1879.] ON NEW SPIDERS FROM NEW ZEALAND. 681 



6. Note on the Female of Lophophorus sclateri, Jerdon, from 

 Eastern Assam. By Lt.-Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen, 

 F.Z.S. &c. 



[Received September 12, 1879.] 

 (Plate LI.) 



As I believe the female of Lophophorus sclateri has never yet 

 been described, I have much pleasure in exhibiting a specimen re- 

 ceived lately from Sadya, Eastern Assam, and very kindly sent to me 

 by Capt. C. R. Macgregor, who has thus again aided us to complete 

 our knowledge of another fine species of Pheasant, which Dr. Jerdon 

 was the first to identify as new in 186' 9. In the Proceedings of the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1870, p. 61, the description of Lophopho- 

 rus sclateri appeared ; and the discovery was referred to by Mr. 

 Sclater in the ' Proceedings ' of this Society for March of the same 

 year, where a figure of the male by Mr. Keulemans is given (P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 162, pi. xiv.). 



It will at once be seen how very distinct the female of this species 

 is from that of the Monal of the N.W. Himalayas, L. impeyanus, 

 in the pale-coloured rump, white termination of the tail-feathers, and 

 the very different style of coloration of the breast, and it appears 

 somewhat smaller in size. 



Descr. Head and back very rich dark umber-brown, each feather 

 of the former with a V-shaped pale ochre mark ; each of the latter 

 has a centre line of a richer brown finely mottled towards the mar- 

 gins. A broad extent of the rump and upper tail-coverts are pale 

 ochraceous white, very finely, delicately mottled with dark brown. 

 Tail above rich black, with six or seven narrow whitish bars, and 

 tipped with the same (the countercolouring of male). Shoulder 

 of wing very rich dark chestnut-brown, the shafts pale ochraceous. 

 Primaries rich dark umber ; secondaries slightly mottled with 

 brown. Cheeks and throat dark umber, markings like those on the 

 head ; chin white ; breast, abdomen, and thighs dull umber, most 

 delicately and finely mottled with pale ochre. Underside of tail 

 black, with narrow white bars. The legs appear to have been of a 

 pale grey and the bill whitish. 



Wing 11'5 inches, tail about 8, tarsus 3, bill at front 1"75. 



7. On some new and rare Spiders from New Zealand, with 

 Characters of four new Genera. By the Rev. O. P. 

 Cambridge, M.A., C.M.Z.S., Hon. Memb. New-Zea- 

 land Institute. 



[Received September 24, 1879.] 



(Plates ML & LIII.) 



The Spiders described in the following pages are a portion of va- 

 rious small collections sent to me at different times during the last 



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