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Sternum fulvous, bordered by a deeper shade ; cordate, 

 nearly as wide as long, well -developed eminences opposite 

 coxse. 



Abdomen narrow, oviform ; second half and lateral margins 

 rugose ; light yellow-brown, shading off to black-brown on 

 posterior third ; base dappled with a lighter brown ; lightish- 

 yellow parts spotted with dark-brown ; ventral shield yellow- 

 brown, fuscous spots ; hairs sparse, golden. Corpus vulva: 

 transverse, prominent, reddish-brown, oval elevation, bears 

 on face a somewhat dagger-shaped depression, hilt and quillon 

 represented by three oval fovea?, blade tapers to a point above 

 the rima genitalis. 



This species frequents the loose bark of Fuchsia excor- 

 ticata ; the female fabricates a globose cocoon 10mm. in dia- 

 meter, of a hard, parchmenty texture, approximating in colour 

 to its surroundings, suspended by a short web ; male examples 

 were generally captured with the females (January). The 

 somewhat extensive sheet of web is composed of a fine open 

 mesh, and attached to the surrounding objects by fine lines. 



Captured in the forest on Mount Egmont, A. T. U. 



Fam. ENYOID^. 

 Gen. Habkonestes, L. Koch. 

 Habronestes celeripes, sp. nov. Plate XXI., fig. 2. 



3Ias. — Ceph.-th., long. 2-1; broad, 1-7. Abd., long, 2-6; 

 broad, 1-5. Legs, 1, 4, 2, 3 = 10, 7-8, 7-2, 5-5 mm. 



Ceplicdothorax pale-brownish flesh-colour, cephalic part 

 stained with brownish-yellow ; from limit of caput two brown 

 lines project forwards, curving upwards midway to posterior 

 row of eyes ; streaks of a lighter tone nearly connect these 

 lines with side-eyes ; lightly-shaded semi-oval patch encloses 

 the red thoracic indentation ; thorax displays two bands, mar- 

 ginal faint, submarginal resolved into a few dark spots ; hairs 

 white, compound-sessile, extend along unshaded ridge of 

 caput ; pars cephalica strongly convex, squarely truncated, 

 facial index perceptibly shorter than lateral ; clijpeus nearly 

 vertical, depth rather surpasses space occupied by fore-centre 

 eyes ; pars thoracica conoid, rises abruptly from margin, apex 

 at limit of cephalic part ; narrow longitudinal groove represents 

 thoracic indentation ; radial striae well defined ; profile-con- 

 toiu- rises at an angle of 55", visibly inclined forwards across 

 second half of caput, fore-end curved. 



Eyes on blackish spots ; hind-centrals oval ; posterior row 

 rather strongly proeurved, fore-margin of centrals being in 

 line with hind-margin of laterals ; of moderate and nearly 

 equal size ; median pair separated by rather more than an 

 eye's breadth, divided from laterals and fore-centrals by in- 



