Urquhakt. — On ncio Species of Araneidea. 137 



Maxillce brownish-yellow ; basal half longitudinally in- 

 dented ; fore-end rounded, tumid ; inclined outwards ; strong 

 fringe of hairs. Labium chocolate-brown ; oval, more than 

 twice as broad as long, everted ; about one-fourth as long as 

 maxillae. 



Sternum brownish-yellow, margins clouded; coarse black 

 hairs ; cordate ; slight eminences opposite coxge. 



Abdomen ovoid, fore -end pointed, projects over base of 

 cephalothorax, lateral margins longitudinally corrugated ; 

 dorsal field creamy-brown, flecks of a paler hue ; median 

 mark broad, yellow margins, irregularly acutely crenate, 

 extends from base to spinners, fore-half numerous pale flecks, 

 few brown, somewhat angular marks on margin ; posterior 

 half maroon-colour ; sides brownish, longitudinally streaked 

 with dark olive-brown, margins yellow. Ventral surface 

 brownish-yellow ; displays a somewhat ovate, olive-coloured 

 mark, two yellow spots. Corpus vulva amber-colour, 

 speckled, glossy, somewhat oval, moderately prominent, 

 transverse eminence, centrally produced into a longitudinal 

 costa, at base of latter is a shallow, cuneate depression, with 

 lake-coloured margins ; fore-part concave within and pro- 

 longed above into a short, rather broad septum, which loops 

 up a long, narrow, transverse membrane, projecting outwards 

 above the rima genitalis ; septum and membrane have glossy- 

 brown, beaded margins. 



This rather handsome specimen was captured amongst the 

 light bush on the summit of Te Aroha. A. T. U. 



"0-" 



Linyphia mfo-lineata, sp. nov. 



ITaZe.— Ceph. th., long, 2-8; broad, 2. Abd., long, 3-2; 

 broad, 2. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 21, 13-1, 9, 7 mm. 



CephalotJwrax light yellow-brown ; on posterior slope of 

 pars cephalica is an olive-brown, lanceolate mark, which 

 bifurcates forwards to posterior-lateral eyes ; lateral margin 

 of caput displays a longitudinal streak of similar hue ; almost 

 glabrous ; rugulose ; oval ; moderately compressed forwards ; 

 caput moderately convex, lateral index nearly equals breadth 

 at posterior row of eyes ; median indentation on pars thoracica 

 longitudinal, deep ; caput and radial striae well-defined ; pro- 

 file - contour represents a moderate double arch ; clypeiis 

 vertical, height equal to more than diameter of a fore-central 

 eye. 



Eyes large, of almost equal size ; posterior row procurved, 

 centrals visibly the largest of eight, placed on black oval spots, 

 three-fourths their diameter apart, separated by an interval 

 equal to one-tliird their breadth from side-eyes next to them ; 

 anterior row recurved, median pair seated on a moderate 

 black eminence, three-fourths their diameter from each other, 



