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4th pair, moderately constricted at tlie caput ; posterior and 

 lateral slopes moderately steep, not convex above, rounded at 

 the sides, fovea very distinct. 



Front row of eyes somewhat bent backwards, very small, cen- 

 trals larger than the laterals and nearer to those than to each 

 other ; eyes of middle row distinctly larger than those of the 

 hinder row, and distant from the laterals of the front row by 

 about the diameter of a fore-central eye : the hind row is the 

 longest, and the middle somewhat longer than the front row. 



Falces convex, and slightly diverging towards the extremi- 

 ties ; groove toothed, 2 teeth, one much larger than the other, 

 on the upper side ; and 3, 1 small and 2 large, on the lower ; 

 claw moderately long, and strong at the base. 



Maxilla convex, smallest at the base and gradually increas- 

 ing in breadth towards the extremities, rounded on the outside 

 and truncated on the inside in front, where there is a dense 

 fringe, and somewhat inclined to the lip. 



Lip half as long as the maxilla, convex, narrowest at the 

 base and broadest towards the middle, very slightly rounded in 

 front, and having immediately behind its fore-margin two dis- 

 tinct dents. 



Sternum cordate, and somewhat convex. 



Abdomen oblong-ovate, slightly narrower and about 1 mm. 

 longer than the cephalothorax ; spinners not prominent, superior 

 and inferior pairs not differing greatly in length. 



Legs 4, 1, 2, 3 (1 and 2 almost equal) ; all the joints of 3 and 

 4, except the tarsi, armed with spines, and also all those of 1 

 and 2, except the tarsal and patellar joints ; but only the tibiae 

 and metatarsi have spines on the inferior surface. 



Humeral joint of palpi bent outwards, laterally compressed, 

 stouter at the extremities than elsewhere, and armed with 

 numerous spines on the superior surface ; cubital joint longer 

 than but not so strong as the radial ; digital joint beak-like, 

 about as long as radial + cubital ; bulbus genitalis situated in a 

 hollow at the base of the digital joint, brown, globular in out- 

 line, hollowed out in front, cleft at the sides, having two corneous 

 processes in front, both springing from near the centre of the 

 bulb, and directed outwards ; the inner the longer, much bent, 

 deeply grooved on the inner side of the basal half, and near its 

 extremity suddenly contracted on the posterior side ; the outer 

 legs bent, having the same general direction as the inner, and 

 lying partly under it. There is a transverse groove at the base of 

 the bulb, and the largest lobe is crossed by a sinuous brown band. 



Female: Not seen. 



Hub. Leith Valley, near Dunedin ; under stones. P.O. 



A very handsome spider, and named in honour of Wm. 

 Taylor, Esq., Inspector of Schools, to whom I am indebted for 

 several rare spidera. 



