eight, posited obliquely, separated by an interval scarcely equalling the radius of fore-eye, which is suboval, one-third larger than hind-eye.

Falces have the deep tone of caput; transversely rugose; elliptic-conical; conspicuous plano-conical process on outer margin; directed forwards and outwards, base projects prominently beyond plane of clypeus.

Maxillæ dark-ochraceous; dilated, superior angle rounded, inferior obliquely truncated, curves over lip.

Labium colour of maxillæ; conical, abscinded.

Sternum yellow-brown, stained with a darker shade round margins; cordate.

Legs yellow-ochreous; hairs dusky; few black spines on femora; tibiæ of first and second pairs 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 side-spine; metatarsi 2, 2, 2, 1 side-spine; about 9 on posterior tibiæ; more numerous on metatarsal joints.

Palpi and legs concolorous; pars humeralis longer than two following joints together; cubital joint somewhat cam-panulate; pars radialis orange tone; rather shorter than former article; outer side developed into a flattish, elongated wing, margin involute, free and truncated, extends somewhat beyond joint; inferior surface drawn out into a similar but more pointed process. Clava as long as humeral joint; lamina ochraceous, lightly clouded; hairs fine; ovate, tapering; genital bulb represents a membranous, elongate-oval, concave shell, subfree, attached by outer side to fore-end of lamina; posterior inner margin drawn out into a fine, forward-curved apophysis, exceeding palpus clava in length; anterior end prolonged into a fine curved apophysis, lying close round forepart of bulbus; superior aspect of bulb developed into an ochraceous elongate - oval lobe, bearing on its face a lake-brown S -shaped callus; fore - curve of callus divides two diaphanous, outward-curved, short apophyses; posterior apophysis slender, anterior dilated at extremity.

Abdomen elongate-oviform; hairs tolerably thick; yellow stone-colour, dorsal aspect dark olive-green; colour and markings on fore-third evanescent; posterior two-thirds exhibit a series of seven centrally interrupted yellow-stone chevrons, apices directed forwards; anterior pair pyriform; few oblique stripes on lateral margins; spinners orange.

Fem.—Ceph. - th., long, 5; broad, 3.2. Abd., long, 6; broad, 3.5. Legs, 4, 1, 2, 3 = 13.7, 12, 10.7, 9.8 mm.

Cephalothorax and eyes do not differ essentially from male's.

Falces reddish - ochreous; hairs fine, sparse; directed moderately forwards and outwards; in length equal radial and digital joints of palpus.

Maxillæ yellow-ochreous; lip shade darker.

Sternum yellow-ochreous; oval, abruptly compressed and prolonged between coxæ of fourth pair.

Legs colour of sternum; armature resembles male's.

Palpi colour and armature of legs.

Abdomen elongate - oviform; coloration and markings closely resemble the male form.

Two examples, male and immature female, Riccarton Bush, Canterbury. H. Suter.

Clubiona viridicoma, sp. nov.

Fem.—Ceph.-th., long, 2.1; wide, 1.5. Abd., long, 3.7; wide, 2.1. Legs, 4, 1, 2, 3 = 6, 5.3, 5, 4.5 mm.

Cephalothorax yellow-ochreous, fuscous clouding over eye-area, marginal zone brown, narrow; hairs whitish, very sparse, few black, erect, on frontal region; oval, moderately compressed beyond coxæ of first pair of legs; convex; cephalic part roundly truncated; clypeus in depth nearly equal to breadth of a fore-centre eye; thoracic indentation represented by a short longitudinal groove; normal striæ shallow; contour of profile ascends from thoracic junction at an angle of 60°, inclined moderately forwards with a perceptible curve.

Eyes of nearly equal size; posterior row rather strongly procurved, median pair smallest of eight, separated from each other by more than an eye's radius, and from laterals by quite their diameter and a quarter; anterior row sensibly procurved, centrals perceptibly more distant from hind-pair than they are from one another, an interval equalling fully the radius of an eye; laterals posited on low, separate, dark tubercles; about one-half the breadth of hind-eye apart; fore-laterals largest of eight, sub-touching anterior centrals.

Falces brownish amber-colour; conical, inclined slightly forwards, base projects rather beyond plane of clypeus; length equals their space, which surpasses breadth of ocular area.

