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curved, weak, few teeth ; inferior claw bent, free end fine, curved 

 outwards. 



Palpi rather stout, short, resemble legs in colour and arma- 

 ture, palpal claw form of tarsal. 



Falces long, nearly linear, directed forwards, yellowish. 



Maxilla long, spathulate, inclined towards labium, which is 

 broad-conical, more than half length of maxillae ; organs yellowish. 



Sternum shield-shaped, yellowish, mottled with lake-brown. 



Abdomen somewhat oval, base squarely truncated, centre 

 grooved, prolonged beyond spinners into a stout tubercle, nearly 

 twice length of abdomen proper ; profile somewhat triangular, 

 spinners at apex ; sparsely clothed with light hairs ; integument 

 mottled with various tints of yellowish-brown, brown dorsal 

 band converges round apex at tubercle, which has faint trans- 

 verse rings. Epigyne simple. 



Male, immature. — Ceph. th., long, 0-6. — Abd., long, 1-2. 

 Legs 1, 4, 2, 3 = 6, 4-5, 3-3, 2 mm. 



Cephalothorax yellowish, lateral margins suffused with 

 brown ; sides nearly parallel, twice as long as broad, transverse 

 indentation on thorax, small oval fovea ; contour on profile rises 

 at occiput. Clypeus projects forwards, slightly exceeds in length 

 depth at ocular area. Eyes resemble female's in position. 



Legs long, slender, yellowish, suffused and annulated with 

 red-cherituut ; armature sparse light hairs, few slender bristles. 



r'alpi yellowish, humeral joint long, slender; cubital short. 



bakes long, somewhat linear, directed slightly forwards, 

 yellowish. 



Maxilla long, spathulate, moderately inclined towards lip. 



Sternum shield-shaped, chocolate-brown, yellow spots. 



Abdomen does not differ essentially from female in form or 

 coloration. 



Frequents Leptospermum, Te Karaka, A.T.U. 



Ariamnes attenuatus, sp. nov. 



Female. — Ceph. th., long, 1-3; broad, 0-8, Abd., long, 4 ; 

 broad, 1-5. Legs, 1, 4, 2, 3, = 11, 9-2, G-8, 3 mm. 



Cephalothorax mottled, brown-black, light median band ; 

 areolate ; elongated, sides nearly parallel, strong transverse 

 indentation, caput roundly truncated ; contour at profile forms 

 a moderate arch from thoracic junction, notched at inden- 

 tation, slopes slightly, rising somewhat abruptly at occiput. 

 Clyprus nearly horizontal, about equal to depth of ocular area. 



Eyes disposed m two semicircles, forming an oval space, 

 four centrals form a quadrilateral figure, separated by about 

 their radius from laterals, which are contiguous, seated on very 

 low tubercles, have pearly lustre at hind-median eyes; anterior 

 centrals dark, placed somewhat obliquely on prominences. 



