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colour, zoned b\- a broad callus ; within the somewhat de- 

 pressed fore-end of bulbus is a stout, spiral, reddish-brown 

 process, whose free end extends rather beyond apex of the 

 lamina bulbi. 



Falces mahogany-brown ; equal cephalothorax in lengtli, 

 strongly porrected, divergent, fore-end somewhat incrassated ; 

 projecting from apex on upper side is a strong, tooth-like pro- 

 cess, with a small blunt tooth on fore-half ; superior row of 

 teeth consists of 7 small teeth increasing in size, and 'J stout 

 teeth close to base of fang, posterior tooth strongest ; inferior 

 row, 9, increasing in strength, 2 strong teeth near apex. 



Maxilla, yellow-brown ; long, somewhat enlarged on 

 superior side, apex rounded. 



Labium chocolate - brown, yellowish margin; conical, 

 everted. 



Slerniiin chocolate-brown ; cordate. 



Abdomen, coloration and pattern somewhat resemble the 

 female, shade darker. 



This species is rather common in the Auckland District ; 

 frequents rushy swamps. About IMarch the female attaches 

 to some object near her snare a subgiobose, sometimes rather 

 conical cocoon, about 5mm. in diameter, of a light, loose tex- 

 ture, whitish-brown, with greenish-brown tufts ; the eggs are 

 nearly spherical, and of a pale-brown colour, about 95 in num- 

 ber, agglutinated together into a subgiobose mass. 



Examples of this species were communicated to me by 

 P. Goj/en, Esq., of Dunedin, and ilfr. T. Kirk's Wellington 

 collection also contained specimens. 



Tetragnatlia hcrbirjrada, sp. nov. 



Male. — Ceph.-th., long, 3-3; broad, 2-S. Abd., long. 5; 

 broad, 2. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 36, 21, 15, 10 mm. 



Cephalothorax brownish-yellow, median band, which tapers 

 from hind row of eyes, clouded with olive-green, sides are 

 lightly speckled and margins bordered by a narrow streak 

 of similar colour ; hairs pale, fine, very sparse ; oval, fairly 

 compressed forwards ; pars cephalica slightly convex above ; 

 facial index equal to nearly one-half breadtli of cephalo- 

 thorax ; lateral index equals two -thirds of facial ; pars 

 thoracica moderately convex, fovea oval, deep ; normal 

 grooves rather slight ; profile-contour represents a somewhat 

 even low arch ; clijpcus retreats perceptibly, height scarcely 

 exceeds the diameter of a fore-central eye. 



Eyes on black spots ; posterior row sensibly procurved — 

 nearly straight ; centrals nearly an eye's breadth from each 

 other ; rather more than that interval from side-eyes ; anterior 

 row recurved ; centrals posited on a moderate prominence, 

 slightly exceed hind median pair in size ; separated from one 



