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MR. H. R. HOGG ON SOME 



NUNCIA ENDERBiEI Hoog. 



Tricenonyx ende^^had H. R. Hogg, in Dr. Chilton, " Sub- 

 antarctic Islands of New Zealand," Wellington, N.Z., 

 1909. 



This species, from the Endei'by and Auckland Islands, clearly 

 comes into the genus Nuncia. 



NuNCiA SMiTHi, sp. n. (PI. II. figs. 9 a-c.) 



Colour. Male : carapace rather deep red-brown, mingled with 

 black patches and streaks, but hardly suggesting much of a 

 pattern. The edges of the segments are marked in some cases 

 with bright white transverse lines. The mandibles are dark 

 brown and the palpi bright yellow, with black network pattern 

 on the lower portions of the femoral, patellar, and tibial joints. 

 The under side is paler yellow-brown. 



The female is pale yellow with brown markings, and in both 

 cases the legs are yellow with brown bands. 



The eye-tubercle is low (but rather higher in the male than in 

 the female), slightly removed from the front margin of the cara- 

 pace. The latter is finely granulated, and the dorsal surface is 

 without warts or spines. The first joint of the mandibles is about 

 twice as long as broad, with a bunch of short spines near the base; 

 the fingers long and fine. On the basal part of the femur of the 

 2xd2) are one long spine and two short ones, and there is another 

 half-way up. On the inner side is a row of short blunt tubercles 

 with a bristle on each, and on the outer side a row of bristles ; 

 on the tibial joint are two long spines on the inner side and two 

 warty knobs. 



The true maxillary process of coxa ii. is flat, and clasps on each 

 side the soft white mouth-parts of coxa i., but behind this is a 

 large prominence standing up from the surface and pointing 

 rather backwards. At the outer end of coxa iv., just above the 

 spiracle, are three short tubercles followed by a rather long club- 

 shaped knob. The tarsal claws of legs iii. and iv. have each a 

 pair of moderately large side claws springing from the base. The 

 sternum is narrow, corrugated, with a triangular base and a 

 spear-headed distal end. 



The measurements (in millimetres) are as follows: — 



Oeph. Ig. 1|, lat. 2.| ; abd. Ig. Bf, lat. 3| ; mand. 3| ; palpus 1| ; 

 Lst leg 7, 2nd IQi 3rd 7, 4th 10. 



I have one male and one female collected by Mr. W. W. Smith 

 at Hawkes Bay, North Island of N. Zealand, and two males by 

 Dr. Chilton from Picton at the north of the South Island. 



Genus Sorensenella Poc. 



R. I. Pocock, " Some new Harvest Spiders," Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond. 1902, vol. ii. p. 409. 



The two species of this genus described by Mr. Pocock have 

 the eye-tubercle placed shortly behind the front margin of the 



