42 Transactions.—Z oology. 
she suspends by a short pedicle,—and sometimes braces with a few fine 
lines,—a somewhat globular whitish cocoon of compact texture, 5 mm. in 
length, and 8mm. in diameter; the base contracts into a narrow funnel- 
shaped outlet 2mm. in length, through which the young escape. In this 
cocoon the female deposits about 86 unagglutinated spherical straw- 
coloured eggs. 
Karaka, Auckland, 4.T.U. 
Fam. THOMISIDA. 
Genus Sparassus, Walck. 
Sparassus angulatus, sp. n. 
Length of an adult female 7 mm. 
The cephalothorax is a broad oval, constricted laterally forwards, and 
roundly truneated in front; the profile ascends abruptly from the hinder 
extremity, then slopes gradually, ascending slightly at the ocular area; the 
caput is depressed, and its converging grooves—in some examples forming 
a brown medial band—extend nearly to the base of the cephalothorax, 
which is of a yellow-ochreous hue, sparingly furnished with short papillæ- 
form hairs. Height of clypeus about half the depth of the facial space. 
The eyes constitute a segment of a circle, with its convexity directed for- 
wards ; the lateral eyes of the anterior row are the largest, and the inter- 
mediate ones of the same row are the smallest of the eight. 
Relative length of legs 1, 2, 4, 8, the first and second pairs (9-7 mm.) 
are much the stoutest and longest; they are a shade lighter than the 
cephalothorax, and furnished with papilleform hairs; the femoral joints of 
the first pair have an oblique row of three or four spines on the outer surface, 
the socket of the inner spine is remarkably developed ; the femora of the 
second pair have only one spine; the tibie and metatarsi of the first and - 
second pairs have each six spines on the inner, and four on the outer side of 
` the inferior surface; the two hind-pairs are sparingly armed with spines ; the 
tarsi are clothed with dark hairs, and terminate with two curved claws 
furnished with three coarse teeth, beneath them there is a small scopula. 
The palpi resemble the legs in colour, and are armed with a minute 
claw. 
The falces are vertical, tapering. 
The mazillz are straight, rounded at the extremity, inclined towards the 
lip which is oval. 
The sternum is a broad oval, and has the uniform yellow-ochreous tint. 
The fore-part of the abdomen rises abruptly from the pedicle, is truncate, 
with a slight cleft in the centre; the posterior extremity is the widest and 
somewhat square; at each angle there is a conical prominence directed 
backwards; the impressed spots form a square; it is of a dull ochreous 
