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eight, divided by fully an eye's radius; seated ou moderately- 

 developed tubercular prominences. 



Falces pale-ochreous ; conical, vertical, nearly as stout as 

 thigh of a fore-leg. 



Maxilla pale slaty-brown ; rather longer than wide, round- 

 pointed. 



Labium light slate-colour ; perceptibly wider than long, 

 roundly pointed. 



Sternum brownish, clouded between median streak and 

 eminences. 



Legs light brownish-yellow ; femora, especially of fore- 

 pairs, stained with lake ; remaining joints reflect an olive 

 tinge ; patellae spotted ; tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi marked with 

 irregular, lake or olive-green annulations ; somewhat sparingly 

 furnished with whitish hairs ; spines yellowish. 



Palpi pale-brown, stained with lake, semi-pellucid ; tole- 

 rably stout, armed with light hairs and spines. 



Abdomen triangular-ovate ; humeral tubercles moderately 

 developed ; ground-colour light yellow-brown, approximating 

 to pale slaty-brown about tubercular region ; closely flecked 

 with small purple-brown dots, stained with fuscous-green ; 

 dorsal band broad, margins irregular, pale greenish-yellow, 

 suffused w T ith creamy-white, spotted with small lake-brown 

 dots. Ventral surface yellow-brown, clouded with olive- 

 green. Corpus vulva brownish amber-colour, green reflec- 

 tions; reniform, turgid, depressed; superior margin, above 

 the rima genitalis, exhibits two elongate, transverse foveas, 

 intersected by a moderately-wide septum ; scapus vulvae pale 

 yellowish-brown, curves somewhat closely over corpus, of even 

 breadth, transversely rugose, apex large, circular, ladle-shape. 



Single example, captured in the bush near Ohaupo. 

 A. T. U. 



Epeira blattea, sp. now 



Mas. — Ceph.-th., long, 4-2; wide, 3-5. Abd., long, 4-2; 

 wide, 4. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 17-5, 15, 12, 8-7 mm. 



Gephalothorax brownish-fulvous, lightly clouded with red- 

 lake, speckled with olive-green ; latter tone predominates 

 about posterior incline and lateral margins of caput ; de- 

 pressed, sides well rounded, sharply constricted forwards ; 

 lateral index equal to about three-fourths facial ; thorax im- 

 pressed by a large, quadrangular indentation, conspicuous 

 within it is the long, dark thoracic groove ; normal striae ill- 

 defined ; profile-contour represents an almost horizontal line 

 to posterior incline, which is slight. 



Eyes rather small, nearly equal in size, encircled by black 

 rings; form two prominently-recurved lines; posterior cen- 

 trals divided by an interval plainly exceeding an eye's 