Maxillæ dark amber-colour; basal half prominently convex, second half rapidly dilated, round-pointed.

Labium shade deeper than maxillæ, scarcely one-half their length; oval, apex beaded.

Sternum brownish-yellow; broad-ovate.

Legs have a lighter tone than cephalothorax; hairs fine, very sparse; well armed with black spines; claw-tuft well developed; scapula moderately so.

Palpi and legs concolorous; pars humeralis projects 1 spine; radial joint 11 at base, inner side; digital 11, 11 inner side.

Abdomen inversely - oviform, base somewhat truncated; large transverse oval fovea on boundary of second quarter;

almost glabrous; ovate, lateral compression at caput moderate; cephalic part convex, ocular prominence well developed; clypeus nearly vertical, depth equals diameter of a fore-centre eye; thoracic part moderately dilated, fovea suboval, deep; radial striae somewhat shallow; caput grooves more strongly marked; profile-line ascends from thoracic junction at angle of 50°, slopes forwards with a perceptible curve.

Eyes do not differ much in size, fore-centrals smallest, hind-centrals largest of eight; posterior row sensibly pro-curved, median pair on black oval spots, rather more distant—barely an eye's breadth—from one another than they are from laterals; anterior row recurved, centre pair encircled by dark rings, separated from each other by a space visibly exceeding the diameter of an eye, and from side-eyes by a somewhat shorter interval; laterals posited on a tolerably strong, dark, tubercular prominence, subtouching.

Falces yellow-ochreous; conical, strongly convex, base projects beyond plane of clypeus, vertical, about twice as long as broad.

Maxillæ, fuscous base divided from bluish extremity by a yellow stripe; perceptibly longer than broad, dilated, obtusely pointed, inclined towards each other.

Labium dark chocolate-brown; subquadrate, more than twice as wide as long, margin tumid, everted.

Sternum, centre brown, fuscous margin; broad-ovate.

Legs light-brown; anterior pairs tolerably stout; armature fine hairs, few slender bristles.

Palpi yellowish, radial joint greenish, digital reddish-brown.

Abdomen inversely-oviform, laterally rugose; dorsum and sides studded with silver and golden contiguous flecks, former occur chiefly on median aspect; dorsal streak brown; two fore-thirds traversed by three somewhat arcuate bands of similar hue; posterior third dilates very abruptly into a wide quadrate band figured with a few golden dots, sub-border dark-brown; inferior half—rather more—of sides have a deep yellowish-brown tone, streaked with fine dark-brown lines. Ventral shield oval, normal brown, margin yellowish, sub-margin fuscous. Vulva blackish - lake, moderately convex elevation, transversely rugose, inferior margin beaded, somewhat pointed, dilated beneath into a moderately wide) (-shaped septum, separating two large, transverse, oval foveæ.

Single example, captured near Hawera. A. T. U.

Theridium albo-cinctum, sp. nov.

Fem.—Ceph.-th, long, 1.8; wide, 1.4. Abd., long, 2.3 wide, 1.7. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 8.7, 5.5, 5.1, 4 mm.

Cephalothorax orange-ochreous; sparsely haired on caput; oval, moderately constricted forwards, convex; cephalic part prominently rounded; clypeus vertical, height rather less than one-half facial space; thoracic fovea oval, longitudinal, deep; normal grooves well defined; profile-contour ascends from thoracic junction at an angle of 45°, slopes forwards with a sensible curve.

Eyes rather small, do not differ much in size, on dark rings; posterior row visibly procurved, median pair perceptibly further from laterals than they are from each other—an interval.exceeding their own diameter; anterior row recurved, centrals dark, largest of eight, form with hind-pair a nearly quadrilateral figure, narrowest behind; lateral eyes smallest, posited obliquely on moderate-sized lake-coloured tubercular eminences, contiguous.

Falces shade lighter than cephalothorax; sublinear, directed visibly forwards, barely project beyond plane of clypeus; stouter than the pars femoralis of a fore-leg, one-fourth longer than the cubital + radial joints of palpus.

Maxillæ pale stone-brown; acute-spathulate, inclined over labium, which has a broad-oval form, visibly everted; yellowish-orange.

Sternum light yellow-brown; broad-cordate.

