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equal to their radius ; laterals posited, about one-third of an 

 eye's breadth apart, on strongish, dark tubercular eminences. 



Falces have a rich, glossy, brownish-ochreous tone ; basal 

 two-thirds of somewhat even breadth, fore-third tapers rather 

 abruptly, directed outwards ; project prominently forwards ; 

 much stouter than thigh of a fore-leg. 



Maxilla deep-ochreous, lightly clouded ; well developed, 

 gradually dilated, somewhat acutely pointed ; visibly inclined 

 towards labium, which has a darker shade ; oval, truncated ; 

 more than half length of maxillse. 



Legs light yellow-ochreous ; pars humeralis cylindrical, 

 arcuated ; one-third longer than the two following articles 

 together ; armed with three spines ; cubital joint subovate ; 

 projects two bristles ; radial joint chestnut-colour ; stouter and 

 somewhat longer than former article ; prolonged beneath ; a 

 plainly visible, margined sulcus divides the latter extension 

 from a stout, somewhat forward- curved process on posterior 

 side ; projects a group of long bristles from superior surface ; 

 pars digitalis about equal in length to the three former articles 

 together ; coloration of lamina approximates to tortoise-shell ; 

 fairly well furnished with fineish hairs ; ovate, inner margin 

 bordered with a wide, deeply-grooved, chestnut-coloured costa; 

 palpus-like extension barely as long as ovate part ; genital 

 bulb bears a mollusc-like aspect ; of a dull metallic-white, 

 lightly suffused and streaked with slate-colour; depressedly 

 convex ; scarcely rises to same plane as borders of lamina ; 

 terminates in two subspiral, fuscous apophyses ; anterior half 

 of the inner and largest, which springs from near the centre of 

 bulb, tapers rapidly. 



Abdomen oviform ; pale-brown, clouded with light slate- 

 colour ; moderately clothed with light, adpressed, and bristle- 

 like black hairs. 



Single example, captured by Capt. T. Broun, Maketu 

 Bush. 



Fam. THEBIDIIMh 



Gen. Steatoda, Sund. 



Steatoda nubilosa, sp. nov. 



Fern. — Ceph.-th., long, 1. Abd., long, 1-8. Legs, 4, 1, 2, 3 

 = 2-8, 2-5, 2-3, 2-2 mm. 



Cephalothorax brownish-yellow, streaked with olive-brown ; 

 occiput exhibits a fuscous-olive, diamond-shaped figure, con- 

 nected with lateral eyes by arcuated lines ; marginal border 

 similar shade ; radiating stripes not continuous, resolved into 

 fine dots ; glabrous ; clathrate ; broad-ovate, sides rather 

 abruptly dilated ; pars cephalica prominent, projects slightly 

 over clypcus, which is inclined sensibly forwards; height 

 plainly exceeds one-half facial space ; indentation on posterior 



