1879.] SPIDERS FROM NEW ZEALAND. 695 



reminds one greatly of that of Spiders of the genus Enyo, heing also 

 more closely grouped together than those of the typical Linyphia. 

 I think, however, without much doubt, that it belongs to Linyphia, 

 resembling, most nearly, species of the " circumspecta " group. 

 Those of the fore-central pair are separated by a small but distinct 

 interval. 



The legs are long and very slender, 1, 2, 4, 3 ; they are of a 

 bright, rather orange-yellow colour, furnished with fine hairs and 

 a very few fine spines, none of the latter, however, being on the 

 metatarsi. 



The palpi are short, similar in colour to the legs, excepting the 

 digital joint, which is brownish yellow ; the radial is much stronger 

 than the cubital joint ; each of these joints has on its fore side, directed 

 forwards, among other shorter and less strong ones, a long, strong, 

 curved, tapering bristle, the two spines running parallel to each other, 

 that on the cubital joint being rather the longest. The digital joint is 

 large, with a large lobe towards the base on the outer side. The 

 palpal organs are prominent, complex, and directed outwards ; at their 

 base on the outer side is a strongish, somewhat crescent-shaped 

 process, whose exact shape is not easily made out, though very cha- 

 racteristic ; there are also other strong, bold processes underneath 

 and at their extremity. 



The falces are long, moderately strong, divergent at their ex- 

 tremities, and a little inclined backward to the labium. Their colour 

 is dark yellow-brown, and they are armed with a few sharp, but not 

 particularly strong, teeth on their inner sides towards the extremity. 



The maxillcB and labium are of normal form, and similar in colour 

 to the falces, while the sternum is darker-coloured, being as dark as 

 the cephalothorax, excepting in the centre, which is rather paler than 

 the rest. 



The abdomen is oviform, nearly black, bordered on the upperside 

 by a somewhat broken, dentated, narrow white band, with a longi- 

 tudinal central series of strongish, well-defined, angular, dull yellow- 

 brown markings, the two anterior ones being much the largest and 

 confluent. The foremost, in fact, represents, both in its form and 

 position, the normal marking, usually found in most Spiders, along 

 the middle of the fore part on the upperside of the abdomen. The 

 underside has also a narrow, marginal, slightly curved border on each 

 side, of a dull colour flecked with white spots. 



The female resembles the male in colour and markings. The 

 genital aperture is of very characteristic form, and has three parallel, 

 longitudinal, narrow processes running backwards in close proximity 

 to the under surface of the abdomen ; the central process is the 

 longest and narrowest, and is placed between the others and the 

 abdomen. 



This Spider is allied to Linyphia subdola, and resembles it a good 

 deal in the abdominal portion ; but it is smaller, and the markings 

 of the cephalothorax, as well as the palpi of the male and genital 

 processes of the female, will serve to distinguish it readily. 



Received from Capt. F. W. Hutton, from Wellington, N. Z. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1879, No. XLV. 45 



