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tremity is wider and more distinctly curved ; base enclosed by 

 a subtriangular dark-bordered lobe. 



Abdomen oviform, strongly convex, almost glabrous, folium 

 extends over first half, sublanceolate, olive-brown, series of 

 free and coalescing fuscous flecks along margins ; the blackish 

 petiole exhibits on either side a conspicuous oblique white bar; 

 second half of dorsum displays an olive-brown, dark-spotted, 

 oval mark ; median band creamy- white, lake stains, fore-half 

 formed by two triangular figures enclosing two lake-coloured 

 dots ; lateral margins light olive-brown, dark fuscous spots in- 

 terrupted by creamy marks, most conspicuous along border of 

 dorsal pattern, lake stains; blackish olive-green shield on ven- 

 tral surface, constricted above spinners, white spot in each 

 indentation. 



Single example, captured in the forest near Stratford, 

 A. T. U. 



LinsTphia cruentum, sp. nov. 



Mas. — Ceph.-th, long, 2 ; wide, 1-8. Abd., long, 2-3 ; wide, 

 1-2. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 12-5, 7, 6-5, 5 mm. 



Cephalothorax fulvous, splashed with lake, median band 

 shaded with brown, tapers slightly fi-om hind-lateral eyes to 

 base ; few coarse hairs on caput ; clathrate ; pars cephalica 

 convex, ocular prominence moderate ; facial index equals one- 

 half breadth of thorax, lateral index under two-thirds of former ; 

 clypcKS convex, depth equal to two-thirds length of eye-area ; 

 thoracic part broad-oval, fovea transverse broad-oval ; normal 

 grooves well defined ; profile-contour slopes backwards with a 

 slight double arch. 



Eyes of moderate size, on dark rings ; posterior row per- 

 ceptibly procurved ; centrals rather less than an eye's breadth 

 apart, a diameter and a quarter from laterals, visibly less than 

 that interval from fore-centrals ; anterior row moderately re- 

 curved, median pair rather smallest of eight, separated by 

 rather more than their diameter, three-fourths their breadth 

 from side-eyes ; laterals have the pearly lustre of hind- 

 centrals, posited obliquely on a dark common tubercular 

 eminence, contiguous. 



Fakes colour of cephalothorax ; outwardly inclined, some- 

 what gibbous at base, second half tapering, curves upwards 

 and outwards. 



Maxillce fulvous, yellowish reflections, passing into maho- 

 gany-brown at apices ; long, somewhat enlarged at extre- 

 mities, pointed, rounded on superior side, sharply truncated on 

 inner side, inclined towards each other ; furnished with stifi' 

 bristles. 



Labium and maxillae concolorous ; more than one-thivd 



