340 MR. H. E. HOGG ON AUSTRALASIAN SPIDERS. [Apr. 7, 



This includes two species of Dolomed.es Latr., both apparently- 

 new, and I thei'ofore describe them below. The only two species 

 recorded from New Zealand are nearest to them in the genus. 



L. Koch (Die Arach. Austr. vol. ii, p. 858) makes the following- 

 synopsis of his Australian and IS'ew Zealand species : — 



A. Cephalotliorax longer than tibia iv. 



h. Eyes of second row markedly larger than the middle 

 eyes of first row. 

 a}. No scopula on legs. 

 h^. The legs furnished witli a scopula. 



a?. Third pair of legs shorter than the second. 

 a?". Scopula on front two pairs only {sec. Koch). 

 (I will add) Eyes of 2nd and 3rd rows of equal size ... D. minor, L. K. 



63. Scopula on all legs. Eyes of 2nd row clearly (fr^™ ^ew Zealand), 

 larger than those of 3rd. 

 al Scopula on tarsi and metatarsi. Mandibles 

 as long as front patella. Eyes dingy 

 bi'own or black. Hair on abdomen 



upstanding, rough and coarse D. liuttoni, sp. n. 



h*. Scopula on tarsi only. Mandibles longer 

 than front patella. Eyes bright topaz- 

 yellow. Hair on abdomen downlying, 



smooth and fine D. trippi, sp. n. 



6-. Second and third pairs of legs of equal length. 



Scopula on all tarsi and metatarsi {sec. Koch) . D. imperiosus L. K. 



(from New Zealand). 

 DOLOMEDES HUTTONI, Sp. 11. 



The cephalothorax is dark red-brown with short, smooth, yellow- 

 brown hair, paler and more bristly round the margin and on the 

 eye-space. The mandibles, lip, and maxillas black-brown, with 

 rather long upstanding brown hair and light red fringes. 



Sternum and coxfe somewhat lighter brown, with thick yellow- 

 brown hair and some upstanding dark brown hair mingled there- 

 with. 



Legs and palpi red-brown, thickly covered with y^ellow-brown 

 hair. Abdomen above brown with dark yellowish-brown hair. 

 A paler median longitudinal stripe on anterior half and two pairs 

 of dark muscle-spots, followed by five transverse corrugations, the 

 last close to posterior end. On under side thick rough yellow- 

 brown hair, with a depressed shield pattern on which are two 

 darker narrow loDgitudinal lines. 



The cephalothorax is rounded at the sides, the cephalic pai't 

 only slightly raised up ; a long deep longitudinal fovea and well- 

 marked side stripes on the thoracic part. The eyes of the second 

 row are not quite twice the diameter of the front median, from 

 which and from one another they are the latter's diameter distant. 

 The front laterals are three-cjuarters the diameter of the median 

 which are that distance apart, side eyes from middle I'ather less. 

 The oval eyes of the third row are smaller than those of the 

 second, but larger than the front median. 



The margin of the clypeus is three diameters of the front 

 median eyes distant from them. 



