Unovnanr.—On the Spiders of New Zealand, 95 
This lobe forms a somewhat rounded prominence in the profile line, which 
otherwise ascends gradually in nearly an even line to the ocular area ; the 
fore-part of this area, containing the four intermediate eyes, is prominent ; 
the height of the clypeus is rather more than twice the diameter of a fore- 
central eye. 
The eyes are placed on small black tubercular prominences ; the fore- 
centrals, which are about one eye's breadth apart, are the largest, the rest 
about equal; the space between the hind-centrals is less than one eye’s 
diameter, and they are further from the fore-centrals than these eyes are 
from each other ; the laterals are about half an eye’s breadth apart, and 
seated obliquely on tubercles. 
The legs are short, relative length, 1, 2, 4, 3; the first, second, and 
fourth about equal (6 mm.); they resembly the cephalothorax in colour, 
and are speckled with dark spots; the femoral, genual, and tibial joints 
of the 2, 8, 4 pairs have two greenish stripes on the upper surface; the 
armature consists of erect hairs, and a few long fine spine-like bristles on 
the 1-2 pairs—one or two weak ones on the 3-4. 
The palpi resemble the legs in colour and armature. 
The mazille are broad, somewhat obliquely truncate ; brownish-yellow. 
The labium is semicircular, pointed, brownish, light apex. 
The falces are strong, conical, vertical, armed with a double row of 
teeth ; same hue as the legs. 
The sternum is heart-shaped, brown ; in the centre there is a seven-lobed 
embossed mark of a yellowish colour, and speckled with brown spots; 
resembles fig. 5, pl. ix. 
The abdomen is triangular-lanceolate in form, projects over the cephalo- 
thorax ; at the fore-extremity there are two conical protuberances, directed 
forwards, formed by a deep cleft in the abdomen ; posteriorly it tapers off to 
a long transversely wrinkled tail-like process. This portion of the abdomen 
is tinted with yellowish and dark brown hues, more thickly clothed with 
short erect hairs; on the ventral surface there is a light-coloured band with 
four transverse bars, extending from the spinners to the apex; on this 
somewhat conical extremity are seated five small reddish tubercles. | 
The colouring of this species is very variable ; but in most examples the 
fore-part of the abdomen has a creamy hue more or less mottled with 
violet; from the base of each conical projection a violet, yellow, or red line 
runs through each pair of impressed spots ; between them there isa narrow 
medial streak, with short oblique bars. The lateral margins from the fore- 
part of the tubercles to the base of the tail, have a broad band of close-set 
longitudinal undulated wrinkles ; this part and the ventral surface have a 
greenish-brown hue. The vulva consists of a broad lip-like process. 
