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bro^yllisla, pale apices, inclinecl towards lip, which is somewhat 

 triangular, everted, dark-brown ; apex light. 



Sternum cordate, dark-brown. 



Ahdnmen oviform, tubercles moderately developed ; integu- 

 ment light-brown, thickly mottled with creamy-coloured flecks, 

 specific mark yellowish-brown ; margins between anterior and 

 posterior tubercles acute-crenate ; series of brown marks on 

 median line, impressed spots well marked. 



Pairs about November. Cocoon somewhat globose, com- 

 posed of dark-green silk ; comprised within are 350 or more 

 pinkish eggs. 



Auckland, ^.r.C7. 



Epeira ohlitera, sp. nov. 



Female. — Ceph. th., long, 6; broad, 5; facial index, 2-5. 

 Abd., long, 8; broad, 6-5. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 21, 19, 17, 

 10'5 mm. 



Cephalotliorax yellowish, faintly suffused with brown, 

 moderately clothed with coarse light hairs ; rather depressed, 

 sides rounded, constricted forwards ; caput squarely truncated, 

 sides low, convex, lateral index nearly equals interval between 

 a hind-lateral eye and the hind-central next to it ; mammiform 

 eminences well-developed ; caput and radial striae rather faint ; 

 semicircular indentation on thoracic slope. Contour of profile 

 rises at an angle of 40'', moderately arched across caput, 

 synclinal dip behind occiput. Height of clypeus nearly equals 

 depth of facial space. 



Fore and hind rows of eyes sensibly recurved ; ocular 

 eminence prominent ; eyes small, anterior centrals separated 

 by a space equal to twice their diameter, rather less than 

 that interval from hind-pair, which are further from each 

 other than they are from anterior centrals ; laterals seated 

 obliquely on very low tubercles, encircled by black rings, 

 nearly their breadth apart. 



Le(/s moderately strong, yellowish, sparsely furnished with 

 light hairs ; femora convex above, few spines ; genua of 1-2 

 two-thirds length of tibife, two grooves on former and latter 

 articles, spines yellowish. Superior tarsal claws — 1st pair, 

 strong, 10 open comb-teeth ; inferior claw, 2 teeth. 



Falpi as long as cephalothorax, yellowish, light hairs, 

 palpal claw straighter than tarsal, 10 similar teeth. 



Falces yellow-amber colour ; as long as genua, and as 

 broad as femora of 1st pair of legs ; somewhat conical, 

 vertical, project at base in front. 



MaxillcB broad, obtusely pointed, inclined towards labium, 

 which is triangular ; organs chestnut-brown, yellowish margins. 



Sternum cordate, emmences opposite coxae ; chestnut-brown 

 colour. 



