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Five groups of spinnerets, the three upper groups almost joined 

 in an arch ; in the arch, forty to fifty orifices ; in the two lower 

 groups, ten to fifteen. 



Adult male, brown. Antennae, ten-jointed ; each joint except 

 the first two long and hairy ; on the last joint one hair longer 

 than the rest, and ending in a knob. Legs, slender ; claw, very 

 thin ; digit ules, fine hairs. 



Habitat On Dendrobium, sp., Hedycarya, sp., Hawke's Bay; 

 Phormium tenax, Cordyline australis, Astelia cunninghamii, 

 Muhlenbeckia, sp., Wellington; Canterbury; Nelson. 



