162 Transaclicns.— Zoology . 



Maxilla rather longer than broad, pointed, base slender, 

 tolerably inclined towards each other. 



Labium scarcely as long as wide, roundly pointed, everted ; 

 organs bro^Ynish, apices greenish-yellow. 



Sternum yellov:ish, green tinge ; broad-cordate, eminences 

 opposite coxal joints. 



Legs yellowish-gi-een, faint annulations ; hairs sparse ; 

 spines yellowish, dark points, short ; femora of first leg, 

 3 spines above, 5 beneath ; patellary joint, 4 ; 10 on tibia, 

 about equal to diameter of article in length ; metatarsus, 3 ; 

 spine armature of second leg about equal to first ; femoral 

 joints of hind-pairs have no spines on inferior surface, other- 

 wise their spine armature nearly equals anterior pairs. 



Pal2)i coloration of legs ; hairs only ; slender, nearly 

 equal to cephalothorax in length. 



Abdomen oviform, somewhat depressed, moderately clothed 

 with bristle-like hairs ; folium sinuate, base rounded, petiole 

 short; closely flecked, pale grey-green, border green; encloses 

 a similar figure of a deeper shade ; median band wide, lighter 

 tone ; red-brown spots at root of hairs. Vulva represents a 

 yellowish, transverse, broad-oval, depressed area, wrinkled in 

 circles ; free part or scapus sharply bent, more than half of 

 area, projects somewhat over the rima genitalis, superior 

 margin scalloped, lateral segments narrowest ; displays in 

 centre a rather large, lake-brown, rugose spot ; side-margins 

 of corpus involute ; bordering the rima genitalis is a dark- 

 lake narrow costa, extremities tumid, revolute, slightly sur- 

 passes centre segment in length. 



Taken in the forest near Stratford, A. T. U. 



Epeira atri-hastula, sp. nov. Plate XXI., fig. 7. 



Femina. — Ceph.-th., long, 2-8; broad, 2-1; facial index, 1. 

 Abd., long, 4-8; broad, 4-6.^ Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 11-5, 10, 8-5. 

 6-5 mm. 



Cephalothorax, caput green, fading off to a paler hue on 

 thorax ; cephalic part— especially after turning yellow in 

 spirit — displays an intricate design ; conspicuous brown-black 

 hastate figure on thorax, transverse base-lines across fovea, 

 lance-head intersects caput strine, whose posterior halves are 

 defined by brown streaks ; somewhat removed from and in 

 line with apex of lance-head are two dark spots ; moderately 

 furnished with light hairs on cephalic part ; pars cephalica 

 rather convex above, sides abrupt, roundly truncated, ocular 

 eminence fairly prominent ; lateral index nearly equals facial ; 

 depth of clypeiifi equals diameter of a fore-central eye ; pars 

 thoracica broad-oval, convex ; fovea oval, longitudinal ; normal 

 grooves moderately strong ; profile-contour rises at an angle 



