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Fakes tapering, project slightly forwards, reddish-brown. 



Mantilla acute oval, inclined towards lip, which is nearly 

 twice as broad as long ; everted, one-third length of maxilhe. 



Sternum broad cordate; these parts are chocolate-brown, 

 rugulose. 



Abdomen broad oval, strongly convex above, rises somewhat 

 abruptly from thoracic junction ; sparingly clothed with strong 

 erect hairs and bristles ; ground colour greenish-brown, slightly 

 suffused with dull-pink, mottled with brown-black ; median 

 band faint, tapers towards spinners, black marks at base ; on 

 lateral margins are four oblique brown-black bars, streaked on 

 posterior side with pink, converge towards spinners, which are 

 short. Vulva somewhat conical, reddish-black, prominent emi- 

 nence, orifice circular, large. 



Te Karaka, Auckland, A.T.U. 



Theridium zantholabio, sp. n. Plate VIII., fig. 4. 



Length of an adult female, 4 mm. 



Cejriudothorax broad oval, constricted anteriorly ; light amber- 

 colour ; median band brown, lateral margins faintly mottled 

 with a similar hue ; median indentation broad, U-shaped, large, 

 moderately depressed ; contour of profile rises at an angle of 

 40°, then slopes slightly to ocular area ; clypeus prominent, in 

 height about half facial space. 



Four intermediate eyes form square, anterior pair dark ; 

 posterior pair less than their diameter apart, about that space 

 from side-eyes, which are smallest of eight, contiguous, placed 

 obliquely on small tubercles. 



Legs moderately long, and slender, relative length 1, 4, 2, 3 ; 

 have hue of cephalothorax, rather faint brown annulations ; 

 armature dark hairs and erect bristles ; superior tarsal claws, 

 1st pair, curved, 5 long comb-teeth ; inferior claw moderately 

 strong, free and fine, bent, 1 tooth, small point behind. 



Palpi resemble legs in colour and armature, palpal claw 

 curved, 7 long comb-teeth, forming an even line with point of 

 claw. 



Falces project slightly forwards, moderately slender, dark 

 amber-colour, about 3 blunt teeth. 



Maxilla long, linear, roundly truncated on outer side, 

 moderately inclined towards labium, which is nearly twice as 

 long as broad, somewhat pointed ; these parts have a reddish- 

 amber hue, suffused with brown. 



Sternum cordate, yellowish, margined with chocolate. 



Abdomen oviform, convex above, yellowish-brown, suffused 

 with dull pink ; a broad, somewhat spathulate, irregularly 

 pinnatifid median band, dark brown at basal end, lighter and 

 spotted at truncated apex, extends two -thirds across the 

 abdomen ; lateral margins spotted and streaked ; transverse 



