Uequhaht. — On New Species of ArcaneidaB. 247 



brown; tumid, vertically rugulose, fore-part developed into a 

 stout backward-curved process ; projecting downwards from 

 within concavit}' of bulbus are four appendages ; the basal is 

 blackish -lake, broad, bifurcate, convex on posterior side; 

 central process yellowish, pointed - oval, concave in front; 

 anterior appendage black-lake, broad, curved backwards; just 

 in front of the central process is a stout up-curved projection ; 

 springing from near base of the central process, and curving 

 round its apex, is a moderately long and slender semi-pellucid 

 yellowish apophysis. 



Falces flavescent, suffused with olive-brown ; vertical, 

 somewhat conical, rather divergent at apex. 



Maxillce fulvous, base suffused with olive-green ; about as 

 broad as long, rounded; projects at extremity, on outer side, a 

 brownish, stout, conical process ; inclined towards labium, 

 which is broader than long, pointed ; fulvous, base olive-green. 



Sternuni chocolate-brown, yellowish-green oblong figure in 

 centre ; cordate ; eminences opposite coxa3. 



Abdomen depressed above, base pointed, tapers posteriorly 

 from humeral processes, w'hich are slightly developed ; sparsely 

 clothed with light hairs ; ground-coloui- dark-brown ; an un- 

 dulating, creamy-coloured, purple-spotted band, connecting the 

 humeral processes, encloses anterior pair of impressed spots ; 

 prolonged on fore-side into a broad, olive-green, spotted petiole 

 curving round base ; on posterior side of transverse band are 

 five olive-green, purple-spotted, somewhat irregularly-shaped 

 transverse bars ; anterior bar, angular, marked with a few^ pale 

 flecks, connected at apex with humeral band ; third, fourth, 

 and fifth bars have creamy-coloured, purple-spotted patches 

 increasing in breadth ; shield on ventral surface black, mar- 

 gins undulating. 



Single example, captured on Leptos-permnm, Bluff, Otago, 

 A. T. U. 



Epeira tri-notata, sp. nov. 



i¥a/c. — Ceph.-th., long, 4; broad, 3. Abd., long, 5; 

 broad, 3. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 18-5, 16, 12, 9 mm. 



Cephalothorax, sides lightly suffused with olive-brown ; 

 median band pale raw-sienna, broad, undulating, equals eye- 

 area in breadth ; a lake-coloured streak runs forwards in a 

 slight groove from thoracic fovea, radiates at base of caput ; 

 few" fine yellowish hairs on thoracic x:)art ; broad-oval ; lateral 

 margins of caput fairly constricted ; pars cephalica somewhat 

 depressed, limited by an indentation ; ocular eminence rather 

 broad and prominent ; pars thoracica moderately convex, fovea 

 rather shallow ; radial and caput striae faint ; profile-line 

 represents a low, rather even arch ; height of cli/pcus visibly 

 exceeds the diameter of a fore-central eye. 



