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are close together, that I have no doubt ns to theiv belonging to 

 tlie same species. The silvery colouring of the abdomen is 

 suggestive of some of the Nephilcti, especially N. venosa L. Koch, 

 but the shape of its cephalothorax and shorter lengths of tarsal 

 joints show that it is not a Nepliila^ of which genus no species 

 liave been recorded from New Zealand. 



Genus AuANEUs Linn. 

 Araneus verrucosus Walck. 

 Two males and six females from Ruakura. Miss B. 1). Cross. 



Family CLUBIOKID^ 



Subfamily C t e n i n .e. 



Group Ctene^'E. 



Genus Uliodon L. Koch. 



UlIODON HAWKESl, Sp. n. 



One male and one female fi-om Mt. Peel, Canterbury. 

 Mr. R. N. Hawkes. 



One male fi-om Wellington, Miss B, D. Cross. 



Subfamily Liocranin^. 



Group MlTUIlGE-E. 



Genus Argoctenus L. Koch. 

 Argoctenus aureus, sp. n. 

 One female from Mt. Peel. Mr. R. N. Hawkes. 



Family AGALENID^. 



Subfamily C y b .e i N js. 



Group Besiege. 



Genus Desis Walck. 

 Desis marina Cambr. 

 One female from Lyttelton Harbour. Prof. Chilton. 



Gi'oup Cyb^ee,e. 

 Genus Mynoglenes Simon. 

 Mynoglenes chtltoni, sp. n. 



One male from Ruakura. Miss B. D. Cross. 

 One male from Mt. Ngauruhoe, Waikato, IST. Island. Mr. E. P. 

 Turner. Shortly after an eruption. 



One female from Picton, S. Island. Prof. Chilton. 



