44 Transactions.— Zoology. 
The palpi have the same tint as the legs, armed with a few bristles, and 
small curved claw. 
The falces are strong, convex, somewhat cuneiform, slightly inclined out- 
wards. 
The maville are rather pointed, inclined towards the lip, which is oval, 
and obtuse at the apex ; these parts are a yellow-ochreous, provided with a 
few strong black hairs. 
Sternum heart-shaped. 
The abdomen is oval, broadest towards the posterior end, somewhat 
globose, rises rather abruptly from the thoracic junction; it has a pale 
brown hue, two dark lake-coloured lines converge towards the hind ex- 
tremity, forming a semi-oval and square space, in the centre of each space 
are four dark impressed spots; between the base of each of these lines and 
the spinners are a series of four oblique marks; the lateral margins have a 
band of creamy-white embossed small leaf-like marks. Vulva simple. 
Tairua, Whangarei Harbour, T. Broun. 
Philodromus spheroides, sp. n. 
Length of an adult female 6 mm. 
The colour of the cephalothorax is a pale amber, faintly tinged with pea- 
green; almost glabrous; it is oval, almost as broad as long; the caput is 
large, roundly truncated, anterior constrictions slight ; the profile line rises 
abruptly, then runs in a straight line to the ocular area, forming an obtuse ; 
angle; the height of the clypeus equals the depth of the facial space. 
The eyes are disposed on the anterior part of the cephalothorax in two 
transverse curved rows, in the form of a crescent whose convexity is before; 
they are seated on prominent orange-coloured tubercles, the lateral eyes 
are the largest of the eight, and their tubercular prominences conjoin. 
The first and second pairs of legs are moderately robust, and of about 
equal length, the fourth and third are much the slightest and shortest; 
palish-amber, suffused, especially the first pair, with brownish-purple ; the 
armature consists of about the normal number of spines and’ a few fine 
hairs and bristles; the tarsi terminate with the usual pair of claws and 
a scopula. 
The palpi are farnished with hairs and bristles, and are like the legs in 
colour. 
The falces are conical, short, broad at the base. 
The mazille are straight, rounded at the extremities. 
The labium is oval, slightly pointed. 
Sternum heart-shaped ; these parts have the amber hue of the legs. . 
The abdomen is a broad oval, the diameter equalling the length, convex ; 
nearly glabrous, and of a pale yellowish pea-green, five distinct impressed 
spots form an acute triangle, which has its vertex directed forwards. The 