Legs yellow-ochreous, orange reflections; tolerably stout; anterior pairs of nearly equal strength; fine, erect, dusky hairs; bristles long, sparse.

Palpi colour and armature of legs; pars cubitalis projects a long bristle.

Abdomen oviform, elongated; tolerably well clothed with hair; ground-colour light-brown, shade of olive-green, closely speckled with creamy-brown flecks; dorsal band of somewhat uniform breadth, tapers at either end, somewhat evanescent, irregularly notched; central part creamy-white, stained with chrome-yellow; encloses on fore-half three small greenish elongated marks. Corpus vulvæ moderately elevated, transversely rugose, projects forwards; displays a broad, ochraceous, dusky-bordered medial band, which terminates at a fair-sized amber-coloured depressed area, semicircular on inferior (anterior) side; superior subquadrate, projecting, gradually compressed in centre, margin beaded, brown; comprised within the area are two longitudinal oval foveæ, separated by a septum whose breadth is visibly narrower than their transverse diameter.

Single specimen, taken in the forest near Stratford. A. T. U.

Theridium ampliatum, sp. nov.

Mas.—Ceph.-th., long, 2; wide, 1.5. Abd., long, 1.88; wide, 1.8. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 13, 10.3, 9, 6.8 mm.

Cephalothoraæ orange - ochreous, reflecting reddish and metallic-orange fine, close radii; caput stripe wide, olivegreen, fades away towards eyes; broad-oval, sensibly compressed from hind-row of eyes; somewhat depressed; pars cephalica round-pointed, projects moderately overclypeus; latter vertical, plainly more than one-half depth of facial space; thoracic part rises into two somewhat prominent ridges, which slope rather abruptly to cephalic grooves; contour of profile inclined to stalk.

Hind-median and lateral eyes opalescent, of tolerable and nearly equal size; posterior row sensibly procurved, distributed at about equal distances, centre pair nearly an eye's interval apart; anterior row recurved, median pair on dark rings, smallest of eight by fully one-half, form with hind-pair a quadrilateral figure; removed from side-eyes by a space equalling their own diameter; laterals posited obliquely on a common lake-brown slight elevation.

Falces light brownish-ochreous; sublinear, retreating, scarcely one-fourth longer than clypeus; plainly stouter than the femur of a fore-leg.

Maxillæ colour of falces; short, of somewhat even width, round-pointed, curve over labium; latter organ ochraceous; large, broader than long, rounded, everted.

Sternum glossy, yellow amber-colour; cordate.

Legs creamy-ochreous, faint indications of olive-green central and distal annulations on femoral, tibial, and meta-tarsal joints; slender; armature fine, erect, dusky hairs; superior tarsal claws—first pair well curved, somewhat upright, 10 tolerably long open comb-teeth; inferior claw rather strong, sharply curved, 2 close teeth, fore-tooth longest.

Palpi and legs concolorous; pars humeralis linear, long, more than twice length of two following articles together; cubital joint somewhat oval; radial perceptibly the shortest, cup-shape, furnished with long dark hairs; digital joint well developed, nearly as long as humeral, viewed from outer side ovate; laminæ bulbi directed somewhat towards each other, ovate, exhibit a conspicuous dark-margined circular notch near extremity, outer side; hairs fine, rather sparse; genital bulb ovate, colour varies in shade from pale-straw to amber-colour. Of the rather complicated parts the following will most attract attention: basal end exhibits a large lake-brown fovea; a strong membranous apophysis runs parallel and in touch with lower border of clava, about its equal in length, margin somewhat incurved, apex slender, curved, yellowish; springing from about centre of upper border is a long, black, bristle-like apophysis following margin of bulbus backwards and forwards; immediately in front of base of the latter organ is a semi-pellucid apophysis somewhat ϩ-shaped, apex

Sternum fulvous, greenish reflections; cordate; visible eminences opposite coxæ.

Legs pale ochreous-brown, femora stained with green; faint indications of annuli on tibiæ and metatarsi; slender; tibiæ cylindrical; hairs whitish, sparse; spines long, yellowish, dark base, tolerably numerous; femoral spines limited mostly to superior aspect; first pair project a group of five long spines from inner side.

