Uequhart. — On New Species of Araneidea. 89 



Var. hastatum, var. nov. Plate VIII., fig. 2. 



Female. — Cephalothorax and legs resemble type form. Abdo- 

 7nen light-browu above, graduating to a darker sbade on 

 lateral margins ; dorsal surface covered by a more or less 

 defined somewhat oviform brown mark, with sinuated margins ; 

 specific mark differs in form from that of var. veruina, 

 constriction defining arrow-head being in line with anterior 

 pair of central impressed spots ; in line with posterior pair 

 is an obtuse - angled transverse bar, shaft tapers off to 

 spmners. 



Male. — Ceph. th., long, 3; broad, 2. Abd. long, 3-6; broad, 

 2-7. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 11, 9, 8, 6 mm. 



Cephalothorax yellowish-brown, greenish-tinge ; caput slightly 

 more compressed than female's. 



Legs yellow-brown, olivaceous annulations ; coxae of first 

 pair j)roduced, on outer side, into a short curved apophysis ; 

 femoral spines of latter pair strong, tibial exceed diameter of 

 article in length. 



Prt/j9J yellowish, humeral joint slender, short; cubital, broad, 

 somewhat oval, complanate, truncated at apex, projecting from 

 short cylindroid tubercles, at each angle are long bristles ; 

 radial joint articulated to inferior surface of cubital, nearly twice 

 diameter of latter joint, umbraculiform ; digital joint large, some- 

 what oval, convexities moderately hairy, directed towards each 

 other, base of convexity produced on outer side into a reddish- 

 brown curved apophysis, concave on superior surface ; beneath 

 it is a large, conical, yellowish process, directed downwards and 

 outwards ; superior surface of bulb semi-globose, transversely 

 striated, crumpled on inner side into a hippocrepiform eminence, 

 lobe beneath terminates in a short beak-like process, concave 

 within, directed downwards ; remaining most remarkable pro- 

 jections are, a short, broad, pale, rugose membrane, curving 

 upwards towards point of beak, and a large yellowish and black 

 claw-like apophysis projectiug fi'om apex of joint, curved back- 

 wards. 



Abdomen oviform, coloration and markings resemble female. 



Var. lineola, var. nov. 



Abdomen brown, oviform mark nearly obliterated, specific 

 pattern reduced to a narrow lougitudiual line, with similar tints ; 

 in some examples faint trace of arrow-like mark. 



Examples of this iuterestiug species, and the more or less 

 clearly defined varieties, were numerous on low shrubs, about 

 the summit of Arthur's Pass ; I also captured them at Lake 

 Alexandia, Mackenzie Plains, Canterbury. Examples of var. 

 hastatum have been sent to me by F. Goyen, Esq., Dunedin. 



