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first and second pairs, femora 2 or 3 ; tibiae 2, 2, 2, 2 ; meta- 

 tarsi 2, 2, 2 ; femoral joints of hind-pairs 3 or 4 ; tibial 2, 2, 2, 

 two spines on outer and inner sides ; 1 , 1 on superior aspect ; 

 metatarsal joints about 18 spines ; tarsal claws 6 teeth ; 

 scopula moderately developed. 



Palpi and legs concolorous, rings evanescent. 



Abdomen inversely-ovate ; hairs yellowish, short, thinly 

 interspersed ; brownish-ochreous, specific pattern fuscous, 

 somewhat intricate ; basal fourth occupied by two parallel 

 conduplicate figures whose inner ends are prolonged and de- 

 viate beyond the reddish impressed spots, terminate at a wide 

 lanceolate mark, with somewhat tooth-like dilatations, enclosed 

 within this figure are four acute chevrons, increasing in size, of 

 the normal ground-colour ; lateral margins exhibit a series of 

 oval spots ; ventral region sparingly spotted ; spinners orange- 

 ochreous. Corpus vulva represents a moderate elevation, 

 occupied by two subcircular foveas, divided by a wide septum 

 nearly their equal in breadth. 



The four examples that I have — three females and an im- 

 mature male, which closely resembles them both in form and 

 coloration — of this handsome little Drassus were captured by 

 Captain T. Broun at the Hunua, near Auckland. 



Gen. Clubiona, Walck. 

 Clubiona nitida, sp. nov. 



Fern.- — Ceph.-th., long, 3; wide, 2. Abd., long, 5 ; wide, 

 2-9. Legs, 4, 1, 2, 3 = 7-8, 6-5, 6, 5 mm. 



Ceplialo thorax ochraceous, somewhat lightly clouded 

 with dull olive-green, tolerably thickly clothed, erect, black, 

 and close lying, pale-golden hairs, the latter have somewhat 

 faint pinkish and bluish reflections ; ovate, rather sharply 

 constricted beyond coxae of first legs ; caput roundly trun- 

 cated ; height of clypeus scarcely equals diameter of a fore- 

 centre-eye; thoracic groove short, well defined; profile-contour 

 ascends from stalk at an angle of fully 60°, falls with a 

 moderate incline to hind-row of eyes. 



Eyes on dark rings ; posterior row visibly procurved, dis- 

 tributed at nearly equal distances — space visibly surpassing 

 diameter of a central eye ; anterior row recurved, median pair 

 dark, enclosed within a fuscous patch, separated by an interval 

 equalling three-fourths their breadth ; lateral pairs have the 

 pearl-grey lustre of hind-centrals, exceed them in size by about 

 one-third ; sensibly smaller than anterior median pair ; posited 

 on slight eminences, quite their diameter apart. 



Falces orange-ochreous ; base projects somewhat abruptly 

 beyond plane of clypeus. 



Maxilla brownish-ochreous ; basal half turgid, enlarged 

 at insertion of palpus ; second half plainly constricted, some- 



