114 Transactions. — Zoohtfy. 



MaxillcB broadest at extremity, obliquely truucated, inclined 

 towards Up, which is triangular, more than half length of 

 maxillae, greenish-yellow. 



Sternum cordate, greenish-yellow. 



Abdomen oblong-ovate, moderately convex above ; pea-green, 

 white oval mark runs through six impressed spots ; marginal 

 zone corrugated, shaded with lake ; ventral surface greenish ; 

 epigyne greenish-yellow ; fore-part represents a well-defined cir- 

 cuiar band, labia on posterior side, confluent carinate, dividing 

 organ into concave circular depressions. 



Taken on Leptospermum, single specimen; Waiwera, A.T.U. 



Fam. LYCOSIDiE. 



Genus Lycosa, Latr. 



Lycosa adumbrata, sp. nov. 



Female.— Gei^h. th., long, 4; broad, 2-7. Abd., long, 4; 

 broad, 3. Legs, 4, 1-2-3 = 12-5, 9 mm. 



Cephalothorax oval, moderately compressed forwards ; yellow- 

 brown, marginal zone dark-brown, fi-om ocular area, which is 

 brown - black, a large oval brown mark extends to _ base of 

 thorax, posterior portion of caput yellow-brown, striae dark, 

 well-marked, median-line on thorax, and radial strife yellow- 

 brown ; a narrow, oval, grooved eminence occupies crown of 

 thorax ; lighter parts and facial space clothed with short 

 adpressed whitish hairs, erect black hairs on caput ; contour of 

 profile rises at an angle of 70°, slopes forwards with an even 

 curve, dipping abruptly at second row of ej-es ; chjpeus vertical, 

 in height equals space between first and second row of eyes. 



Anterior row of eyes small, sensibly procurved, laterals 

 slightly the largest, rather closer to median pair than the latter 

 are to each other, a space about equal to their diameter and a 

 quarter ; eyes of second row large, about one-third larger than 

 dorsal eyes, less than their radius from laterals of anterior row, 

 separated from each other by an interval which slightly exceeds 

 their diameter ; eyes of third row placed obliquely, rather 

 further from one another than they are from eyes of second 



row. 



Le/s long, moderately strong ; one pair rather stoutish, 1-2-3 

 about equal in length ; yellow-brown, narrow well-defined brown 

 annuli, 4 on femora, 3 on tibise and metatarsi ; armature fine 

 erect hairs, 2 or 3 nhort spines on femoral joints, 6 or 7 long 

 slender spines on tibial and metatarsal joints ; superior tarsal 

 claws — 4th pair, strong, evenly curved, 8 somewhat coarse open 

 teeth ; inferior claw thick, no teeth. 



Palpi yellowish, fine hairs, long slender bristles, few spines ; 

 palpal claw short, thick, 4 coarse open teeth. 



