Uequhart. — On new Species of Araneidea. 121 



tubercles, projecting strong curved spines. Superior tarsal 

 claws — 1st pair, 13 comb teeth. 



Palpi straw-colour ; humeral joint rather exceeds cubital and 

 radial in length ; cubital projects two long bristles from apex ; 

 radial joint dilated on outer side, furnished with a black bristle ; 

 digital joint oval ; lamina bulbi hairy, base produced into a stout, 

 dark lake-coloured apophysis ; in centre of bulb, on outer side, is 

 a stout, long, blackish apophysis, directed downwards, curving 

 backwards, concave on superior side ; bulb terminates with 

 three membranous projections, apices of two upper processes 

 spine-like, outer spine strongest ; inferior process directed down- 

 wards. 



Abdomen resembles female's ; depressed above, base rounded, 

 tapers moderately to spinners ; anterior tubercular eminences, 

 prominent, pointed, project somewhat upwards and outwards ; 

 integument rich mahogany-brown, moderately clothed with 

 orange, white, and somewhat bristle-like erect black hairs ; fore 

 tubercles connected by a whitish, slightly undulating band; 

 directed backwards from centre of baud are two short oblique 

 bars, of similar hue ; on fore part of a broad, dark-brown, longi- 

 tudinal band on base of abdomen, are two whitish spots ; folium 

 tapers from fore pair to posterior tubercle, dark mahogany- 

 brown, white acute-crenate margins. 



This species appears to be rare ; the female was described in 

 "Trans. N.Z. Inst." vol. xix., p. 78. 

 TeKaraka, A.T.U. 



Epeira orientalis. 



All the specimens examined when describing this species 

 (" Trans. N.Z. Inst.," vol. xix., p. 79,) proved to be immature ; 

 in mature examples a black, somewhat oval, rather pointed, deep 

 margined lip, about half as broad as long, one-fourth longer than 

 breadth of vulva, projects backwards from beneath the semi- 

 pendulous process of the corpus vulvae. 



Fam. ATTIDA]. 



Genus Marpissa, C. Koch. 

 Marpissa leucophceum, sp. nov. Plate XL, fig. 10, 11. 



Female.— Ceph. th., long, 3-3; broad, 2.9. Abd., long, 4; 

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



Cephalothorax yellow-mahogany, dark-brown spots contiguous 

 to four lateral eyes ; sparse patches of light-yellow hairs on 

 median line and marginal zone, strong fringe across frontal 

 margin ; pars thoracica moderately dilated, one-third longer 

 than pars cephalica, latter aplanate, limited posteriorly by a 

 somewhat oval fovea ; profile line rises with a slight arch from 



