Urquhart. — On neiv Si^ecies of Araneidea. IdS 



Maxillcs yellowish ; long, somewhat acutely pomted, in- 

 clined over labium, which has an olive tinge ; somewhat semi- 

 circular, nearly as long as broad, about one-half length of 

 maxillae. 



Sternum yellowish, dark margins ; cordate ; areolate ; 

 slight eminences opposite coxae. 



Abdomen oviform, peduncle rather exposed ; folium covers 

 dorsal surface, runcinate, well-defined ; light chocolate-brown, 

 pale flecks, margins picked out with dark-brown ; median band 

 creamy-white ; narrow, throws off few short transverse bars, 

 fore-third lanceolate ; lateral margins and ventral surface 

 creamy-brown, numerous pale flecks ; few brownish, transverse, 

 somewhat ill-defined bars beneath ; spinners short, brown. 

 Vulva dark-brown ; projects over rima genitalis, somewhat 

 oval concavity above, fore-margin of latter tumid, notched. 



Single specimen, summit of Te Aroha, A. T. U. 



Theridiuon niger-jnmctillum, sp. nov. 



Female. — Ceph. th., long, 2; broad, 1-5. Abd., long, 3; 

 broad, 2-7. Legs, 1, 4, 2, 3 =- 11, 8-2, 6-8, 4-8 mm. 



CepJialotliorax pale reddish-brown, caput and median band 

 lightly clouded with olive ; areolate ; oval, laterally con- 

 stricted forwards; pars cephalica moderately convex, lateral 

 index equal to space from a hind-lateral eye to hind-central 

 next to it ; thoracic fovea circular, deep ; normal grooves 

 rather faint ; profile-contour rises a little from occiput, repre- 

 sents a low arch across pars thoracica ; clypeus directed per- 

 ceptibly forwards, height equal to depth of eye-area. 



Eyes tolerably small, do not differ much in size ; posterior 

 row procurved, median pair largest of eight, sensibly less than 

 their diameter from each other, rather more than that space 

 from side-eyes ; anterior row recurved, centrals further from 

 one another than they are from hind pair, with which they 

 nearly form a square ; lateral eyes have the pearl-grey lustre 

 of posterior-centrals, placed obliquely on dark, moderately 

 prominent, tubercular eminences, contiguous. 



Legs yellowish, red-brown annulations at articulation of 

 joints ; femora of one pair speckled ; long, slender ; hairs and 

 bristles sparse. 



Paljji yellowish, hairs sparse, bristle on cubital joint ; 

 length, 2mm. 



Falces yellowish, reddish about apex ; linear, vertical. 



Maxillce pale, dull, brownish-yellow ; stout, spathulate, in- 

 clined towards labium, which is semicircular, less than half 

 length of maxillae ; slightly everted ; orange-brown. 



Sternum colour of legs ; areolate ; cordate. 



Abdomen oviform, very convex above, pointed at spinners, 

 moderately so at base ; pale, olive-tinted stone-colour, thickly 



