Urquhabt. — On New Species of Araneidea. 105 



Theridium maculopes, sp. nov. 



Female. — Ceph. th., long, 1-7 ; broad, 1-5. Abd., long, 3 ; 

 broad, 2-2. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3. = 10, 8, 6, 4-5 mm. 



CephaJothorax areolate, yellow-brown, broad, brown median 

 band extends from occiput to base, marginal zone similar hue, few 

 bristles on occiput ; oval, compressed forwards ; median fovea 

 nearly circular, deep, normal grooves moderately marked ; caput 

 convex, roundly truncated, lateral index rather less than space 

 between an anterior lateral eye and the fore-central furthest from 

 it ; contour at profile rises with an abrupt carve, arched across 

 caput ; clypem projects forwards, height rather exceeds depth of 

 facial space. 



Anterior row of etjes recurved, posterior row slightly pro- 

 curved ; centrals nearly form a square, hind-median pair 

 separated by their diameter, rather more than that interval from 

 side eyes next to them and anterior-centrals, which are promment, 

 their breadth and a quarter apart, close to fore-laterals ; side 

 eyes nearly contiguous, seated obliquely on strong dark tubercles. 



Legs slender, yellowish, first pair brown annulations at 

 articulation of joints, marked — especially femora — with brown 

 spots ; lake-chocolate spots and annuli on hind pairs ; arma- 

 ture black hairs, few bristle-like spines, strong curved hairs on 

 metatarsi and tarsi of two hind pairs ; superior tarsal claws — 

 1st pair, 8 teeth, 7 basal close, fine, terminal tooth strong, 

 resembles free end ; inferior claw fine, 1 long point. 



Falpi short, yellowish, brown spots, stiff hairs on digital 

 joint ; palpal claw moderately curved, 5 teeth, increasing 

 greatly in length and strength, small point at base. 



Fakes vertical, conical, rather divergent at apex, yellowish, 

 clouded with brown. 



Maxilla; long-oval, somewhat pointed, inclined towards lip, 

 yellowish-reddish apices ; labium oval, strongly convex, nearly 

 half length of maxillae, greenish-yellow, dark-red apex. 



Sternum broad-cordate, greenish-yellow, mottled with oHve- 

 brown. 



Abdomen oval, base truncated, hairs sparse, integument 

 mottled with chocolate-brown and creamy colour ; extending 

 from base for about one-fourth along dorsal surface, is a narrow- 

 oval creamy band with black margins, which project at right 

 angles at either end ; this part forms the petiole to the brown, 

 black-margined, runcinate, leaf-like dorsal mark, in centre of 

 which are a series of more or less defined somewhat triangular 

 creamy-coloured marks. In centre' of a greenish-yellow trans- 

 verse eminence is the epiyyne, which is brownish, reniform, 

 concave ; labia on posterior side moderately deep, and produced 

 into a short, narrow, lip-like process, with incurved margins. 



Several specimens. Canterbury, A.T.U. 



