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as long as the maxillge, widest near the middle, the fore 

 extremity slightly romided in the female, and almost tnmcate 

 in the male. 



Sternum ovate-cordate, glossy, and slightly convex. 



Abdomen ovate, of the male about as long as but slightly 

 narrower than the cephalothorax, of the female longer than the 

 cephalothorax and about as broad. Spinners prominent, inferior 

 pair longer and stouter than the superior pair. 



Legs 4, 1,2, 3 ; all the joints armed with spines except the 

 tarsi, and the patellae and femora have no spines on their in- 

 ferior surface. 



Palpi furnished with spines on the superior surface only ; 

 humeral joint thickest at the fore extremity, bent outwards and 

 laterally compressed ; cubital and radial joints not differing 

 greatly in length and strength ; digital joint beak-like ; bulbus 

 genitalis brown, situated in a hollow at the base of the digital 

 joint, resembling that of L. virgata, except that the shorter spine 

 is much less distinct, and directed towards the base of the larger 

 one. 



Vulva of female not so long as, and more rounded posteriorly 

 than that of L. virgata ; and the exterior orifice is only partially 

 divided by a deep lobe extending from the centre of the anterior 

 margin half-way across it. 



Hab. Otago. P.O. 



I have never found this spider anywhere but in river-beds, 

 and from the density of its pubescence 1 think it highly probable, 

 though I have never seen it in water, that it seeks its prey in 

 water as well as on land. 



Lycosa taylori, n. sp. 



Mas. — Length, 11 mm. 



Cephalothorax brown, with a brownish-j^ellow central area of 

 highly irregular and ornamental outline, and a longitudinal 

 baud of the same hue on each side ; the tibial, metatarsal, and 

 tarsal jonits of the legs brown, the other joints brownish-yellow 

 flecked with brown ; digital joint of palpi brown, the other 

 joints of the same hue as the femoral and patellar joints of the 

 legs ; falces reddish-brown ; lip brown ; maxilL-e brown at the 

 base, and passing into brownish-yellow towards the extremities ; 

 sternum dark brown, with a medial longitudinal band of 

 brownish-yellow which dilates towards the posterior extremity, 

 where it covers the whole surface ; abdomen, above dark brown 

 mottled with black and yellow, below bx'own-yellow, s])aringly 

 flecked with black : at the base of the dorsal surface there is a 

 large T-shaped yellow fleck, and towards the spinners on each side 

 a large oval fleck of the same hue ; spinners brownish-j'cllow. 



Oephalothoraw 1 mm. longer than broad at its broadest part, 

 about as long as the patellar -f the tibial joint of a leg of the 



