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VII. Gaarux. 
Rallide. Ocydromus australis, Sparrm. O. fuscus, Dubus.* Rallus pectoralis,* 
Less. Ortygometra affinis,* Gray. O. tabuensis, Gml. Porphyrio 
melanotus, Temm. 
Scolopacide. Limosa uropygialis, Gould. 
Charadriide. Charadrius obscurus, Gml. C. bicinctus, Jard. Thinornis nove- 
zealandie. Hematopus longirostris, Vieill. 
Ardeidæ. Ardea alba, L. Ardea pusilla, V. Ardea poiciloptera, Wagl. 
Nycticorax caledonicus, Lath.* 
VIII. AxszEnES. 
Anatide. Casarca variegata, Gml. Querquedula gibberifrons, S. Müller. 
Hhynchaspis variegata, Gould. — Fuligula nova-zealandie, Grol. 
Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus, Gml. 
Laride. Larus dominicanus, Licht. L. scopulinus, Forst.* L. bulleri, Hutton. 
Sterna caspia, Pall. S. frontalis, Gray. 8. antarctica, Forst. 
Pelecanide. Graculus carbo, L. G. brevirostris, Gould. 
Ptilopteri. Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Gray. 
Podicepide. Podiceps cristatus, L. P. rufipectus, Gray. 
IX. SrRuTHIONES. 
Apterygide. Apteryx australis, Shaw. A. oweni, Gould. A. mazima, Verr. 
Art. LIV.— Notes on the Breeding Habits of the Katipo (Latrodectus katipo). 
By C. H. Rozsox. 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 3rd August, 1878.) 
Tar Katipo is found in great abundance all along the coast of the South 
Island, from the mouth of the Wairau river to the Kaikoura peninsula. 
They are all of the variety so well described by Dr. Buller and Dr. Powell, 
in Vol. III. Trans. N.Z. Inst., pages 34 and 56, and all have the bright 
scarlet band with yellow border on the abdomen; the other markings are 
distinct on some individuals and faint on others. The black variety without 
a red dorsal stripe, and which is mentioned by the Rev. M. Taylor and 
Mr. Wright does not seem to inhabit this part of the coast, nor have I ever 
seen it. The above writers having made no mention of the number of 
young which these spiders produce from a single cocoon, or the time 
occupied in doing so, I determined to try and settle these points by actual 
experiment, with the following results:—On November 4, 1877, I put a 
* [ have not obtained these. 
