112 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Lecft pea-green, yellow tinge, metatarsi and tarsi red-lake ; 

 1-2, and 4-3, about equal in length and strength, sparsely 

 furnished with hairs, except at extremities, slight spines on 

 femoral, tibial, and metatarsal joints ; tarsal claws — 1st pair, 

 slightly sinuated, moderately long and curved ; iunir claw 12 

 teeth, 8 rather fine comb-teeth increasing in length, 4 coarse 

 terminal teeth; outer claw 8 open teeth increasing mu:h in 

 strength, claw-tuft linear, equals claw in length , 



PaJpi shorter than cephalothorax, yellowish -green ; hmueral 

 joint rather exceeds cubital and radial together in le.i^th; 

 former projects a strong bristle, is widest at its artici.lation 

 with radial joint, which is about equal in length, latter article 

 produced, on outer side, into a broad curved ? pophysis, apex 

 lobed ;> below it, margin is produced into a broad, curved 

 apophysis, concave, apex directed inwards, lake-coloured ; digi- 

 tal joint red-chestnut, oviform, convex and hairy externally, 

 bulb moderately prominent ; a spiral brown beading — in contact 

 with face of bulb — starts ft-om centre, follows margin of con- 

 vexity, terminates at base. 



Falces vertical, strong, rugose, greenish, clouded with lake- 

 colour, more or less dark beading on outer side. 



Abdomen cylindric-oval, bright pea-green, spinners usually 

 lake-coloured. 



Common on. Leptospernmm, male-female ; many of the females 

 taken at Waiwera were larger {max., 8 mm. ; min., 5 mm.) than 

 the single example captured at Lake Tekapo, Canterbury.* 

 All had the coloration of the male. Chjpeiis of female in 

 height equals three-fourths depth of ocular area. Palpal claw 

 resembles tarsal in form, 5 rather coarse teeth. 



Philodromus anbarus, sp. nov. 



Male. — Ceph. th., long, 1*9 ; broad, 1*9. Abd., long, 2-5 ; 

 broad, 1-5. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 8, 7-5, 4, 3-5 mm. 



Cephalothorax as broad as long, sides rounded, slightly com- 

 pressed forwards; dark pea-green, two broad lake-coloured 

 bauds converge from ocular area, which has same hue, along 

 caput striae as far as shallow median fovea, normal grooves faint ; 

 profile line rises at an angle of 40°, curves slightly across caput ; 

 height of cbjpeus rather exceeds space between anterior median 

 eyes. 



Legs slender, 1-2, 4-3, about equal in length and strength, 

 brownish-yellow, suffused and aunulated with dark-brown, 

 hind-pairs greenish ; armature few fine hairs, short spines on 

 femora, genua, tibijo, and metatarsi; tarsal claws — 1st pau* 

 rather thick, curved, tip bent, 5 sti-ong open teeth, form of free 



* Vide description, " Trans. N.Z. Inst.," vol. xiii., p. 44. 



