1 84 Transactions. — Zoology . 



Art. XXXVI. — Notes on Nomenclature of New Zealand 



Geometrina. 



By E. Meyeick, B.A. 

 [Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 1st October, 1885.] 



The publication of Soudder's " Nomenclator Zoologicus " has 

 enabled me to ascertain that in adopting a certain class of generic 

 names in the Geometrina I committed a great indiscretion, since 

 these names appear to have been mostly already employed 

 generically. I have, therefore, re-named those genera which 

 had titles pre-occupied by others, reverting to my usual system. 

 The following changes are made : — 



Parysatis, Meyr., to be Paradetis, Meyr. 



Panopcea, Meyr., to be Pancyma. Meyr. 



Eurydice, Meyr., to be Homodotis, Meyr. 



Harpalyce, Meyr., to be Probolcea, Meyr. 



Stratonice, Meyr., to be Arctesthes, Meyr. 



Thyone, Meyr., to be Asaphodes, Meyr. 



Hermione, Meyr., to be Aulopola, Meyr. 



Hippolyte, Meyr., to be Epicyme, Meyr. 



Arsinoe, Meyr., to be Anachloris, Meyr. 



Pasitliea, Meyr., to be Notoreas, Meyr. 



Statira, Meyr., to be Stathmonyma, Meyr. 



Atossa, Meyr., to be Epicasis, Meyr. 



Phyllodoce, Meyr., to be Qonophylla, Meyr. 



For Amastris, Meyr., the name of Sestra, Walk., may be adopted. 



The genus described as Scotosia, Stph., is (as I have pointed 

 out elsewhere) not the true Scotosia, but is identical with 

 Cephalissa, Meyr., with which it may be included, the points of 

 distinction relied on being found insufficient. 



Cacopsodos, Butl., is identical with Dichromodes, Gn., which 

 latter name must be retained ; the species will therefore be 

 Dichromodes nigra. 



Art. XXXVIL— On the Spiders of New Zealand. 



By A. T. Urquhart. 

 [Read before the Auckland Institute, 19tli October, 1885.] 



Plates VI.-VIII. 



Fam. THEBIDI1TLE. 



Genus Linyphia, Latr. 



Linyphia diloris, sp. n. PI. VI., fig. 1. 



Length of an adult female 5 mm., and of an adult male 4 mm. 



Cephalothorax oval; mahogany- brown, rugulose; lateral 



marginal constrictions at caput moderate ; median indentation 



