæ into lake-brown; pyriform, fully as broad as long; central third occupied by two rather large foveæ, which have prominent beaded margins, divided by a septum about their equal in breadth; corpus above foveæ triangular, somewhat wrinkled, exhibits two small foveæ; superior margin beaded, drawn out into a short point, which

projects over the rima genitalis; sides of vulva below the dark area covered by sub-free membranous flaps; upper margin of flaps produced into obtuse-pointed processes which curve over each fovea; hind view of corpus discloses a projecting lip, about twice as broad as long, enclosed on either side by a free membrane.

A single specimen of this species was contained in Dr. L. Powell's collection.

Epeira powelli, sp. nov.

Fem.—Ceph.-th, long, 3; wide, 2·2. Abd., long, 4·5; wide, 3·2. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 12·1, 11·2, 10·2, 6·2 mm.

Cephalothorax brownish tan-colour; a short, broad, yellowish, arrow-shaped mark occurs on basal extremity of caput; areolate; hairs white, silky, adpressed, moderately thick. Broad-ovate, lateral margins of caput sharply constricted; cephalic region moderately convex; ocular eminence prominent; lateral index equals space between fore-outer eyes; height of clypeus visibly exceeds diameter of an anterior median eye; thoracic depression rather deep; grooves, more especially radial, somewhat shallow; profile-line rises from petiolum at an angle of 45 degrees; falls with slight incline and curve across cephalic part.

Eyes encircled by fuscous rings; form two recurved lines; four centrals nearly form a square; posterior middle pair largest of eight, somewhat elevated; about their own breadth and a quarter apart; removed from side-eyes by an interval sensibly wider than the space they occupy; anterior median pair one-fourth smaller than hind-centrals, separated by an interval equalling their diameter and one-half, rather less than that distance from hind-pair; laterals less than half size of posterior centrals, seated their breadth apart on separate cup-shaped eminences.

Falces fulvous, probably clouded with green; conical, gibbous, inwardly inclined; about as stout as the pars femo-ralis of second leg; as long as digital joint of palpus.

Maxillæ fulvous, lightly clouded with brown; rather longer than wide; pointed.

Labium darker than maxillæ; subtriangular; apex turgid.

Sternum deep-fulvous, margins clouded; cordate; eminences opposite coxæ moderately developed.

Legs fulvous, pea-green reflections; tolerably stout; hairs light, fine; spines numerous, brownish.

Palpi fulvous; penultimate and digital joints well spined.

Abdomen oviform; yellowish pea-green; folium cordate, lightly suffused with brown; yellowish tint runs into a wide dorsal band on posterior half; petiole broad, margins yellow, sides mottled with brown, passing into reddish-brown on

basal slope. Ventral shield brown. Vulva brownish-yellow, prominent, transversely wrinkled, cucullate, drawn out and curved towards the rima genitalis, extremity deeply cleft; margins furnished with a wide, brownish beading. The yellowish, slipper-shaped scapus occupies the space between the rounded projections of the hood, slightly exceeds them in length and breadth.

Single example, Powell collection.

Epeira peronginia, sp. nov.

Fem.—Ceph.-th, long, 2·6; broad, 2·1. Abd., long, 4·5; broad, 4. Legs, 1, 2–4, 3 = 13, 11·5, 7·5 mm.

Cephalothorax yellowish, suffused, more especially over cephalic region, with bright pea-green; a fuscous, lance-shaped figure occurs within the thoracic indentation; the brown lines defining the caput striæ are prolonged, and diverge near apex of the above-mentioned mark; marginal band narrow, brown. Hairs whitish, somewhat sparse and coarse. Pars cephalica depressedly convex, sides abrupt; lateral index about equal to breadth of frontal margin; height of clypeus fully equal to radius of a fore-central eye; pars thoracica broad-ovate, convex; thoracic indentation acute-ovate, deep; grooves shallow. Profile-contour ascends from petiolum at an angle of 45 degrees; falls with a moderate incline across caput.

Eyes distributed in two rather prominently recurved rows, centrals form a trapezoid widest in front; posterior eyes about one-fourth smaller than anterior pair, separated by about an eye's breadth, an interval which scarcely equals the space dividing them from fore-centrals; laterals one-third smaller than the middle eyes of front row, separated by an interval scarcely equalling their own diameter; fore-eye posited on a strong tubercle.

Falces greenish-brown, clouded with chocolate-brown; linear-conical, distal third curved outwards; project prominently beyond plane of clypeus; inwardly inclined.

Maxillæ darkish-brown, pale margins; broad, round-pointed.

Labium chocolate-brown, apex pale; acute-oval.

Sternum greenish-brown, margins clouded with dark-brown; angular-cordate; eminences opposite coxal joints prominent.

Legs brownish-yellow, suffused with pea-green; humeral joints marked with central, doubly-serrated, broken, fuscous annulations. Hairs pale-yellow, sparse; spines-yellowish, spring from dark sockets.

Palpi resemble legs in colour and armature.

Abdomen angular-ovate, pale-brown, suffused with pea-green; folium tapers from the slightly-developed humeral tubercles to anus. Fore-part of the broad, quadrate petiole

extend from base to middle of claw. Inferior claw fine, rather sharply bent; two small teeth. Abdomen obovate, sub-deplanate.

Læstrygones albiceres, sp. nov.

Fem.—Ceph.-th., long, 1·6.; broad, 1·2. Abd., long, 2·5; broad, 1·9. Legs, 4, 2, 1, 3. Fourth, second, and first pairs about 4·5-4·4; third, 3·5 mm.

Cephalothorax light yellow-brown, two blackish stripes run in almost parallel lines from apex of falces to verge of thoracic incline, from thence converge to petiolum; a lightly-pencilled band borders the lateral margins. Hairs very sparse, coarse. Ovate, slightly constricted beyond coxæ of first legs; viewed from above the ocular eminence and clypeus are seen to project well forwards; latter subquadrate, as wide as second row of eyes; depth equal to space occupied by first row, less diameter of an eye; profile-line ascends from petiolum at an angle of 80 degrees, moderately inclined and arched to first row of eyes; dip more abrupt across clypeus.

Anterior row of eyes straight, darkish, encircled by fuscous rings, divided from each other by a space rather exceeding their own breadth, and from eyes of third row by nearly an equal interval; about one-third size of latter pair; eyes of second line about one-third smaller than fore pair, stained with lake; seated obliquely on a blackish-lake collar; plainly more than their own diameter from eyes of third line; dorsal pair have the bright-amber colour of eyes of third row, scarcely equal them in size; posited obliquely, widely apart on verge of caput.

Falces yellowish, medial stripe dusky; conical, base stout, length equals the intervening space between dorsal eyes; strongly inclined towards maxillæ; project from inner side, near base, a long, strong bristle.

Maxillæ pale-fulvous, clouded; length rather exceeds breadth; dilated, truncated, angles rounded, inclined towards each other.

Labium resembles maxillæ both in colour and form; less than one-half their length; perceptibly emarginate.

Sternum pale-fulvous, lightly clouded with slate-colour; shield-shape, small compared with well-developed coxæ.

Legs brownish-yellow; somewhat sparingly furnished with hairs; spines rather numerous.

Palpi colour and armature of legs.

Abdomen broad ovate; fairly well furnished with white hairs. Light brownish-yellow, lightly clouded with olive-green; flecked with rather large, whitish, lobate spots. Corpus vulvæ yellowish-orange; form may be best described as bearing a strong resemblance to the under-aspect of a horse's foot;