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those- of the latter posited behind black tubercles, and, like those 

 of the middle row, furnished with eyebrows. 



Fakes very powerful, at the base projecting considerably 

 beyond the clypeus, on the posterior side of the groove 3 teeth 

 rather close together, on the anterior side 2 teeth, at a con- 

 siderable distance from each other ; claw short and moderately 

 bent. 



Maxilla convex, smallest at the base, widest towards the 

 extremities, slightly hollowed within to accommodate the lip, 

 slightly rounded on the outside and truncate on the inside in 

 front. Labium convex in front, about half as long as the 

 rnaxillae, constricted and depressed at the base, widest near the 

 middle and truncate in front. 



Sternum somewhat convex, oblong-cordate, pointed posteriorly, 

 very glossy, and very sparingly furnished with hairs. 



Abdomen very convex, and in well-grown examples not dif- 

 fering much in width from the base to near the posterior 

 extremity ; spinners rather conspicuous, the superior pair the 

 longest and the central the shortest. 



All the joints except the tarsi armed with spines, femora and 

 patellae above only, tibiae and metatarsi above and below ; tibiaa 

 of 1 and 2 with 1, 2, 2 spines below, and metatarsi of 1 and 2 

 with 2, 2, 3 ; tarsal claws 3, the two superior toothed at the 

 basal half, the inferior very small, without teeth, bent down 

 vertically, and completely concealed by a tuft of hair. 



Palpi slender, joints all armed with spines, humeral joint 

 with 1, 1, 3 ; this joint considerably bent and stouter at the 

 anterior extremity than elsewhere and about as long as cubital + 

 radial, the latter somewhat longer than the former but not so 

 strong, the digital joint longer than either of these two joints 

 and armed with a pectinated claw. 



Vulva brown, consisting of two rather narrow depressions, 

 one on each side, each bounded anteriorly and laterally by a 

 corneous costa, slightly depressed between the costae, and here 

 produced posteriorly into a short broad truncated lip-like process. 



I have only an immature example of the male. The colours 

 and markings are the same as those of the female. 



Hab. Clutha Valley, Central Otago. 



A very handsome little spider, and as pugnacious as it is 

 handsome. When put into a bottle with other spiders it attacks 

 them most savagely, and never ceases its attacks until it has 

 either killed its antagonists or is itself killed. It digs a nest 

 2 to 3 inches deep, and lines it with a very thin coating of web, 

 but does not make a door. Its nest resembles that of Mirjas 

 distinctus, except that it is without a lid. 