Palpi pale-brownish straw-colour; hairs light; pars hu-meralis somewhat incrassated forwards; pars cubitalis—viewed from above, broad-oval; projects two long strong bristles; radial joint surpasses former article in breadth, of a brownish tone, somewhat angular on inner side, produced into a stout conical process on outer; pars digitalis nearly equal to three former articles in length; lamina pale-brown, stained with green; linear-oval, base prolonged on outer side into a stout lake-brown incurved process; cap of genital bulb separated from lamina by two somewhat elongated lobes, of a chestnut-brown and pale straw colour, latter in contact with lamina; most prominent parts of bulb—projecting downwards from base is a large, greenish-yellow, rugulose lobe, convex behind, concave in front; projects forwards from its own basal extremity a wide, acute, fuscous process; fore-end produced into a similar but stronger projection; between the two processes the lobe is developed into a large, semicircular, flat enlargement; immediately in front is a large, tumid, somewhat ear-shaped, brownish lobe, reaching downwards nearly to extremity of first lobe; bulbus terminates in a long, stout, backward-curved, tapering process, basal half amber-colour, tumid grooved, fore-end fuscous, membranous, convex on outer side; visible between the second and third appendages is a red-brown, cylindrical, abscinded, rather large process, fore-margin produced into a wide, acute, fuscous apophysis. The above-mentioned appendages, except basal, capped by a chestnut-brown, rugose, somewhat quadrate lobe, anterior border emarginate, grooved.

Abdomen triangular-ovate; humeral tubercles slight; pale-bluish flesh-colour, somewhat stained, with light brownish-yellow, green tinge, spotted; folium tapers to base, deeper shade than lateral margins, border fuscous, broken, acute-crenate; somewhat sparingly clothed with short, pale-yellow, and bristle-like hairs.

Fem.—Ceph.-th., long, 3.2; broad, 3; facial ind., 1.9. Abd., long, 5; broad, 4. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 15.6, 13.7, 12, 8 mm.

Cephalothorax light ochreous - brown, eye - prominence slaty; hairs yellowish, tolerably thick; cephalic part

depressedly convex, roundly truncated, ocular prominence low; depth of clypeus equals breadth of a fore-centre eye; thoracic part moderately convex, well dilated; indentation and normal grooves shallow; contour of profile rises from thoracic junction at an angle of 40°, slopes moderately, with a perceptible curve, across occiput, dips more abruptly over eye-area.

Posterior row of eyes sensibly recurved; centrals separated by an interval visibly exceeding an eye's diameter, nearly their space and one-half from laterals; anterior row rather more distinctly recurved; median eyes slightly larger than hind-pair, less than twice their diameter apart, rather more than their space from side-eyes; laterals have the lake tinge of posteior median pair, divided by an interval fully equalling their diameter.

Falces creamy-ochreous; conical, vertical, length equals the pars digitalis of palpus.

Maxillæ pale-drab, mottled with olive-green.

Labium greenish; margins tumid, everted.

Sternum pale-drab, greenish reflections.

Legs brownish straw-colour, annuli evanescent; armature does not differ greatly from male's.

Palpi colour and armature of legs.

Abdomen triangular-ovate, subaplanate; humeral tubercles low; coloration and markings do not differ very essentially from male's. Ventral shield greenish. Vulva light-brown; sub-reniform, projects strongly, subcircular above; posterior half transversely rugose; lateral margins of superior half show about six broad longitudinal ridges, divided by a brown-lake fovea; truncated in front, concave and transversely wrinkled within, discloses a prominent median ridge.

Mr. P. Goyen, F.L.S., to whom I am indebted for this interesting species, states that “it is found on whitish cliffs of calcareous sandstone, and is a fine example of protective coloration. Whether resting on, or in its web before, the rocks, it is so like the surface upon or before which it rests that it is most difficult to see when one is looking for it.” Dunedin.

Epeira sublutia, sp. nov.

Fem.—Ceph.-th., long, 2.3; broad, 2. Abd., long, 4.2; broad, 2. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 9.5, 8, 6.5, 5 mm.

