18 79.] SPIDERS FROM NEW ZEALAND. G85 



the labium, which is long, of a diamond shape, sharp-pointed at the 

 apex and truncated at the base, the apex fitting up close beneath 

 the extremities of the maxillae ; sternum oval. 



Abdomen of a somewhat cylindric-oval form. Close in front of 

 the spinners, on the underside, is a short transverse dark fold in 

 the epidermis, which has every appearance of being the external 

 aperture of a special breathing-apparatus; not far in front of this 

 is a much more extensive fold, which, if I mistake not, contains one 

 or two other such apertures ; but, in the absence of other examples, 

 lean only speak hesitatingly on this point. Spinners six, short 

 the superior pair strongest, the inferior pair two-jointed, the terminal 

 joint very short. 



Huttonia palpimanoides, sp. n. (Plate LII. fig. 3.) 



The length of the adult female is rather over 2 lines. 



The cephalothorax and falces are of a bright brownish-red colour. 



The legs dull orange-yellow, tinged with red-brown. 



The upper part of the caput is furnished with numerous strong 

 hairs, and the height of the clypeus is equal to the diameter of one 

 of the fore-central eyes. 



The eyes of the posterior row are separated by equal intervals of 

 about the diameter of one of the centrals of that row ; the interval 

 between those of the fore-central pair is rather less than a diameter, 

 and each is separated from the fore-lateral eye on its side by a very 

 slight interval. The transverse diameter of the ocular area "is about 

 double the length of the longitudinal one. 



The superior tarsal claws have a very few denticulations, those on 

 the fourth pair of legs are but three in number. I was unable to 

 see the rest accurately. 



The palpi are like the legs in colour ; the digital joints are long, 

 densely clothed on the outer side with numerous black bristly hairs 

 of uniform length, and on the inner side with some longer coarse 

 bristles, some of which are of a spiny nature. 



The falces are strong, straight, prominent in front, the profile 

 strongly arched ; towards their fore extremity on the inner side is a 

 small group of longish but not very strong teeth, between which and 

 the insertion of the fang are numerous smaller and shorter denticula- 

 tions. The fang is small and curves closely over the obtuse extremity 

 of the falx. 3 



The maxilla, labium, and sternum are similar in colour to the 

 cephalothorax. 



The abdomen is of a yellow-brown hue, clothed with darker hairs. 

 There are faint traces of a short, obloug marking (pointed behind) 

 at the middle of the fore extremity of the upperside, followed to 

 the spinners by a series of several, similarly indistinct, transverse 

 angular lines. 



The genital aperture is of a simple, elongated, pointed, transverse- 

 oval form, placed at the posterior extremity of a rather considerable 

 enlargement or prominence. 



A single example, found at Duuedin, New Zealand, was received 



