106 Transactions. — Zoolorjy. 



Theridmm viridana, sp. no v. 



Female. — Ceph. tb., long, 1. Abd., long, 2. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 ; 

 leg of 1st pair, 4 mm. 



Cephalothorax T^dBj-green, glabrous; sides rounded, moderately 

 compressed forwards, fovea and normal grooves faint ; caput 

 comparatively long, broad, convex ; contour of profile rises 

 somewbat abruptly from tboracic junction, forms low arcb 

 across caput ; clypeus vertical, beigbt equals deptb of facial 

 space. 



Posterior row of eyes sensibly procurved, separated by an 

 interval equal to about twice tbeir diameter, median pair on dai-k 

 lake-colonred rings, bave, wutli side eyes, a pearly lustre; anterior 

 row recurved, nearly equidistant, ratber closer to one anotber 

 tban are eyes of bind row ; median pair dark, on black spots, 

 as far from eacb otber as tbey are from bind- centrals ; laterals 

 seated obliquely, nearly tbeir radius apart, on separate dark 

 tubercles. 



Leys long, slender, yellowisb-green ; armature black bairs ; 

 1 exceeds 2 a little in lengtb, 3-4 nearly equal ; superior tarsal 

 claws — 1st pair ratber sbort, about 6 comb-teetb ; inferior claw 

 moderately long. 



Palpi resemble legs in colour and armature ; palpal claw 

 fine, curved, about 6 teetb. 



Fakes strong, vertical, somewbat linear, greenisb - straw- 

 colour. 



MaxiUfE ratber broad at extremity, inferior angle obtuse, 

 projects over labium, wbicli is conical, tbree-fourtbs lengtb of 

 maxillffi, darker yellowisb bue. 



Sternum cordate, glossy, deep straw-colour. 



Abdomen narrow-ovate, brigbt pea-green, series of irregular 

 sbaped marks of a ligbtcr bue, largest on fore-part and lateral 

 margins ; posterior end in most examples crimson. Epiyync 

 prominent, red-cbestnut, somewbat quadrilateral lip, sides 

 incurved, apex rounded. 



Frequents Leptospermum . Waiwera, A.T.U. 



Theridmm flabellifera, sp. nov. 



Female.— CeT£>h. tb., long, 1-8 ; broad, 1-4. Abd., long, 2-5 ; 

 broad, 1-8. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3=9, 5-5, 4-5, 3-5 mm. 



Cephalothorax glossy, yellow-amber colour ; oval, moderately 

 compressed forwards ; lateral index of caput nearly equals 

 dcptb of facial space ; median fovea small, oval, strisB irregular, 

 but well-marked ; contour of profile rises from tboracic junction 

 at an angle of about 65°, very sligbt arcb across caput. Clypeus 

 convex, projects forwards, in beigbt nearly equals depth of 

 ocular area. 



