Urquhart. — On Mew Speciea of Araneidea. 99 



Legs long, slender, yellowish, spotted and annulated with 

 dark-bi'own and chestnut-browu ; armature few fine erect hairs 

 and slender bristles ; superior tarsal claws moderately curved, 

 weak ; inferior long, fine. 



Palpi stout, nearly as long as cephalothorax, radial joint 

 broadest at apex, red-chestnut ; palpal claw fine, moderately 

 curved, about 4 small teeth. 



Fakes narrow, conical, project moderately forwards, yellowish- 

 chestnut, base dark. 



MaxillcB yellowish, long, obliquely truncated on outer side, 

 slightly inclined towards labium, which is broader than long, 

 slightly pointed, two-thirds length of maxillae, dark, light apex. 



Sternum long-obovate, brown, spotted and suffused with 

 brassy metallic lustre. 



Forepart of abdomen somewhat oviform, prolonged beyond 

 spinners into a long cylindrical tubercle, curving slightly 

 downwards, about half-length of abdomen, transversely rugu- 

 lose ; brown- black, mottled with stone-colour, glabrous. 

 Epiijijne, concavity oval, reddish, labia dark, protuberent, broad, 

 introflexed. 



Male. — Ceph. th., long, 1. Abd., long, 3. Legs, 1, 4, 2, 3 

 = 9-6, 6, 4-5, 2-3 mm. 



Cephalothorax similar in form and coloration to female ; 

 anterior median eyes rather further apart. 



Legs slender, yellowish, clouded or spotted, and annulated 

 with dark chestnut-brown ; armature fine hairs, few slender 

 bristles. 



Palpi long (2 mm.), slender, resemble legs in colour and 

 armature ; humeral joint rather less than one-half length of 

 palpus ; cubital joint short ; radial twice length of former 

 article, stoutest at articulation with digital joint, which is 

 convex, rugulose, and hairy externally ; palpal organs small, 

 on outer side is a sinuate process, apex black, curved, toothed 

 beneath, directed forwards ; at basal end is a yellow acummate 

 apophysis, directed downwards. 



Abdomen does not differ essentially from female. 



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



Genus Linyphia, Latr. 



Linijphia blattifer, sp. nov. Plate VIII., fig. 7. 



Female. — Ceph. th., long, 1. Abd., long, 1-8. Legs, 

 1, 2, 4, 3. 



Cephalothorax light mahogany-brown, median line and 

 margins darker hue, rugulose ; oval, moderately compressed 

 forwards, caput roundly truncated ; median fovea transverse 

 oval, caput and radial striae moderately marked ; profile line 



