lift Transactions. — Zoology. 



from front, are rather prominent blackish fovea. The vulva 

 of E. viridic'ans resembles that of E. verutum, but differs some- 

 what in the form of the wing-like projections and the deeper 

 and rather conical form of the calceolate apex of the scapus. 

 Taken on furze, single example. Te Karaka, A.T.U. 



Epeira mulleola, sp. nov. Plate XI., fig. 6. 



Female. — Ceph. th., long, 5*5 ; broad, 4-5 ; facial index, 2*5. 

 Abd., long, 9-5; broad, 8-5. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 19, 17, 14-5, 

 10 mm. 



Cephalothorax reddish-brown ; hairs yellowish, sparse; nearly 

 equal in length to genual and tibial joints of a leg of 4th pair, 

 depressed, sides rounded, moderately compressed forwards. 

 ocular and mammiform eminences fairly prominent, lateral index 

 nearly equals space between a fore-lateral and the fore-central 

 eye furthest from it ; median indentation transverse, radial and 

 caput stria? moderately marked ; profile contour represents a low 

 arch, rising slightly at occiput ; height of cl ypeus equal to about 

 two-thirds of depth of facial space. 



Fore and hind rows of eges moderately recurved, curvature of 

 posterior nearly equals that of anterior row ; posterior-centrals 

 separated by an interval equal to about their diameter and a 

 half, twice their space from hind-laterals ; anterior median pair 

 about one-fourth larger than posterior-centrals, rather further 

 from one another than they are from the latter pair, a space 

 which slightly exceeds their diameter ; lateral eyes seated 

 obliquely on moderate tubercles, anterior eye rather the largest, 

 more than its radius from posterior eye. 



Legs yellow-brown, brownish annulations on tibial, meta- 

 tarsal, and tarsal joints; femora of 1, 2, 4, lake-brown; 1-2 

 rather stout; armature, yellowish hairs, short (less than dia 

 meter of tibia) yellow spines, base dark ; double row of 6 

 beneath tibia- and metatarsi; superior tarsal claws — 1st pair, 9 

 teeth ; inferior claw, 2 strong close teeth. 



Falces yellow-brown ; short, conical, vertical, project at base 

 in front, nearly as thick as femoral joint of 1st pair of legs. 



Maxilla about as broad as long, somewhat pointed, inclined 

 towards lip, which is rather broader than long, moderately 

 pointed; organs chocolate-brown, apices light. 



Sternum cordate, eminences opposite coxae ; chocolate-brown. 

 Abdomen broad-oviform, depressed above, tubercles stout, 

 short; anterior pair project outwards; posterior tubercles — 

 transverse row of about equal Length, central tubercle much the 

 stoutest ; tubercle of second row exceeds former in size ; tubercle 

 of third row small ; sparsely clothed with pale short bails ; 

 yellow-brown, flecked with dark-brown; folium trifid, creamy- 

 white, covers dorsal field, oe median line are two brown marks. 



