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pairs below and at sides only ; patella? of 1st and 2nd pairs 

 without spines, those of the 3rd and 4th pairs spinous above ; 

 femora spinous above only ; tarsal claws 3, superior toothed and 

 much bent, inferior toothless and bent down vertically, and com- 

 pletely concealed by a tuft of hair. 



Palpi armed with spines above and at the sides, cubital 

 joint with one or none, and a long bristle at the fore extremity, 

 humeral joint with 1, 1, 1, 4. Digital joint shorter than 

 humeral, which equals cubital and radial, the latter longer than 

 the former ; digital joint thicker at the extremities than in the 

 middle, and bent ; humeral joint turgid at the fore extremity, 

 palpal claw much bent and furnished with 4 teeth. 



Vulva brown, ovate in outline, narrowest anteriorly where it 

 is much depressed, the depression being deeper at the sides than 

 in the middle, and of a pale hue ; the central and posterior part 

 high, convex, and somewhat resembling a thick lip. In young 

 mature examples there is a median band of yellow reaching from 

 the posterior slope to the middle row of eyes, and also a yellow 

 fleck behind each posterior eye. On each side of the abdomen 

 and in line with the lateral bands of the cephalothorax there is 

 a yellow band reaching from the base to about the middle. 



Mas. — Legs as long as those of the female ; body much shorter 

 and slenderer; cephalothorax powerful and slightly shorter than 

 the abdomen, the latter oblong-ovate and narrower than the for- 

 mer. The colours are of a paler hue and the markings more dis- 

 tinct than those of the female. In young examples the central 

 area of the dorsal surface of the abdomen is bordered by a pale 

 yellow band, extending from the base almost to the spinners. 

 The armature of the legs is the same as that of the female's, 

 except that all the patellae are furnished with spines. 



Palpi armed with spines above only, on the humeral joint 

 1,1,1,4; on the cubital a slender one on the inner side and a 

 bristle-like one at the anterior extremity, on the cubital several ; 

 humeral joint longer than cubital -f radial, digital joint beak- 

 like, convex and hairy without and concave within, and shorter 

 than the cubital and radial joints together, the two latter not 

 differing much in length. On the outer side of the anterior 

 extremity of the radial joint there are 3 short blunt teeth, 

 the middle one of which is the longest. Bulbus genitalis 

 situated in the concavity of the beak, brown, moderately complex ; 

 a deep groove running from the base towards the front on the 

 outer side, and a long slender spine springing from the inner side 

 and bent round the front where there are three leaf-like processes, 

 in one of which is concealed the extremity of the bent spine. 



Hah. Otago, P. G. 



This fine spider has been long known to the residents of the 

 Otago goldfields, where it is plentiful in the water-races con- 

 structed for mining purposes, and on that account it has been 



