136 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Fakes brownish-orange, oblong-oval, olive-brown mark on 

 face ; conical, directed inwards, stout, occupy breadth of 

 clypeus ; in length nearly equal radial + digital joints of palpus. 



MaxiUce fulvous, olive-green tinge, base clouded with dark- 

 brown ; rather longer than broad, dilated somewhat forwards, 

 obtusely pointed, inclined towards each other. 



Lahiinn similar coloration ; conical, abscinded, length 

 somewhat surpassed Ijy breadth, rather more than one-half 

 length of maxillae. 



Sternum yellowish, margin dark-chocolate, subcrenate ; 

 two somev^-hat angular interrupted brown bars in centre ; 

 two dots near the sharply-pointed apex ; broad-cordate. 



Legs greenish-yellow, spots and annulations olive-brown ; 

 femora have basal and nearly central annuli, resolved more or 

 less into spots on superior aspect ; tibial joints, ring on first 

 half, somewhat broken into spots on first and second pairs ; 

 metatarsi show central and distal annulations of a lighter 

 shade ; hairs whitish, sparse ; spines fairly numerous on all 

 joints except tarsal ; spines long and strong, metatarsal 

 longest. Superior tarsal claw^s — fourth pair, rather fine, evenly 

 curved, 5 open teeth ; inferior claw^ fine, sharply bent, teeth (?).. 



Palpi colour of legs ; hairs sparse ; few^ bristles ; moderately 

 strong, less than twice length of falces ; palpal claw, well 

 curved, 2 long curved teeth. 



Abdomen ovate ; greenish stone-colour, passing into a 

 darker tone on lateral margins ; anterior fourth stained -with 

 lake ; markings dark olive-brown ; dorsal aspect spotted, 

 sparingly in centre, more thickly at extremities ; basal end 

 bordered by bars increasing in \vidth forwards ; lateral margins 

 marked with interrupted, irregular, oblique streaks, terminat- 

 ing on posterior half in four well-defined, spotted, lanceolate 

 figures encroaching on dorsum, inclined forwards ; ventral 

 field similar hue to dorsal, few spots ; lighter parts of 

 abdomen, except central area, moderately clothed with white 

 hairs. Vulva represents a large, transverse, oval, lip-like pro- 

 jection, depressed and yellowish in centre ; lateral margins 

 reddish-brown, tumid. 



Single example, taken in the forest near Stratford, A. T. U. 



Fam. THUEIDIID^. 

 Gen. Akiamxes, Th. 

 Ariamnes flavo-notatus, sp. nov. 



Fcmina. — Ceph.-th., long, 1. Abd., long, 1-6 ; depth at 

 spinners, 1-1. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 8, 4-6, 3-4, 2-3 mm. 



Cephalothorax brown, suffused with blackish - purple ; 

 transversely rugulose ; few bristles on caput ; broad-ovate, 

 lateral constriction at caput slight ; pars cephalica convex. 



