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cubital joint somewhat longer thau the radial, but not so strong ; 

 digital joint beak-like; bulbus genitalis brown, situated in a 

 hollow at the base of the digital joint, globular, deeply cleft at 

 the anterior surface ; from the inner lobe spring two corneous 

 processes, the one nearest the middle of the bulbus being long, 

 bent outwards at right angles near its middle part, and having 

 its exposed surface somewhat plane and its end divided ; the 

 other short, conical, straight, and directed downwards and 

 slightly towards the centre of the bulbus ; bulbus marked trans- 

 versely by a sinuous shallow groove with brown margins. The 

 vulva of the female consists of two semicircular orifices sepa- 

 rated by a high narrow septum ; posterior margin highest 

 opposite the septum. 



Hab. Otago : very common in open country. P.G. 



Lycosa canescens, n. sp. 



Mas. — Length, 7 mm. The sexes do not differ greatly in 

 size. 



Cephalothorax of a brown ground-colour, densely covered 

 with a yellowish-grey pubescence ; falces, sternum, lip, and 

 maxillae brown (the two latter of a paler hue than the two 

 former) ; legs and palpi brownish-yellow, flecked and annulated 

 with brown ; abdomen of the same ground-colour, and furnished 

 with the same kind of pubescence as the cephalothorax, having 

 on its dorsal surface a narrow medial baud of whitish hair 

 extending from the base to the middle, and from this point on 

 each side and at the same distance from the centre a line of 

 pale coloured spots ; spinners brownish-yellow. The colour and 

 pubescence of the female resemble those of the male, but the 

 abdominal markings are either very indistinct or wholly absent. 



Cephalothorax about 1 mm, longer than broad at its bi'oadest 

 part, about as long as the patella + tibia of a leg of the 4th pair, 

 nearly three times as broad at the 3rd pair of legs as at anterior 

 angle of the caput, rounded at the sides, posterior and lateral 

 slope moderately steep, not convex above, and slightly sloping 

 forwards from the posterior to the central pair of eyes. 



Anterior row of eijes curved backwards, only very slightly 

 shorter than the middle row, which is shorter than the posterior 

 row ; eyes of anterior row small, not differing greatly in size, 

 centrals nearer to the laterals than to each other ; eyes of middle 

 and posterior rows large, and not differing greatly in size. 



Falrcs sHghtly convex, and shghtly diverging towards the 

 extremities ; groove-toothed on each side ; on the under side 3 

 teeth, and on the upper side 2 teeth ; claw short, and very strong 

 at the base. 



MaxillcB shghtly convex, smaller at the base than at the fore 

 extremities, rounded on the outside and in front, where on the 

 inner side there is a very dense fringe. Lip convex, about half 



