46 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Karaka, Auckland, A.T.U. 



Salticus tabinus, sp. nov. PI. xi., fig. 13. 



Length of a mature female 5 mm. 



The cephalotJiorax is somewhat quadrilateral, rounded posteriorly ; it is 

 thickly clothed with short fulvous and hrown hair, forming a tabby pattern ; 

 the profile line rises rather abruptly from the base of the cephalothorax, 

 then runs with a very slight curve to the ocular area, which projects over 

 the falces ; the clypeus in height equals the diameter of a fore-lateral eye, 

 and is thickly furnished with light hairs. 



Eyes normal. 



Legs moderate, 4, 1, 2, 3, they do not differ much in length ; pale stone- 

 colour, hyaline, with dark grey and brown annulations ; the armature 

 consists of strong spines, hairs, and a few bristles ; the tarsi are provided 

 with the normal claws and scopula. 



The palpi resemble the legs in colour, but are devoid of annuli. 



The falces are short, broad at the base, vertical, divergent, black. 



Maxilla, broad, and rounded at the extremity, divergent. 



Labium oval, these parts are brownish yellow. 



Sternum oval, convex, glossy, brownish yellow, few light hairs. 



Abdomen oval, slightly pointed posteriorly, resembles the cephalothorax 

 in colour and clothing; the ventral surface has a yellowish-brown hue. 

 The vulva is formed by a narrow, somewhat angular membraneous hood ; the 

 central parts are somewhat convex, with two dark foveaa. 



Scoria walls, North Shore, Auckland, A.T.U. 



Salticus curvus, sp. n. PL xi., fig. 14. 



Length of an adult male 5 mm. 



The cephalotJiorax is nearly quadrilateral, rounded posteriorly ; it is of a 

 glossy brown black, finely rugulose, with a few light hairs about the 

 margins, whic 1 are abrupt, medial indentation T-shaped ; the profile line 

 ascends with? noderate curve from the thoracic junction, is horizontal as 

 far as the hir lateral eyes, then slopes off to the anterior extremity of the 

 caput, which rojects over the falces ; the clypeus is sparingly furnished with 

 long light hairs, and in height nearly equals the diameter of one of the 

 fore-lateral ey s. 



The fore- and hind-lateral eyes form a square, the intermediate laterals 

 are equidistant between them ; the anterior row are prominent. 



The leys are moderate, and do not vary much in strength or length, 

 4, 3, 2, 1, the two hind and two fore pairs are about equal ; in colour they 

 are a dark brownish black, lightest at the extremities ; the armature con- 

 sists of a few brownish hairs and long strong spines ; each tarsus terminates 

 with two strongly-toothed claws, beneath which there is the usual scopula. 



