IJequhart. — On New Species 0/ Araneidea. 117 



Legs clear yellow - amber, more or less distinct reddish- 

 brown anuulations, few fine hairs ; first pair stoutest, nearly 

 equals fourth in length, short curved spines on femoral joints ; 

 first pair genua nearly equal to tibife in length, 6 spines on 

 latter; metatarsi slightly exceed tarsi in length, on former 

 4 long spines exceeding article in length ; tarsal claws — 1st 

 pair evenly curved, outer claw 1 strong tooth ; inner claw 

 about 16 close even teeth, 1 strong apical tooth ; hairs of claw- 

 tuft linear, pointed. 



Palpi resemble legs in colour, fine light hairs, slender 

 bristles. 



Falces vertical, short, as broad as long, length equal to 

 diameter of an anterior central eye ; rugose, yellowish. 



Maxilla; rather broader than long, inferior angle obtuse, 

 project over labium, which is oval, apex everted ; clear yellow. 



Sternum oval, yellowish, black coarse hairs. 



Abdomen squarely truncated at base, which rises abruptly 

 from petiolum, which is exposed, tapers towards spinners ; 

 creamy-yellow, two broad somewhat clouded marks of a darker 

 hue extend along dorsal surface, ending near spinners in a 

 series of short oblique bars ; clothed with few fine hairs ; on 

 forepart of epigyne are two circular dark-margined fovea, cen- 

 trally divided by a narrow keel, posterior projection cyathiform, 

 about twice as long as broad, black margins. 



Examples of immature males do not differ essentially from 

 females. 



Taken on shrubs and old logs. 



Whangarei Harbour, T. Broun; Waiwera, A.T.U. 



Attus sub-fuscus, sp. nov. 



Female. — Ceph. th., long, 4; broad, 2-5. Abd., long, 4*5; 

 broad, 2-5. Legs 4, 1, 2-3 = 8, 7, 6 mm. 



Ceplialothorax dark mahogany-Drown, few fine yellowish 

 hairs, widest at fore-part of caput, rounded posteriorly ; median 

 fovea large, circular, shallow ; profile line rises at an angle of 

 45°, depressed at fovea, slopes across caput ; chjpeus narrow, 

 less than space between central eyes, projecting hairs. 



Eyes, anterior row sensibly curved, median pair nearly 

 contiguous, laterals about half their radius from centrals, irides 

 bright orange-red hairs ; dorsal eyes are slightly smaller than 

 anterior laterals, and the interval between them rather less. 



First pair of legs stoutest, red-mahogany colour, hind pairs 

 yellowish-tinge, faintly annulated ; femora have short curved 

 spines on superior surface, spines on tibi« and matatarsi; 

 tarsal claws well curved, outer claw 1 strong tooth ; inner 15 

 close even and 1 strong terminal tooth ; claw-tuft hnear hairs. 



Palpi light-brown, digital joint dark, grey hairs, bristles. 



