176 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Tetragnatha multi-punctata, sp. iiov. 



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

 C ; broad, 2-3. Legs, 1, 2, 4, 3 = 19-5, 13-5, 10-5, 5-5 mm. 



CephalotJiorax brownish-yellow, fovea and vein-like lines 

 on caput brown ; pars cephalica depressedly convex, roundly 

 truncated, facial index surpasses lateral by one-fourth ; depth 

 of clypeus scarcely equals diam'eter of a fore-central eye ; 

 pars thoracica oval, depressed ; fovea subovate, rather small 

 and shallow ; caput and radial striae moderately defined ; 

 profile-line slopes moderately backwards from hind-row of 

 eyes, slightly arched across thorax. 



Fore and hind-row of eyes somewhat evenly recurved ; 

 posterior eyes nearly equidistant ; median pair on black oval 

 spots, further from one another than they are from anterior 

 centrals, a space perceptibly exceeding an eye's breadth ; fore- 

 centrals posited on dark, lake-tinged rings, fully equal or 

 slightly surpass hind-pair, with whom they form a quadri- 

 lateral figure broader than long, rather closer to each othei- 

 than they are to side-eyes ; laterals seated on strong black 

 tubercles, rather less distant than are the fore- and hind- 

 centre eyes ; posterior eye exceeds antei'ior by about one- 

 third. 



Falccs light amber-colour, fangs reddish ; project at an 

 angle of 45°, divergent ; 6 teeth in outer row, 5 close, sixth 

 tooth as far from fifth as it is from apex of falx ; inner row, 7 

 teeth increasing in size and distance from one another. 



Maxilhe reddish-brow'n ; sublinear, fore-third divergent, 

 superior angle dilated. 



Lahiiini shade darker; ratlier longer than broad, sides 

 parallel, roundly pointed, transversely grooved. 



Sternum yellowish-amber, sides clouded with brown ; 

 cordate. 



Legs deep straw-colour, green tinge ; slender ; hairs sparse, 

 fine, outstanding ; few long, black, bristle-like spines on all 

 joints except tarsal. 



Palpi colour and armature of legs ; slender, 3-omm. 

 long. 



AhcJuJucn cylindrical ; deep-violet, passing into brown be- 

 neath, suft'used with silvery lobate flecks ; fore-half of dorsal 

 line throws off a series of angular streaks, apices directed 

 forwards, hind-pair straightest. Corpus vulvce yellowish, 

 moderately convex area, viewed from above somewhat cam- 

 panulate, base contiguous to stigmata ; truncated apex shows 

 a long narrow orifice ; a wide orange-red process projects 

 from within beyond limit of corpus. 



Single example, Taranaki, A. T. U. 



