260 Transactions. — Zoology. 



natives apply a fire-stick to the wound. Mr. Eobson states 

 that " a man engaged in erecting the hghthouse was bitten on 

 the neck, and went quite mad for some time." 



Fam. THOMISIDiE. 



Gen. Stephanopis, Cambr. 



Stephanopis angulatus, sp. nov."'' Plate XVII., fig. 8. 



Male. — Ceph.-th., long, 3; broad, 2-3. Abd., long, 3-5; 

 broad, 2-5. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 14-4, 12-5, 7-5, 6 mm. 



Ceplialothorax yellow - brown, lake - coloured vein - like 

 streaks ; short, black, lanceolate dorsal mark, directed for- 

 ^vards from fovea ; hairs sparse, short, papilliform, orange- 

 colour ; broad-oval, sharply compressed forwards, depressed ; 

 caput projects forwards ; median ridge slight ; normal grooves 

 faint ; contour of profile somewhat horizontal, rises at occiput, 

 dips abruptly to thoracic junction ; height of clypcus exceeds 

 diameter of an eye of first row. 



Posterior row of eyes sensibly recurved, perceptibly smaller 

 than laterals of same row, separated from one another by 

 ]'ather more than the diameter of an eye, and from side-eyes 

 by a space rather exceeding the interval ; anterior row repre- 

 sents a recurved semicircle ; median pair less than one-half 

 size of posterior centrals, separated by twice their diameter's 

 distance, nearly that interval from side-eyes, which are about 

 twice the size of hind laterals. 



Legs yellow-brown, speckled with lake ; first and second 

 pairs stoutest ; hairs sparse, papilliform hairs yellow ; femora 

 of first pair have a few short spines ; tibiae 5-5 ; metatarsi 

 4-4 ; tibial joints of second pair 4-4 ; metatarsi 4-4 ; third 

 and fourth pairs devoid of spines ; tarsal claw of first j^air 

 short, stout, free and well-curved, inner claw 6 small and 1 

 strong terminal teetli, outer 3 coarse curved teeth ; compound 

 sessile hairs ; claw-tuft exceeds claw in length. 



PaJpi yellowish ; humeral joint rather exceeds cubital and 

 radial together in length ; pars cubitalis rather longer than 

 broad, projects a short black bi'istle on inner side; pars radialis 

 about equals former article in length but is somewhat slighter, 

 produced on outer side into a membranous black -tipped 

 apophysis, concave above, apex sharply constricted and 

 curved ; furnished with few bristles ; digital joint rather longer 

 than humeral ; lamina large, ovate, base on outer side pro- 

 longed into a stout, pointed membranous process, convex 

 above ; furnished with few hairs ; bulbus genitalis, basal two- 

 thirds pale fiesh-colour, brownish tinge ; oval, diagonally trun- 



* Female described as Sparassns angulatus in "Trans. N.Z. Inst.," 

 vol. xvii. 



