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Sternum oval, nearly black. 
Abdomen a long oval or cylindrical, tapering towards extremity, about 
three-fifths of an inch long. Colour dull olive green or greenish brown, with 
a striking pale greenish or greenish yellow stripe down the centre; normal 
pits generally well marked ; under surface a dark stripe down the centre with 
pale borders. 
Vulva not very conspicuous. 
Favourite habitat—the dead leaves clothing the trunk of the cabbage-tree 
(Cordyline). 
Ricearton Bush, Governor Bay and North Island. 
3. SALTICUS ATRATUS, n.s. Fig. 3. 
Length °3 inch, male the largest. 
Cephalo-thorax oblong, fully half as long again as broad, lateral borders 
convex ; rather abruptly sloped posteriorly ; a well marked transverse depres- 
sion behind caput ; thorax rather longer than caput. Colour brilliant black, 
with pinkish metallic reflections, especially on caput; a few blackish hairs 
sparsely distributed, especially at anterior border, a few white hairs bordering 
sides of caput. 
Eyes, middle row very nearly equidistant from anterior laterals, and 
posterior row very slightly nearer the former. 
Legs rather long and slender; order of length, 1, 3, 4, 2; first pair 
considerably longest and stoutest ; not much difference between third and 
fourth. Colour of legs black, with a brownish tinge, tarsus reddish brown ; 
legs clothed with fine black hairs, a few greyish hairs on two posterior pairs. 
Palpi not very long or large. Radial joint small and concealed on anterior 
aspect, a small curved, slightly crooked, spine on outer side ; both cubital and 
radial joints provided with long coarse curved hairs. 
Palpal organ pear-shaped, a coarse blackish brown filament at distal 
extremity ; taper extremity of the pear-shaped organ projects so as to hide the 
radial joint. 
Falces small, conical, dark red brown ; fangs small and weak. 
Sternum a narrow oval. 
Maxillz dilated and rounded at extremity ; lightish brown. 
Under surface dull brown ; cox light olive brown ; legs and abdomen 
rather thickly clothed with greyish hairs. 
Abdomen slightly longer than cephalo-thorax, a rather broad oval piei 
posteriorly. Ground colour black, bordered anteriorly with a band of white 
hairs ; three not very well defined oblique bands of white hairs on either side, 
and some obscure markings of a similar nature above the spinners. Surface 
glossy, sparsely coated with black hairs, especially towards posterior extremity. 
