PowELt.—On the Spiders of New Zealand. 281 
The spiders seem to be fairly represented in this country. My collecting 
has been performed in a very desultory manner on occasional holidays, and 
has been confined almost entirely to the neighbourhood of Christchurch. I 
have now in my possession specimens belonging to over sixty species of more 
than twenty genera. The number of genera is very large in proportion to the 
number of species, and affords an indication of the very wide field which lies 
open to the collector. 
Genus Salticus, Latreille. 
PLAIS 
Eyes disposed in three rows, constituting three sides of a square, in front 
and on the sides of the cephalo-thorax ; the two intermediate eyes of the 
anterior row are the largest, and the intermediate eye of each lateral row is 
much the smallest of the eight; maxillæ short, straight, enlarged at the base, 
where the palpi are inserted, and at the extremity which is rounded ; lip oval, 
obtnse at the apex ; legs robust, varying considerably in their relative length 
in different species. 
Of the genus Salticus, a very numerous genus in all parts of the world, I 
have eight species, which are, I believe, undescribed. Of seven of these I 
append minute descriptions, the eighth is a solitary immature specimen which 
I shall not at present describe. 
1. SALTICUS APPRESSUS, n.s. Fig. 1. 
Length ‘8 inch. 
Cephalo-thorax oblong ; body remarkably flattened or depressed, neatly 
quadrilateral, about twice as long as broad ; caput scarcely defined from the 
thorax, exceedingly flat; eyes of middle row rather nearer anterior laterals 
than posterior row ; thorax about two and a half times as long as caput. 
Colour in some specimens uniform grey, produced by a coat of close short 
grey hair on a black ground. In adult males longitudinal black stripes on the 
grey ground, varying much in distinctness, : 
Legs, order of length, 4, 1, 2, 3; fourth pair rather long and slender, 
First pair very broad, flattened out, especially the femoral joint ; second pair 
robust and flattened, but far less so than first pair ; third pair far the smallest 
and slenderest. Colour brownish grey, clothed with short grey hair. 
Palpi not very large or long ; palpal organ tumid, with a slightly curved 
short filament at extremity ; a strongish slightly crooked spine on outer aspect 
of radial joint ; radial and digital joints clothed with long greyish hairs. 
Falces most remarkably small, corresponding in width to anterior middle 
pair of eyes, and no deeper than they are broad, inclined forwards. 
Maxille small, slightly inclined towards lip, dilated at extremity. Lip 
oval, rather longer than broad. 
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