124 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Marpissa ari-hirta, sp. nov. 



Female. — Ceph. th., long, 2; broad, 1-6. Abel., long, 

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



(Jephalothorax blackish-mahogany colour; Bparsely clothed 

 with black and lanceolate copper-coloured hairs: rugulose; 

 sides moderately dilated; pars cephalica aplanate, sides rather 

 abrupt, projects over falces, limited posteriorly by a somewhat 

 triangular indentation; pars thoracica one-third longer than 

 caput; profile contour between a posterior eye and thoracic junc- 

 tion represents an obtuse angle, bind slope of which forms an 

 angle of 60°, caput slopes sensibly forwards; clypeus very narrow. 



Ocular area nearly one-third broader than long; anterior 

 row of eyes sensibly recurved, separated from one another by 

 a space equal to the radius of a lateral eye; hides sparse, 

 golden-orange hairs; posterior eyes, not on eminences, slightly 

 exceed anterior laterals in size. 



Legs moderately stout ; 1st rather exceed 2nd in length 

 and strength ; mahogany-colour, suffused with brown, metatarsi 

 and tarsi lake tinge ; 2nd pair duller hue ; 3-4 yellow-brown, 

 well-defined brown annulations ; armature, moderately long, 

 black and pale-yellow hairs ; 4 spines on femoral joints ; fine 

 bristle on genual ; beneath tibiae of 1-2, 3-4 ; metatarsi 2-2, 

 strong spines equal article in length ; tibia? of 3-4, 4 beneath ; 

 metatarsi have, besides circle, a single spine on inner side ; 

 outer claw, 1st pair, 1 strong tooth near base ; inner claw, 

 about 12 close fine teeth, 1 strong terminal tooth ; claw-tuft 

 linear hairs. 



Palpi yellow-brown, suffused with dark-brown ; white hairs, 

 coarse black ; cubital joint slightly exceeds radial in length. 



Fa I res red-mahogany ; somewhat oval, nearly as broad as 

 long, inclined forwards ; transversely rugose. 



MaodUcR brownish-orange, base dark ; about twice as long 

 as broad, dilated at extremity, which is rounded, more pro- 

 minent on inner side. Labium dark-brown, light apex ; conical, 

 apex concave, less than half length of maxillae. 



Sternum oval ; black-brown, few fine hairs. 



Abdomen linear-oviform, somewhat aplanate above; black- 

 brown ; moderately clothed with coarse black and coppery- 

 yellow hairs; not well-defined, somewhat angular, bare patches 

 on dorsal line ; superior and central pair of spinners straw- 

 colour, inferior pair brown-black. Ventral surface brown-black, 

 four converging, longitudinal, yellowish streaks. Vulva repre- 

 sents a glossy, reddish-brown, transversely rugulose, moderate 

 eminence, in centre of which is a large circular depression, on 

 posterior half are two oval fovea, margins prominent, divided by 

 a broad, curved septum, somewhat attenuated posteriorly. 



Te Karaka, A.T.U. 