Cephalothorax light ochreous-brown; somewhat sparingly clothed with whitish pubescence; length equal to the pars patellaris + tibialis of fourth leg; cephalic part moderately convex, roundly truncated; lateral index fully equals three-fourths facial; height of clypeus less than diameter of a fore-central eye; thoracic part moderately dilated; fovea sub-circular; normal grooves tolerably shallow; contour of profile

perceptibly arched across caput, dips rather abruptly to stalk.

Eyes represent two somewhat equally recurved lines; median pair of posterior row divided by an interval perceptibly less than an eye's breadth and a half, less distant from fore-centrals, separated from laterals by their space and a quarter; centre eyes of anterior row sensibly larger than hind-pair, rather further apart, closer to each other than they are to side-eyes; laterals have the opalescence of posterior median eyes, scarcely equal them in size, posited obliquely; fore-eye on a strongish tubercle.

Falces yellow-ochreous; conical, vertical, base projects well beyond plane of clypeus.

Maxillæ brownish-yellow, green tinge, base clouded with olive-brown; dilated, round-pointed, inclined towards each other.

Labium and maxillæ concolorous; visibly wider than long, roundly pointed.

Sternum pale brownish-yellow, shaded with olive-brown; angular-cordate; eminences opposite coxæ.

Legs light ochreous-brown; moderately strong; armature sparse light hairs, and yellowish dark-based spines; latter only moderately numerous.

Palpi colour and armature of legs.

Abdomen broad-ovate; humeral tubercles low; ground-colour light yellowish-brown, folium lightly suffused with olive-brown, rather faintly outlined by a brown, acute-crenate border. Corpus vulvæ light brownish-yellow; subreniform, sides project prominently, tumid, centrally grooved, extremities acute, curved towards each other, and beneath corpus above the rima genitalis; median area transversely rugose; scape curves over corpus, spoon-shape; basal two-thirds rather broad, flat, transversely wrinkled; fore-third pointed, prolonged somewhat beyond lateral lobes.

The above-mentioned observations refer as well to this species, which affects the same localities as E. invisibilis. P. Goyen.

Epeira simulata, sp. nov.

Fem.—Ceph.-th., long, 3.5; wide, 3; facial ind., 2. Abd., long, 6; wide, 5. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 15, 13, 11, 7.6 mm.

Cephalothorax brown, approximating to brown-pink, suffused and veined with fuscous-purple. Hairs yellowish, short, sparse. Cephalothorax in length equal to patella + tibia of hind-leg; moderately depressed; lateral compression of cephalic part nearly parallel, frontal line visibly rounded, ocular eminence prominent, mammiform elevations moderately developed, depth of clypeus rather shorter than space occupied

by anterior centre eyes; sides of thoracic part tolerably well rounded, fovea oval, transverse; normal grooves shallow; profile-contour represents a low arch, rises perceptibly at ocular prominence.

Four centre eyes of equal size, posited at about equal distances on face of prominence; posterior row visibly recurved, median pair quite their space and a half from side-eyes; laterals one-third smaller than centrals, separated by an interval scarcely equalling their own breadth.

Falces brown, clouded; moderately haired; conical, retreating, divergent, base projects beyond plane of clypeus; fully as stout as the pars femoralis of a fore-leg, length equals space.

Maxillæ fuscous, apices greenish-yellow; length rather surpasses breadth, round-pointed, prominently dilated outer side.

Labium similar coloration, large, visibly wider than long, pointed.

Sternum fuscous; hairs light, rather sparse; heart-shape, eminences opposite coxæ.

Legs approximate to brown-pink, fuscous-purple stains; thighs of anterior legs armed on inner side; patella + tibia somewhat aplanate, grooyed. Hairs short, yellowish. Legs fairly well armed with short, irregular spines, base orange-brown, fore-half whitish.

Palpi and legs concolorous; penultimate and digital joints furnished with numerous hairs and spines.

Abdomen angular-oviform, depressed, sides wrinkled; humeral tubercles moderately developed; first row of posterior tubercles do not differ much in length, conical, centre tubercle twice as broad as lateral; tubercle of second line more prominent and acute than upper, lower fairly well developed; moderately haired; ground-colour fulvous; folium constricted, sides obtusely-crenate, mostly covered with brown patches, stained and bordered with dark-brown; lateral margins stained with light fuscous-green; ventral shield dark olive-green, border brownish-buff. Vulva greenish, yellowish towards fore-end; represents a transversely-wrinkled scape, rather longer than wide, second half tapers somewhat rapidly, perceptible bead round margins, projects backwards from a moderate elevation.

