Urquhaet. — On Neio Species of Aranete. 169 



slope rather large and deep (apparently natural) ; normal 

 grooves slight ; profile-line ascends from petiole at an angle 

 of 50° to limit of caput ; plainly arched across cephalic part. 



Eyes large, do not differ much in size ; posterior row 

 moderately procurved ; centrals a little more distant from 

 laterals than they are from each other — an interval equal to 

 quite an eye's radius; anterior row form a tolerably strong, 

 recurved line; median pair dark, smallest of eight, close to 

 side-eyes, form with hind-pair a quadrilateral figure rather 

 longer than broad; laterals slightly elevated, contiguous. 



Fakes yellow-ochreous, display wide, olive-green, central 

 bands connected with base by broad tapering lateral stripes ; 

 conoid, moderately slender, project forwards ; barely one- 

 fourth longer than clypeus ; fangs slight, more than half 

 length of falx ; no teeth. 



Maxilla tapering, inclined towards each other. Labium 

 large, triangular, about as wide as long ; organs light 

 chocolate-brown, pale slate-coloured apices. 



Sternum fuscous; ovate, rather prominently convex. 



Legs bright ochraceous-orange ; fore-part of femoral and 

 tibial joints dappled with olive-green ; somewhat sparsely 

 armed with rather coarse hairs; few bristles ; tolerably stout. 

 Superior tarsal claws — first pair, rather strong, 5 stoutish 

 teeth ; inferior claw has apparently only 1 tooth. 



Palpi and legs concolorous; moderately haired. 



Abdomen oviform, nearly as wide as long ; hairs light, 

 somewhat sparse ; ground-colour stone-brown, figured with 

 fuscous-black clouds, and metallic-white spots, latter occur 

 chiefly over dorsal region. Corpus vuluce yellow-brown, 

 fuscous clouds ; moderately elevated ; exhibits two sub- 

 circular, lake-brown foveas, separated by a narrow septum ; 

 superior margin developed into a long, transverse, tolerably 

 wide, membranous, incurved lip, pale-grey above, passing 

 into olive-green beneath. 



A single specimen of this species was contained in Capt. 

 T. Broun s collection from Maketu, near Auckland. 



Gen. Stegosoma, Cambr. 



Stegosoma lacunosa, sp. nov. 



Fern. — Ceph.-th.,long., 1. Abd., long, 2 ; broad, 2 ; deep, 

 1-8. Legs, 4, 1, 2, 3 : fourth, 2-2mm. ; 1-2-3 do not differ 

 much in length. 



Cephalothorax brownish-yellow, olivaceous tinge, passing 

 into reddish-brown on fore-part ; lateral border olive-brown ; 

 caput moderately clothed with strong, light hairs; broad-ovate; 

 pars cephalica elevated, prominent, limited by a well-defined 

 transverse groove ; clypeus projecting, deeply impressed, depth 



