Urquhaet. — On New Species of Araneas. 187 



cially first pair, with black-brown. Hairs black, fine ; spines 

 normal. 



Palpi, axillary and humeral joints yellow-brown ; three fol- 

 lowing articles olive-green. 



Abdomen elongate-ovate, subconvex ; hairs light, somewhat 

 thinly interspersed; ground-colour lightish olive-brown, pass- 

 ing into a paler tone over central part of dorsum ; specific 

 markings obscure, dark-brown ; two longitudinal lines, which 

 diverge posteriorly, occupy the pale central area ; sides longi- 

 tudinally striped ; ventral surface brownish-yellow, displays 

 three stripes converging towards and terminating near spin- 

 ners in a circular spot. Vulva olive-brown, fore-corners choco- 

 late-brown ; semi-oval elevation ; the superior margin which 

 connects the stigmata is truncated, somewhat turgid and 

 abrupt, exhibits on its face two oval foveas, separated by a 

 projecting septum, rather narrower than their transverse 

 diameter. 



Single specimen, contained in Mr. T. Kirk's Wellington 

 collection. 



Attus kirkii, sp. nov. 



Mas. — Ceph.-th., long, 3; broad, 2. Abd., long, 35 ; 

 broad, 2. Legs, 1-2, 4, 3 = 8-3, 6-8, 6-2 mm. 



Ccphalotliorax rich brown-pink, sides and caput clouded 

 with black-brown. Hairs yellowish, form a rather thick 

 fringe over verge of frontal margin ; circle round eyes orange- 

 red, sparse ; cephalic part sensibly dilated forwards ; limited 

 by a large, transverse indentation, which exhibits on its pos- 

 terior slope a longitudinal groove ; clypeus in height barely 

 equal to radius of a side-eye ; fringe pale-yellow, dense ; 

 thoracic pare slightly rounded ; profile-contour ascends from 

 stalk at an angle of 45°, dips at indentation, slopes mode- 

 rately across caput. 



Anterior row of eyes recurved ; laterals separated from 

 centrals by an interval equalling one-half their own radius, 

 a little more distant from them than they, the centre-pair, are 

 from each other ; eyes of posterior row sensibty smaller than 

 the fore-laterals ; their space equals that occupied by the 

 latter pair ; small eyes equidistant between fore- and hind- 

 laterals ; ocular square one-third wider than long. 



Falccs brownish-lake ; rugose ; sparingly haired ; broad- 

 oval, nattisli, projecting. 



Maxilla; deep brown-pink ; dilated, roundly truncated, 

 inferior angle somewhat pointed. 



Labium roundly-conical, one-half length of maxillae, con- 

 colorous. 



Sternum brownish-yellow, oval. 



Legs brownish-yellow ; anterior pair more or less suffused 