Single example, contained in a small collection from Stewart Island. T. Kirk, F.L.S.

Epeira ventriosa, sp. nov.

Fem.—Ceph.-th., long, 7.1; wide, 6; facial ind., 3.1. Abd., long, 12.5; wide, 11. Legs, 1, 2.4, 3 = 25, 23, 15 mm.

Cephalothorax deep amber-colour, brown-lake reflections;

hairs tolerably thick, but patchy, straw-colour, passing into orange over superior aspect of caput; pars cephalica de-pressedly convex, squarely truncated, eye-eminence prominent; lateral index equal to two-thirds facial; occiput exhibits near centre a plainly visible triangular depression; depth of clypeus rather surpasses interval dividing fore-centre eyes; pars thoracica well dilated; fovea deep, circular; caput and radial striæ well defined; profile-line ascends from thoracic junction at an angle of 25°, dips across occiput with a visible curve.

Eyes on dark spots; represent two moderately and somewhat equally recurved rows; posterior centrals separated by an interval perceptibly exceeding an eye's breadth, nearly twice their space from laterals; anterior median pair visibly larger than hind-pair, rather more distant from each other—an eye's diameter and a half—than they are from posterior centrals, scarcely their space and one-half from side-eyes, which are less than half as large as centrals, divided from one another by an interval scarcely equal to their radius; a short tumid process curves over fore-eye.

Falces deep amber-colour, clouded with olive-green; sparingly haired; conical, base projects beyond plane of clypeus, somewhat retreating; length equals their space, as stout as the femur of a fore-leg.

Maxillæ brown-pink, passing into light yellow-brown on margins; breadth nearly equals length; dilated, round-pointed; inclined towards each other.

Labium shade darker than maxillæ; rather wider than long, semi-oval, margins turgid.

Sternum brown-pink, suffused with deep chocolate-brown; hairs golden, somewhat thick; cordate; well-defined eminences opposite coxæ.

Legs somewhat lighter shade than cephalothorax; moderately stout; first and hind pairs do not differ greatly in strength; sparingly armed with yellowish hairs; spines yellowish, base fuscous, short, fairly numerous.

Palpi fulvous; slender; armature similar to legs.

Abdomen broad-oviform, projects over base of cephalothorax; studded with lake-brown papillæ, projecting short yellowish bristles; sparingly clothed with yellowish hairs; ground-colour light olive-green, approximating to stone-colour on medial line and lateral margins; closely spotted—except on the lighter-tinted parts—with creamy-yellow, lake-spotted, lobate flecks; humeral tubercles mammiform, apices teat-like, brown; posterior tubercle brownish-lake; lateral margins and ventral surface somewhat suffused with lake-brown. Corpus vulvæ represents a broad-oval, yellow-brown elevation; exhibits two or three dark, heart-shaped, low costæ, whose

apices terminate close to margin of the rima genitalis; a long, tolerably wide, tapering, transversely-wrinkled, yellowish scapus springs from above, curves closely over the corpus; extends beyond superior margin of the latter for more than one-third its length.

This fine specimen was kindly sent to me by Mr. E. J. Savage, from Raglan.

Epeira leucisca, sp. nov.

Mas.—Ceph.-th., long, 4.1; wide, 3.7. Abd., long, 4.5; wide, 3.5. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 14.5, 14, 11.5, 7.7 mm.

Cephalothorax mahogany-brown, clouded and figured with a deeper shade; glabrous; rugulose; depressed; broad-ovate; cephalic part moderately convex, lateral compression somewhat sharp, well-defined subcircular fovea in centre; ocular eminence very prominent; thoracic indentation large, deep, exhibits within a lake-brown cruciform figure; normal grooves irregular; profile-line represents a tolerably even low arch.

Central eyes on dark rings, posited obliquely on ocular prominence, form a trapezoid rather longer than broad behind, widest in front, anterior pair largest by one-fourth; laterals much the smallest of eight, placed on tolerably prominent elevations, interspace separating them equals their radius.

Falces lake-brown; slender, vertical, profile sensibly concave, fore-third divergent, nearly twice as long as broad at base.

