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tinted with olive-brown ; one-third length of former article, 

 produced on outer side into a large, pale straw-coloured, oval 

 process, directed outwards and slightly downwards ; pars digi- 

 talis large, oval ; lamin® bulbi yellowish, clouded with olive- 

 brown ; ovate, apices curved ; directed towards each other ; 

 base prolonged on outer side into a reddish curved process, 

 directed outwards ; bulbus genitalis complex ; crown light 

 reddish-brown, clouded ; somewhat oval, convex, horizontally 

 rugose, on summit is a dark-reddish circular bead ; bulb dis- 

 plays several curved, obtusely-pointed convolutions, yellowish- 

 brown, blackish-red margins ; most remarkable projections — 

 view laterally, fore-lobe somewhat vertical in front, upper 

 margin developed into a bright red-mahogany, semi-detached, 

 broad, cylindrical, horizontal process, curving backwards, 

 about its diameter below upper disc ; projecting downwards 

 from margin of disc is a large, bright mahogany-red, llattish, 

 somewhat cordate lobe, apex curved forwards, in contact with 

 apex of cylindrical process ; between cordate lobe and a semi- 

 pellucid black-marked membrane at articulation of bulb is 

 a broad, blackish, longitudinally-wrinkled appendage, fore-end 

 concave, hind limb claw-like, directed backwards ; beneath 

 cordate lobe is a large, brownish-lake, curved process, project- 

 ing outwards and somewdiat forwards, nearly as broad as long, 

 coiicave above, apex truncated, somewhat U-shaped. 



Falces yellow-brown, basal two-thirds yellow, streaked 

 with olive-green ; vertical, moderately slender, outer contour 

 concave, inner convex, fore-third directed outwards ; fangs 

 lake-colour. 



MaxillcB, fore-end dilated, rather broader than lip, obtusely 

 pointed, inclined towards each other. Lahium rather broader 

 than long, lateral margins abrupt, slope perceptibly outwards, 

 obtusely pointed, everted ; organs, base dark-brown, fore-end 

 pale olive-brown. 



Sternum blackish-brown ; white hairs ; ovate, transversely 

 rugose. 



Abdomen oviform, moderately prominent across greatest 

 diameter; posterior end rounded, two well-developed tubercles, 

 one above the other, lower perceptibly the largest ; eight im- 

 pressed spots ; anterior pair of four central, well defined, 

 placed at base of transverse ridge ; ground-colour light slaty 

 stone-colour; folium trilobate, margins black-brown, resembles 

 females in form and marks ; lateral margins tabby-grey ; 

 ventral surface brownish-yellow, shield blackish. 



Female described in vol. xx. "Trans. N.Z. Inst."* This 

 species is by no means rare, commences pairing in October : 

 cocoon globose, composed of dark-green silk, of loose texture ; 



* " Trans. N.Z. Inst.," vol. xx., p. 118, and pi. xi,, fig. 6, 



