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The palpi resemble the legs in colour, the humeral joint is moderately 
long, the cubital and radial short, the digital joint is oval, light brown, 
convex and hairy externally, reddish chocolate beneath ; the palpal organs 
are prominent, projecting at the base in a convexity directed backwards ; 
at the anterior extremity there are two small horn-like processes directed 
forwards and upwards. 
The falces have a reddish-chocolate hue, shading off to an orange-red 
tint at their rounded extremities, strongly rugulose, moderately convex, and 
inclined towards the lip, curving outwardly (bandy) in the centre, armed 
with strong teeth. 
The mawille are nearly as broad as long, somewhat rounded, brown in 
colour, with a brassy appearance about the margins. 
The labium is semicireular, dark brown. 
Sternum oval, glossy brownish-black, clothed with a few hairs. 
The abdomen is oval, moderately convex, glossy brown-black, thinly 
clothed with short dark hairs. 
Whangarei Harbour, T. Broun. 
Salticus furvus, sp. n. Pl. xi., fig. 15. 
Length of a mature female 5 mm. 
The cephalothorax is somewhat quadrilateral, rounded and sloping 
rather abruptly posteriorly, prominent in front, fovea moderately deep, 
placed on verge of slope; it is a dark brown-black, finely rugulose, sparingly 
furnished with bright fulvous hair; two faint lines converge from the 
lateral eyes to the thoracic junction, and the lateral margins are fringed 
with hairs of a similar hue. The clypeus is about equal to the diameter of 
a fore-lateral eye. The hind-lateral eyes are nearer to the anterior laterals 
than they are to each other. 
Relative length of legs, 1, 4, 2, 3; in the first pair, which are the 
stoutest, the femoral joints have a reddish-brown tint, the four last joints 
have a crimson-brown tinge, the latter joints in the second pair have a 
similar hue, and the femoral joints have the brownish-yellow colour of the 
third and fourth pair, these have brown annulations. The armature con- 
sists of strong spines, a few bristles and fine hairs; the tarsi terminate with 
the usual claws and scopula. 
The palpi have a light brownish hue. 
The falces are vertical, somewhat flat, divergent, rugulose, reddish, 
armed with sharp teeth. ; 
The maxilla are broad, and rounded at their extremity, moderately 
inelined towards the lip, bright brownish-amber colour. 
The labium is somewhat oval, darker than the maxille, with a light 
recurved apex. 
