Urquhaet. — On Neiu Species of Araneae, 207 



composed of six fuscous, small conoid papillae, three on each 

 side of the V-shaped dorsal mark; a dusky, interrupted, 

 pencilled line connects the tubercle with spinners. Ventral 

 shield linear, brownish. 



Single specimen, Powell collection. 



Most of the species described in this short paper were con- 

 tained in the collection of the late Dr. L. Powell, F.L.S., 

 "which has been sent to me for determination by Captain 

 F. W. Hutton, Curator, Canterbury Museum. 



Gen. LiNYPHiA, Latr. 

 Linyphia nmndenia, sp. nov. 



Mas.— Ceph.-th., long, 2-1; broad, 1-6. Abd., long, 2-2; 

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



Ceplialothorax deep orange-colour, suffused, more especially 

 over cephalic part, with lake ; normal grooves well defined by 

 streaks of same shade ; almost glabrous. Pars cephalica 

 slightly constricted, round-pointed, lateral index surpasses 

 frontal by one-fourth ; clypeus nearly vertical, height fully 

 equal to half that of facial space ; thoracic indentation deep, 

 longitudinal ; caput and radial striae shallow. Profile-line 

 rises from frontal margin rather steeply, descends with a slight 

 incline from centre of occiput to limit of caput ; from thence 

 falls, at a.n angle of 25 degrees, to petiolum. 



Eyes barely of medium size, on black spots ; posterior row 

 moderately procurved, centre pair separated from laterals by 

 an eye's diameter, rather more than one-half that interval 

 from each other ; anterior row sensibly recurved — nearly 

 straight ; median pair much the smallest of eight ; dark, 

 removed from one another by an interval equalling their 

 radius, and from side-eyes by nearly their space ; laterals 

 exceed hind-centrals in size by one-fourth, posited on 

 moderately developed elevations, contiguous. 



Falces have the tints of caput, conical, divergent, 

 inwardly-inclined, quite as long as tarsus of first leg. 



MaxillcB light amber-colour, sublinear, pointed, inclined 

 towards each other. 



Labium yellowish, stained with lake, oval. 



Sternum deep-fulvous, lake tinge, broad-cordate. 



Legs light ochreous-yellow, faint indications of olive-green 

 annulations ; hairs and spines yellowish, latter tolerably 

 strong on posterior pairs. 



Palpi, light ochreous-yellow ; pars humeralis gradually 

 dilated, about one-fourth longer than cubital and penultimate 

 articles together ; pars radialis campanulate, rather longer 

 and much stouter than cubital joint ; clava rather exceeds 

 humeral joint in length ; lamina ovate, pointed, base produced 



