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diamond-shaped ; caput and radial striae moderately marked ; 

 contour rises from thoracic junction at an angle of 45°, slightly 

 arched across caput. Clijpem sensibly directed inwards, in 

 height equal to half facial space. 



Eyes on black rings, posterior row sensibly recurved, hind- 

 centrals rather further from anterior pair than they are from 

 each other, an interval slightly exceeding their diameter, their 

 space and a half from hind-laterals ; anterior centrals dark, on 

 low eminences, interval between them rather exceeds the space 

 between posterior pair ; lateral eyes smallest of eight, seated 

 obliquely on low tubercles, less than their radius apart. 



Legs straw-colour, almost devoid of hairs, numerous irre- 

 gular, erect, light-yellowish spines, dark base, rather less than 

 diameter of tibife in length ; superior tarsal claws — 1st pair 

 fine, moderately curved, free end long, tip bent, 10 close teeth 

 directed forwards, two terminal teeth exceed third by one-half; 

 inferior claw long, fine, 2 small points. 



PaJpi resemble legs in colour, light hairs, erect bristles, 

 palpal claw form of tarsal, 8 teeth. 



Falces glossy, yellowish, conical, project sensibly forwards. 



MaxillcB nearly as broad as long, obliquely truncated, 

 yellowish. 



Labium rather broader than long, somewhat pointed, nearly 

 half length of maxillte, greenish tinge. 



Sternum cordate, yellow-brown. 



Abdomen somewhat diamond-shaped, depressed, projects over 

 base of cephalothorax, short obtuse tubercles at lateral angles ; 

 greyish stone-colour, thickly flecked with brown, fine brown 

 streak along median line — in some examples almost obliterated — 

 throwing off series of oblique bars. 



This species is common about the cliffs at Waiwera, its 

 stone-colour assimilating with its environment ; several imma- 

 ture males, 4 mm. in length, were taken. Resembles female in 

 form and coloration. 



Epeira sub-compta, sp. nov. Plate VII., fig. 4. 



Female. — Ceph. th. long, 3-2 ; broad, 3 ; facial index, 1. 

 Abd. long, 5; broad, 4-7. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 14-5, 13-3, 12, 

 9 mm. 



Cephalothorax yeUowish-amber colour, clothed with few light 

 hairs, spine-like bristles on caput, strias of latter and median 

 indentation chocolate - brown ; thorax moderately depressed, 

 broad, sides rounded, curvature directed somewhat backwards ; 

 normal grooves well-marked ; caput applanate (viewed from 

 above), somewhat conical, sides compressed, lateral index about 

 equal to space between a hind-lateral eye and the hind-central 

 next to it ; profile line rises at an angle o 30'^, runs with a faint 



