188 Transaction&. — Zoology. 



brown ; fore-pair darkest ; two hiud-pairs of about equal 

 strength ; anterior legs stoutest ; thighs compressed ; patelUc 

 + tibiae stout, latter articles cylindrical, about one-fifth longer 

 than patellar joints ; metatarsi -f tarsi rather slender, latter 

 articles shortest by one-fourth ; white and erect black hairs ; 

 1 short spine on fore-end of femora ; tibia of first leg, 2, 2, 2 ; 

 metatarsus, 2, 2 ; second leg, tibia, 2, 2 ; metatarsus, 2 ; tibial 

 jomt of third leg, 2 spines at fore-end ; metatarsal joints of 

 hind-pairs, ring of 5 spines ; superior tarsal claws — first pair, 

 basal two-thirds straight, fore-third sharply curved, outer claw 

 no teeth, inner about 12 or more short close teeth, claw-tnft 

 strong. 



Palpi brown-yellow; sparingly haired; cubital, radial, 

 and digital joints of about equal length. 



^16(/o?;icu oviform, moderately convex ; brown-black; fairly 

 clothed with short adpressed yellowish hairs ; on basal half 

 is a bare patch of a lanceolate form, apex directed forwards ; 

 spot of white hairs on lance-head ; similar spot on base of 

 haft, between the latter spot and spinners are three smaller 

 spots, latter flanked by bare spaces enclosing patches of white 

 and yellowish hairs ; ventral region brownish, hairs moderately 

 thick. Vulva represents two large, yellowish, ovate foveae, 

 bordered by brownish beaded costa}, separated by a space 

 nearly equalling their transverse diameter. 



Single example. North Shore, Auckland, A. T. U. 



Gen. Marpissa, C. Koch. 

 Marpissa cineracea, sp. nov. 



Femina. — Ceph.-th., long, 2 ; broad, 1-2. Abd., long, 2-8 : 

 broad, 1-8. Legs, 1, 4, 2, 3. First leg, length 6 mm. 



Ccplialotliorax red-mahogany, passing into olive-brown 

 about margins, blue-black stains; hairs white and golden, 

 tolerably thick, adpressed, black erect hairs ; irides golden ; 

 clypeus fringe white, long ; elongate, cephalic part aplanate, 

 limited by a transverse indentation ; height of clupeiis equal to 

 radius of a lateral eye ; pars thoracica slightly dilated, rathei- 

 more than one-third longer than cephalic part ; contour of 

 profile rises from thoracic junction at an angle of 60°, mode- 

 rately inclined forwards. 



Anterior row of eyes visibly recurved, centrals much the 

 largest, rather nearer to each other than they are to laterals, 

 a space equal to radius of latter eyes ; posterior eyes about 

 equal to fore-laterals in size, perceptibly closer to them than 

 they are to each other ; eyes of second row posited somewhat 

 nearer to anterior laterals ; ocular area one-third wider than 

 long. 



Falces olive-brown ; few white hairs ; short, about as long 

 -as radial + digital joi]its of palpus together, breadth scarcely 



