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streaks, interrupted by median pattern, extend length of 

 folium ; lateral margin yellowish-olive, white next to folium,, 

 flecks yellowish ; on ventral surface is a semi-oval olive-brown 

 mark, margined with light flecks ; spinners short ; light 

 mahogany-brown. Viclva amber-colour, one - third broader 

 than long, transversely rugose, projects over rima genitalis ; 

 displays two circular, moderately deep, brownish foveas, divided 

 by a slightly-elevated septum, whose breadth perceptibly ex- 

 ceeds their diameter, and nearly equals width of outer margin ; 

 facing septum is a somewhat concave depression, equalling it 

 in breadth ; margins of corpus vuIvcb terminate, on either side 

 of concavity, in slight, somewhat conical, brown eminences. 

 Several examples, summit of Te Aroha, A.T. U. 



Linyphia nemoralis, sp. nov. 



Female. — Ceph. th., long, 1. Abd., long, 1-5. Legs, 1, 2,. 

 4, 3 = 7-4, 4, 3, 2-5 mm. 



Cephalothorax dark olive-brown, suffused witli black-brown ; 

 rugose ; ovate lateral marginal compression at pars cej)halica 

 very slight ; caput convex, viewed from front broad ovate ; 

 indentation below eyes ; thoracic fovea longitudinal, normal 

 grooves slight ; profile-contour nearly semicircular, crown of 

 arch at limit of caput ; clyjjeus convex, projects moderately 

 forwards, height equals about two-thirds depth of ocular area. 



Eyes of tolerable and nearly equal size ; posterior row pro- 

 curved, median-]3air three-fourths their diameter from each 

 other, separated by scarcely twice that interval from side- 

 eyes ; anterior row recurved ; centrals dark, smallest of eight, 

 seated on a prominence, their radius apart, further from 

 laterals of same row than they are from posterior median 

 pair ; form a trapezoid with hind-centrals, longer than broad ; 

 lateral e}es have the pearl-grey lustre of posterior-centrals,, 

 placed obliquely on dark, moderately prominent eminences, 

 contiguous. 



Legs brownish-yellow, rather faint-brown annulations, 

 most pronounced on 3-4 ; in some examples, except base of 

 femora, 1-2 have a reddish tinge, with little or no trace of 

 annuli ; slender ; fine hairs, few bristle-like spines on genual 

 and tibial joints. 



Paljn stravv^-colour, except digital joint which has a 

 brownish hue ; latter article rather longer than humeral, more 

 than twice length of pars radialis ; no claw ; black hairs. 



Falces brownish-yellow, basal half suffused with reddish- 

 brown ; stout, length exceeds digital joint of palpus by one- 

 fourth, project forwards at base, directed outwards, superior 

 margin somewhat concave at extremity ; outer row of teeth 

 strong, two central longest ; fangs long. 



Maxillce yellowish, basal half suffused with chocolate- 



