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eye ; pars thoracica broad-oval, proinineut at limit of cephalic 

 part ; posterior incline depressed ; fovea subcircular, deep ; 

 radial striiio ill-defined ; profile-line rises at an angle of 40°, 

 slopes with a slight curve across caput. 



Eyes on dark oval spots, subequal, form an oval figure, 

 anterior row more distinctly curved, centrals posited on slight 

 tubercles, rather less than an eye's breadth from each other 

 and laterals next to them ; posterior row divided by nearly 

 equal intervals, exceeding radius of a median eye ; four centre 

 eyes form an oblong figure rather longer than wide in front ; 

 laterals rather smallest of eight, seated obliquely on low 

 tubercular eminences about their radius from one another. 



Legs colour of cephalothorax, faint-green tinge ; femora 

 tliree more or less faint and broken annuli ; basal half of 

 patellar joint shaded ; tibiae of first pairs four annulations, 

 hind-pairs three ; two on metatarsi ; moderately slender ; 

 armature sparse, fine outstanding hairs ; few bristle-like 

 spines on thighs ; single spine near base of metatarsi ; two 

 spines beneath tibia; of fourth ; superior tarsal clav*-s — first 

 pair, base straight, evenly and moderately curved forwards, 

 18 short open teeth ; inferior claw sharply bent, free end long, 

 2 close teeth. 



Pal2)i colour and armature of legs ; moderately slender, 

 fully surpass cephalothorax in length ; palpal claw moderately 

 curved, free end more than one-half length of claw ; 8 rather 

 even comb-teeth. 



Falces mahogany-brown ; subconical, project at base in 

 front, vertical, inclined outwards ; 3 teeth in outer row. 



MaxillcB light chocolate-brown, pale apices ; about twice 

 as long as broad, taper somewhat to base, inner side obtusely 

 truncated, truncation perceptibly rounded ; outer rather 

 dilated. 



Labium colour of maxillae ; oblong, nearly twice as wide 

 as long ; transversely grooved. 



Sternum yellowish; cordate; eminences opposite coxal 

 joints. 



Abdomen oviform ; ground-colour dark-stone, passing into 

 a dull olive-green, irregularly suffused with lake ; flecks 

 numerous, yellow-stone dotted with lake ; pattern closely 

 resembles male's ; ventral shield lighter shade, flecks golden ; 

 centrally marked with brown spots. C'or2)us culvcc reddish- 

 mahogany ; triangular, flatly convex ; rather beneath the 

 roundly-truncated apex, which projects slightly over the rim a 

 genitalis, is a long narrow-oval orifice. 



Male and female examples were rather numerous, more 

 especially in the vicinitv of watercourses. Stratford, Taranaki, 

 A. T. U. 