Maxillæ greenish - yellow, clouded with fuscous-green; breadth visibly surpassed by length, somewhat obtusely pointed, inclined towards each other.

Labium fuscous - green, margins pale; nearly as wide as long, oval, apex very perceptibly pointed.

Sternum fuscous-green; narrow-cordate.

Leys greenish-fulvous, suffused with a light coffee-brown, passing into fuscous-brown on fore-part of femora; indication of three annuli on tibiæ + metatarsi; almost glabrous; spines yellowish, short, slender, tolerably numerous, irregular; curved process on coxæ of first legs; femora of anterior pairs stout, slightly compressed; tibia of first leg slight, gradually incrassated forwards; of second leg somewhat clavate, well armed with spines, strong and numerous on inner side of second half.

Palpi yellow-brown, suffused with olive-green; pars humeralis short, prominently turgid beneath; inferior surface projects a few strong bristles; cubital joint angular-oval, bristle at extremity; radial more than twice as wide as long, subcylindriform, exhibits three longitudinal grooves; lamina yellow-brown, clouded with olive-green; finely haired; linear-ovate, apex tapers somewhat rapidly; base prolonged into a

Fem.—Ceph.-th., long, 2.4; wide, 1.7. Abd., long, 3.2; wide, 2. Legs, 4, 1, 2, 3 = 4.6, 4.2, 4, 3 mm. Measured from beneath.

Cephalothorax chestnut-colour, fuscous clouds; hairs white and orange-red, tolerably thick; fringe on clypeus white; complanate; cephalic part scarcely one-half shorter than thoracic, limited by a shallow V-shaped mark; perceptibly inclined, projects well over falces; lateral margins slightly compressed; height of clypeus equals two-thirds diameter of a side-eye; thoracic part moderately dilated, sides abrupt.

Anterior row of eyes moderately recurved, centrals plainly closer to each other than they are to laterals, an interval nearly equalling radius of a side-eye; dorsal pair do not differ essentially from fore-pair, posited somewhat further apart, so that the ocular region diverges very visibly posteriorly; eye-area one-third broader behind than long.

Falces yellowish-mahogany; some what slighter and shorter than the pars patellaris of a front leg; retreating.

Maxillá yellow-brown; about twice length of labium, which is similar in colour, base fuscous.

Sternum light-brown, deepening in tone about border; oval, half as wide as long.

Legs: Femoral, genual+ tibial joints of first pairs yellow mahogany-colour; metatarsi + tarsi yellowish; reddish-brown distal rings on penultimate article; hind-pairs approximate more to a yellowish tone; except tarsal joints, display apical annulations of a fuscous colour; coxæ of fore-pair less than breadth of lip from each other; anterior legs most robust; femur dilated, compressed; patella + tibia cylindrical, of about equal length; metatarsus + tarsus much shorter and slighter than two former articles; tarsus sensibly shorter than metatarsus. Hairs white, somewhat sparse; femora spined; tibiæ of anterior pairs, 2, 2, 2 beneath, 1 side-spine; metatarsi, 2, 2 inferior surface; tibiæ of third and fourth legs, 5 spines; distal ring on metatarsi.

Palpi mahogany - colour; hairs white; pars humeralis somewhat dilated and compressed; three following joints do not differ much in length.

Abdomen elongate-ovate, clothed with white and bright orange-red hairs; brownish stone-colour, flecked with a few tolerably large brown spots, which are resolved into longitudinal streaks on lateral borders; on base are two sub-touching light-brown elongate-ovate marks, apices directed backwards; dorsal line exhibits on centre third a rather large fuscous arrow-shaped figure, apex directed forwards; on posterior third is a somewhat smaller hastate mark of similar colour, point reaches to spinners; inferior surface faintly

spotted, a tapering dusky stripe extends from vulva to spinners. Corpus vulvæ represents an oval. or sub-diamond-shaped moderately-depressed area; within are two large reddish-brown tumid sublunulate (plano) lobes, whose convexities are directed outwards, separated by an oval space nearly their equal in breadth.

