Urquhart. — On new Species of Araneidea. 109 Art. XVII. — On new Species of Araneidea. By A. T. Urquhart. [Bead before the Auckland Institute, 31st October, 1887.] Plate XI. Fam. THERIDIIM. Genus Linyphia, Latr. Linyphia rufocephala, sp. nov. Plate XL, fig. 1. Female. — Cepli. th., long, 2-5; broad, 2. Abd., long, 4; broad, 2-3. Legs, 4, 1, 2, 3. Length of 1st pair, 8*8 rnm. Cepludothorax red-mahogany colour ; oval, clathrate, slightly compressed forwards ; lateral index equals breadth of ocular area ; thoracic indentation longitudinal, deep ; radial and caput strire defined by dark streaks ; profile contour rises with a low curve, at an angle of 30°, pars cephalica moderately arched ; clypeus vertical, convex, height rather exceeds depth of facial space. Posterior row of eyes sensibly procurved, central pair sepa-rated by about their diameter from hind-laterals, half that inter-val from each other ; anterior row sensibly recurved, median pair much the smallest of eight, their radius apart, rather more than their space from hind-centrals, and fore-laterals ; side eyes slightly exceed posterior median pair in size, have their pearl-grey lustre ; seated obliquely on moderate tubercular eminences ; contiguous. Legs yellow-brown : broad, faint annuli ; moderately long hairs ; few spines on tibiae of 1-2, and tibia? and metatarsi of 3 (three terminal joints of 4 were missing). Superior tarsal claws — 1st pair, about 16 short, close teeth ; inferior claw, 2 teeth. Palpi slender, length 3 mm. ; yellow-brown ; rather strong-spines on radial and digital joints ; palpal claw long, slender, rather straight, 7 teeth, 6 small, close. Fakes light red-mahogany ; tumid near base in front, directed somewhat forwards and outwards, stouter than femora of 1st pair of legs ; fang strong, double row of teeth, inner short ; outer row, 6 strong teeth, 4 central longest. Maxilla; linear, apex pointed, inclined towards labium, which is short, twice as broad as long, apex everted ; organs chocolate-brown, apices brownish-yellow. Sternum cordate, brownish-yellow. Abdomen oviform, rather sparsely clothed with moderately strong hairs ; pale stone-grey ; two, somewhat faint, blackish bands, with three or four long, tapering, dentate projections on either side, converge from base to spiimers, enclosing a linear-
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