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rather exceeding the upper and largest lobe in size ; lateral 

 lobes mussel-shaped, superior reniform. 



Single specimen, colour affected by spirit. Te Aroha, 

 A. T. U. 



Fam. EPEIEID^. 



Genus Epeira, Walck. 



Epeira dumicola, sp. nov. 



Feviale. — Ceph. th., long, 2-5 ; broad, 2-2; facial index, 1. 

 Abd., long, 5-2 ; broad, 4-2. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 -= 8-7, 8-1, 

 7-5, 4-5 mm. 



CepJialothorax dull raw-sienna ; few pale hairs on pars 

 thoracica ; clathrate ; length equals that of the genual and 

 tibial joints of a leg of 4th pair ; sides well-rounded, lateral 

 constrictions at caput tolerably sharp ; pars cephalica convex,, 

 ocular eminence rather low% lateral index equals space be- 

 tween posterior-lateral eyes ; thoracic indentation and radial 

 striae not well-defined, caj)ut-grooves more pronounced ; profile- 

 contour rises from thoracic junction at an angle of 30°, slopes 

 forwards across three-fourths of caput ; clypeus nearly equals 

 diameter of a fore-central eye in depth. 



Posterior row of eyes sensibly procurved, median pair 

 separated by an interval which perceptibly exceeds their 

 diameter ; their space and a quarter from side-eyes ; anterior 

 , row moderately recurved, centrals visibly smaller than pos- 

 terior pair, have their lake-brown tinge and rings, interspace 

 equal to about twice their diameter, rather less than that in- 

 terval from hind-median eyes ; about twice their space from 

 side-eyes ; laterals nearly equal hind-centrals in size, seated 

 obliquely, visibly more than their radius from each other, on 

 separate lake-brown tubercular eminences. 



Legs moderately slender ; reddish-chestnut colour ; faint 

 annuli ; hairs light, sparse ; spines slight, yellowish, mode- 

 rately numerous ; superior tarsal claws — 1st pair, 10 teeth ; 

 inferior claw, 2 short close teeth. 



Palpi and legs concolorous ; slender, equal to cephalo- 

 thorax in length ; armature slight spines and hairs ; palpal 

 claw, curvature moderate, 8 teeth directed forwards. 



Falccs yellowish, apices and fangs dark ; conical, vertical, 

 project at base in front ; length equal to breadth of anterior 

 row of eyes. 



MaxillcB strong, obtusely pointed, inclined towards labium : 

 latter oval, about as broad as maxillas, thi'ee-fourths their 

 length ; organs, base red-chestnut, apices yellowish. 



Sternum colour of coxas ; shield-shape ; clathrate. 



Ahdomcn projects over base of cephalothorax ; broadest 

 between moderately pronounced tubercles, base obtusely 

 pointed, tapers towards spinners ; aplanate ; hairs fine. 