These examples were accompanied by two mature females one-third smaller than the type specimen; pattern less defined. Mr. W. W. Smith, to whom I am indebted for this interesting species, states: “J discovered the species amongst the limestone rocks at Albury, and they appeared to be not uncommon. The cocoons hang in grape-like clusters in dry niches of the rocks, and are certainly interesting objects; they were perforated by a parasite.”

The cocoons, which are connected by numerous fine lines, are globose, about 12 millimetres in diameter; consist of a double case, composed of a somewhat close felty texture; the inner, which is white, contains a flossy wadding; the outer cover grey.

Marpissa nemoralis, sp. nov.

Mas.—Ceph.-th., long, 1.8; wide, 1.2. Abd., long, 2; wide, 1. Legs, 1, 4, 2–3 = 4.4, 4, 3 mm.

Cephalothorax light-brown; fuscous spots, bluish reflections above lateral eyes; V-shaped mark of a lighter tone connects indentation with dorsal eyes; hairs pale straw-colour and orange-red, short, adpressed; irides orange-red; clypeus hairs short; cephalic part aplanate, limited by a subcordate indentation, projects well over clypeus; depth of latter equals radius of a fore-centre eye; thoracic part moderately dilated, sides steep, surpasses pars cephalica in length by one-third; profile-contour rises from stalk at an angle of 55° to fovea, from thence slopes moderately forwards with a visible curve.

Anterior row of eyes moderately recurved, median pair sub-touching, laterals separated from them by an interval barely equalling their own radius; dorsal eyes do not differ essentially in size from laterals, scarcely as distant from each other; about one-third further from one another than they are from lateral border; eyes of second row posited midway between fore- and hind-eyes; breadth of square exceeds length by one-third.

Falces brownish-ochreous; moderately haired; inclined forwards and outwards, nearly twice as long as broad; inner margin of fore-half turgid, grooved, appears as if the extremity had been elongated and folded back.

Maxillá light yellow - brown, base clouded with olive-green; well developed, gradually dilated, rounded, second half curved outwards.

Labium deeper tone; roundly conical, about half length of maxillæ.

Sternum colour of legs; ovate.

Legs yellow-ochreous; femora + tibiæ exhibit evanescent olive-green basal and distal annuli; metatarsi of hind-pairs have rather wide apical rings; femoral joints compressed and dilated, armed with 4 spines on superior surface; patella + tibia of first leg cylindrical; tibial joints of anterior pairs have 2, 2, 2 spines beneath; metatarsi, 2, 2; tibiæ of third and fourth, 5; metatarsi 2, besides apical ring.

Palpi deep straw-yellow; pars humeralis somewhat in-crassated, about double the length of two following articles together; cubital joint campanulate; radial of somewhat even breadth, one-half length of preceding article, projects a strong spine-like process on outer side, and a cluster of bristles from inner; pars digitalis exceeds humeral joint in length; lamina ovate, brownish about margins; moderately furnished with light and dusky hairs; genital bulb passes into a pale slate-colour at apex, projects a few black hairs; turgid, subconoid, reaches back to cubital joint; superior profile-line represents a very obtuse angle.

Abdomen elongate-oviform; spinners prominent; rather sparingly clothed with whitish and orange-red hairs; ground colour light yellow-ochreous, moderately flecked with irregularly-shaped light-brown spots; the more pronounced markings, which have a deeper tone, consist of a pair of inverted comma-shaped figures on basal end; two procurved, continuous, transverse, arcuate chevrons—margins undulating—occur in centre, and the posterior third is traversed by somewhat similar lines; a series of more or less confluent oblique stripes are displayed on lateral margins; ventral region exhibits a lanceolate figure enclosed within a series of dots, terminating at spinners in a large quadrate spot.

Fem.—Ceph.-th., long, 1.9; wide, 1. Abd., long, 2.1; wide, 1.2. Legs, 4, 1, 2–3 = 3.7, 3.5, 3 mm.

Cephalothorax reddish-mahogany, approximating to brown on margins, fuscous spots above lateral eyes; hair armature and form do not differ essentially from male's.

Eyes in form and position resemble male's.

Falces lake-ochreous.

Maxillæ orange-brown, lip shade darker.

Sternum and maxillæ concolorous.

Legs brownish-orange; femoral + tibial joints have olive-green basal and apical annulations, very faint on two first pairs; rings on hind-pairs more pronounced; armature resembles male's.