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near Auckland ; the type example was taken by myself in the 

 bush at Ohaupo. 



Stegosoma excussa, sp. nov. 



Fern.— Ceph.-th., long, 1. Abel., long, 2-4; wide, 2-2 mm. 

 Legs short, do not differ much in length or strength ; 4, 1, 2, 3. 



Cephahthorax dark mahogany-brown ; pitted with foveas ; 

 hairs rather coarse ; broad-ovate, lateral constriction at caput 

 moderate ; cephalic part roundly truncated ; clypeus impressed, 

 height perceptibly surpasses depth of eye-area ; occiput turgid, 

 sharply divided from the pars thoracica by a transverse groove; 

 latter part exhibits a deep indentation on posterior slope ; pro- 

 file-contour represents a semicircular curve or hump at occi- 

 put, from thence slopes moderately with a slight arch to 

 stalk. 



Eyes large, no very perceptible difference in size ; pos- 

 terior row sensibly recurved, median pair placed rather 

 closer to side-eyes than they are to each other — about an 

 eye's diameter ; anterior row represents a more pronounced 

 curve ; centre-pair dark, largest of eight ; form with hind 

 median pair a nearly quadrate figure, posterior eyes occupying 

 the greater space ; lateral pairs contiguous. 



Falces yellowish, suffused with ochraceous-lake ; linear- 

 conical, vertical. 



Maxilla dilated, obtusely pointed, inclined over labium, 

 which is large, turgid, subquadrate, rather wider than long ; 

 organs orange-yellow, clouded with brown-pink. 



Sternum yellowish brown-pink ; cordate, deeply pocked. 



Legs light-ochraceous, greenish reflections ; annulations 

 reddish-brown ; armature normal. 



Palpi reddish-chestnut ; short, slender. 



Abdomen broad-ovate in outline ; closely and deeply pitted, 

 foveas project short, light hairs; a stout tubercular process 

 rises from each corner of the depressed dorsal area ; hind-pair 

 about one-third longer than fore-pair, roundly-conical, directed 

 backwards with a slight outward incline ; anterior pair de- 

 pressedly conical, inclined somewhat backwards and out- 

 wards; slope from hind-tubercles to spinners moderate, 

 traversed by three folds ; most of the dorsal region has an 

 orange-ochreous shade, figured with dark-brown stripes or 

 patches ; four pairs of spots occur on posterior slope ; lateral 

 margin suffused with fuscous-purple ; encircled by a cream- 

 coloured, purple-spotted, undulating band ; a circle of im- 

 pressed spots occur in the middle of the dorsal area. Ventral 

 region exhibits two orange-yellow bands. Corpus vulvce 

 black-brown; represented by a transverse, narrow, lip-like 

 projection. 



Single specimen, captured in the bush, Ohaupo. A. T. U. 



