Ukquhakt. — On Xew Species of Araneida}. 249 



moderately long flattisli process, fore-half blackish-brown, 

 constricted. 



Falces and cephalothorax concolorous ; somewhat conical 

 and divergent, vertical. 



Maxilhe yellowish, base lightly suffused with brown ; 

 rather longer than broad, rounded ; inclined towards labium, 

 this organ has an olive-brown tinge, apex pale ; breadth 

 rather surpasses length, pointed, everted. 



Sternum yellowish ; cordate. 



Abdomen oviform, moderately convex above ; hairs light, 

 very sparse ; suffused with creamy-coloured purple-tinted 

 flecks, spotted and bordered with purple ; folium grey shade, 

 margins acute-crenate, posterior side of crenatures bordered 

 with brown ; above, and in contact with anterior pair of 

 impressed spots, is a large, creamy-white, purple-margined, 

 elliptical transverse figure, centrally intersected by a purple 

 line ; between this line and the above-mentioned spots the 

 figure is prolonged into two short conical projections ; a series 

 of ]noderately large spots of normal colour, but of unequal 

 size, form a transverse row in front of elliptical mark ; 

 extending backwards from the second pair of impressed spots 

 is a ligure of nearly equal size and similar coloration as the 

 anterior mark, pointed at either end, centrally constricted ; 

 slightly removed from its posterior apex is a moderate-sized 

 transverse oval spot, of normal colours ; ventral surface light 

 stone-brown ; shield slaty-brown, margins thickly flecked with 

 dull- white. 



Captured up the Waiorongomai Gorge, Te Aroha, 

 A. T. U. 



Var. olivinia, var. nov. 



Colour and markings of cepkalotliorax, legs, and iml])i 

 have a deeper tinge than obtains in E. tri-nofata ; folium and 

 lateral margins of abdomen do not differ essentially from the 

 above-mentioned species, except that they have an olive-brown 

 colour, and the former is comparatively darker. (Probably 

 fresh specimens would have purple tints.) The basal creamy- 

 white (elliptical) figure is divided by a rather broad line, 

 represents two somewhat reniform leaf-like marks ; the 

 conical projections are in this variety prolonged into short 

 petioles, curving round the impressed spots ; the central mark 

 less constricted, fore and hind extremities rounded ; posterior 

 spot smaller, and separated by a wider interval from the central 

 mark. 



This interesting specimen was contained in Mr. T. Kirk's 

 "Wellington collection. 



