Urquhart.— -On the Spiders of Neiv Zealand. 85 



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, 3, 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 maxilla 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. b, pi. 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 is a 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. 



