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blue-black, contains a conspicuous, pale, oval spot ; posterior 

 third exhibits two large, pinkish, pyriform figures, whose acute 

 extremities converge towards each other ; pattern of folium 

 consists — more especially on basal third — of a series of velvety, 

 black-brown, more or less elongated spots, encircled by a 

 whitish ground. Amongst the most observable figures are 

 two dark, somewhat crescentic lines, partially enclosing 

 blackish spots near base of the depressedly-conical humeral 

 tubercles ; and five pairs of dark figures which occur on 

 the tapering area ; anterior pairs hat-shaped, remainder 

 branched ; lateral borders and ventral region dappled, spots 

 run somewhat into lines. Corpus vulvce, yellow-brown, pass- 

 ing into a chestnut-brown within fovese ; subfree, reniform ; 

 margins prominent, retuse, and transversely rugose, inferior 

 side ; superior margins revolute, border dark, partially en- 

 close fovese ; septum, close-lying, large, triangular, extends to 

 margin. 



Two examples of this pretty species were contained in 

 Captain T. Broun s collection from Waikato. 



Fam. OXEOPOD^. 

 L^STRYGONES, gen. nov. 



Ccjjhalo thorax ovate, lateral constriction slight, moderately 

 convex above, sides slope at an angle of 75 degrees ; ocular 

 eminence and clypeus projecting ; latter subquadrate, width 

 equals that of second row of eyes, depth equal to about two- 

 thirds of space occupied by first row of eyes ; pars ceiDhalica 

 limited by a moderately deep, transverse indentation ; thoracic 

 groove longitudinal ; striee of moderate depth ; profile-contour 

 rises at an angle of 80 degrees from petiolun:, falls with a 

 moderate curve and incline to first row of eyes, from thence dips 

 more abruptly to margin of clypeus. Eyes in four rows ; first 

 pair dusky, small, close ; eyes of second line far apart, visibly 

 smaller than anterior pair, removed from them by an interval 

 about equal to space occupied by fore-pair ; eyes of third Kne 

 large, scarcely twice their breadth apart, separated from 

 first and second pairs by nearly their own diameter ; dorsal 

 eyes furthest apart, seated obliquely on verge of caput ; 

 scarcely as large as third pair, form with them a trapezoid 

 nearly as long as broad in front. Falces conical, inclined in- 

 wards. Maxillai dilated, nearly as broad as long, truncated. 

 Labium less than one-half length of maxillte ; similar in form, 

 emarginate. Sternum cordate. Legs, 4, 2, 1, 3, differ but 

 little in length or strength ; tolerably stout. Hairs somewhat 

 sparse. Spines long and strong ; rather numerous on femoral, 

 tibial, and metatarsal joints. Claws of fourth leg long, 

 slender, moderately curved ; teeth close, fine, about twenty, 



