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 maxilla 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 spharoides, 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 furnished with hairs and bristles, and are like the legs in 

 colour. 



The falces are conical, short, broad at the base. 



The maxilla 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 



