IHG Transaclions.^Zo(>h)(j}i. 



cous outer margins of fovese produced into well-defined tri- 

 angular processes projecting towards centre of foveoe. 

 Single specimen, Mount Cook, H. Suter. 



Attus monticolus, s]i. nov. 



Femina. — Ceph.-th., long, 2; wide, 1-2. Abd., long, 2-5; 

 wide, 1-6. Legs, 4, 1, 2, 3. Leg of 4th pair, 3'8 mm. 



Cephalothorax yellowish mahogany-colour, lateral borders 

 chocolate-brown, deepening in tone round eyes ; dorsum 

 marked with a brownish, ill-defined, broad ha?>tate figure, 

 whose apex intersects posterior eyes ; hairs whitish and 

 orange-red, chiefly on lateral margins of caput, increasing in 

 length on clypeus ; irides of centre pair of eyes orange-red ; 

 elevated ; cephalic region plano-convex, widening slightly in 

 front, sides subvertical ; rather prominent behind posterior 

 ej-es ; limited by a somewhat obovate depression ; height of 

 clypeus equal to nearly twice diameter of a lateral eye ; sides 

 of thoracic part very slightly dilated ; profile-contour inclined 

 forwards, with a perceptible curve, across ocular area, rises 

 slightly and shortly behind posterior eyes, dips at an angle of 

 45^ to thoracic junction. 



Anterior row of eyes sensibly recurved, centre pair sub- 

 touching ; laterals about one-third size of former pair, 

 separated by an interval equalling one-fourth their breadth ; 

 posterior pair trifle smaller than fore-laterals, posited rather 

 closer to each other ; rather less than one-fourth further from 

 one another than they are from frontal margin ; eyes of second 

 row somewhat nearer to fore-laterals than they are to dorsal 

 eyes ; ocular area scarcely one-fourth wider in front than long. 



Falces brownish-orange ; somewdiat sparse white hairs ; 

 subcorneal, vertical, rather slight ; scarcely as long as the 

 radial + digital joints of palpus. 



Maxillce lighter shade than falces ; arcuated on inferior 

 side, dilated and rounded at extremity on superior side ; 

 directed visibly outwards. 



Labium light greenish-brown ; conical, somewhat ab- 

 scinded, less than one-fourth length of maxilltc. 



Stermim light-brown ; oval. 



Legs brownish-yellow, annulations on femoral, tibial, and 

 metatarsal joints ; reddish and faint on two first pairs, darker 

 shade on hind-pairs ; distal rings on metatarsi chocolate- 

 l)rown ; first and second pairs do not differ much in length or 

 strength, moderately strong; tibia cylindrical, slightly sur- 

 pass genuoD in length ; metatarsal and tarsal joints of about 

 equal length ; hairs sparse, whitish ; slender spines on femora ; 

 tibial and metatarsal spines strong. 



Paljn straw-colour ; hairs white ; bristles sparse, fine, 

 ])lack ; palpus rather stout. 



