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longer and broader than the abdomen ; humeral joint of palpi 

 longer than cubital + radial, the former slightly longer than 

 but not quite so strong as the latter ; armature of humeral joint 

 1, 1, 1, 4 spines ; digital joint beak-like and hollow at the 

 base of the inferior surface ; bulbus genitalis situated in this 

 concavity ; well developed, globular in outline, hollow in front, 

 deeply cloven in the middle, and having, about half way between 

 the base and the anterior margin, a transverse sinuous brown 

 costa ; from under the side of the inner lobe of the bulbus 

 springs a long stout hollow corneous process which bends out- 

 wards and downwards, and from under the fore extremity of the 

 outer lobe projects a small tooth-like process. The stout spines 

 at the end of the digital joint somewhat resemble unpectinated 

 claws. 



Hab. Lake Wanaka, P.G. 



The habit of this spider is similar to that of Dolomedes 

 aquations. Both spiders are to be met with in the same wet 

 situations on the shores of Lake Wanaka. 



Lycosa bellicosa, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 11 mm. ; length of cephalothorax, 5 mm. 

 Legs 4, 1, 2, 3 = 1U, 11^, 11, 10 mm. 



Cephalothorax brown, with a marginal band of pale yellow 

 (or pale brown) extending from the posterior declivity to the 

 caput, and a pale brown triangular fleck behind the posterior 

 angle of the caput ; falces dark brown ; lip brown, palest an- 

 teriorly ; maxillae rusty brown ; sternum of a bright bronze 

 colour ; legs and palpi brownish-yellow necked with brown ; 

 abdomen above of a lighter general hue than the cephalothorax, 

 and abundantly flecked with yellow (pale or brown) ; on the 

 basal half a median longitudinal lanceolate stripe of yellow, 

 and at the sides of this, and united with it, four flecks 

 of the same hue, one on each side near the base, and one 

 on each side at or near the posterior extremity of it. The 

 pattern formed by the distribution of the colours resembles a 

 double cross. The ventral surface is pale drab, except on each 

 side near the base where it is brownish. 



( 'ephalothoraoa more than 1 mm. longer than broad at the 

 broadest part, only slightly rounded at the sides, not much con- 

 stricted at the caput, the sides of which are nearly vertical, lateral 

 and posterior slope steep ; caput somewhat convex, large and 

 prominent, and reaching backwards almost to the upper margin 

 of the posterior declivity ; face very prominent in the middle. 



Front row of eyes slightly curved downwards, centrals some- 

 what larger than the laterals and nearer to each other than to 

 them ; laterals nearer to the eyes of the middle than to the 

 centrals of their own row ; front row wider than the middle ; 

 eyes of middle and posterior row not differing much in size, 



