Uequhakt. — On New Sjjccies of Araucie. 170 



steruuin, siiblinear, fore -third bent outwards, inferior an^le 

 rounded. 



Labium chocolate-brown, pale naai'gin ; oval, one-third 

 length of maxillae. 



Sternum greenish-fulvous, passing into broAvn on margins ; 

 liroad-cordate. 



Legs deejp straw-colour, fore-half of articles shaded wiili 

 reddish-brown ; slender ; hairs fine, very sparse ; few bristle- 

 like black spines on all joints except tarsal. 



Pa/j^t straw-colour ; armature of legs ; slender, length equal 

 to tibia of a second leg. 



Abdomen cylindrical ; folium linear-oval ; ground-colour 

 olive-stone, suffused with pale-yellow flecks ; dorsal band 

 unflecked, tolerably wide on fore-half, reduced to a fine streak 

 on posterior half, enlarged at anus, three strongly-arcuated 

 lines on central third ; broad band on lateral margins suffused 

 with confluent silvery flecks, border red-brown, centre streak 

 paler hue; ventral region olive-brown, closely spotted with 

 yellow flecks, except on central band, which is of somewhat 

 uniform width. Vulva yellowish, shaded with stone-brown ; 

 about as broad as long, convex, rather depressed above, some- 

 what truncated over the rima genitalis, longitudinal orifice. 



A fine male example of this species was contained in Mr. 

 T. Kirk's collection, captured at Belmont hy Miss Kirk. Male 

 and female specimens were taken by myself on rushes growing 

 on the sand-hills near Hawera. Examples were taken in the 

 forest near Stratford, and a female was captured on a bunch of 

 rushes above the line of scrub on Mount Egmont. Thisgrou]) 

 of Tetragnatha with cylindriform abdomens as a rule affect 

 rushes, the position assumed by the spider, and its coloration, 

 assimilating with its surroundings. 



Fam. THOMISID^. 

 Sub-Fam. PHILODKOMINtE. 

 Gen. Philodromus. 

 Philodromus rubro-frontus, sp. nov. 



.¥a.s.— Ceph.-th., long, 2-6; broad, 2-3. Abd., long, 3-o ; 

 broad, 2-3. Legs, 1-2, 3-4 =^ 9-2, 5o mm. 



Ccphalothorax pea-green, facial region crimson-lake ; al- 

 most glabrous ; broad-oval ; cephalic part flatly convex, 

 somew^hat squarely truncated ; chjpcus transversely rugose, 

 visibly directed forwards, depth slightly exceeds space be- 

 tween fore-centre eyes; pars thoracica convex, posterior in- 

 cline indented, normal grooves shallow ; profile-line rises at an 

 angle of 50^, moderately inclined across occiput, curved over 

 eye-area. 



