﻿EoBSON. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Breeding 
  Habils 
  of 
  the 
  Katipo. 
  391 
  

  

  VII. 
  GEALLiE. 
  

  

  Eallid£E. 
  Ocydromus 
  australls, 
  Sparrm. 
  O.fascus, 
  Dubiis.'" 
  Eallus 
  pectoraJis/'' 
  

   Less. 
  Ortygometra 
  offinis,-''- 
  Gray. 
  0. 
  tahuensis, 
  Gml. 
  Porphyrio 
  

   melanotus, 
  Temm. 
  

  

  Scolopacid®. 
  Limosa 
  uropygialis, 
  Gould. 
  

  

  Charadriidffi. 
  Charadriiis 
  obscurus, 
  Gml. 
  C. 
  hicinctus, 
  Jard. 
  Tklnornis 
  nova- 
  

   zcalandia;. 
  Hcematopus 
  longirostris, 
  Vieill. 
  

  

  ArdeidsB. 
  Ardea 
  alba, 
  Li. 
  Ardea 
  piisilla, 
  Y. 
  Ardea 
  poiclloptera, 
  Wagl. 
  

   Kyclicorax 
  caledonicus, 
  Lath.''' 
  

  

  VIII. 
  Anseres. 
  

   Anatidge. 
  Casarca 
  variegata, 
  Gml. 
  Querquedula 
  gibberifrons, 
  S. 
  Miiller. 
  

   Ehynchaspis 
  variegata, 
  Gould. 
  Fidigida 
  nova-zealandi<s, 
  Gml. 
  

   Hymenolaimiis 
  malacorhynchus, 
  Gml. 
  

   LaridsB. 
  Larus 
  dominicanus,'Licht. 
  L. 
  scopitlinits,¥oi'st.''' 
  L. 
  b 
  idler 
  I, 
  Huiton. 
  

  

  Sterjia 
  caspia, 
  TsiU.. 
  S. 
  front 
  alis, 
  Gvaj. 
  S. 
  antarciica,Yoxat. 
  

   PelecanidEe. 
  Gracuhis 
  carbo, 
  L. 
  G. 
  brevirostris, 
  Gould, 
  

   Ptilopteri. 
  Eudyptcs 
  pachgrhynchus. 
  Gray. 
  

   Podicepidse. 
  Podiceps 
  cristatus, 
  L. 
  P. 
  riifpcctus, 
  Gray. 
  

  

  IX. 
  Struthiones. 
  

   Apterygidffi. 
  Apteryx 
  australis, 
  Shaw. 
  A. 
  oweni, 
  Gould. 
  A. 
  maxima, 
  Verr. 
  

  

  ArI. 
  LIV. 
  — 
  Kates 
  on 
  the 
  Breeding 
  Habits 
  of 
  the 
  Katipo 
  (Latrodectus 
  katipo). 
  

  

  By 
  C. 
  H. 
  EoBSON. 
  

   \Read 
  before 
  the 
  Wellington 
  Fhilosopliical 
  Society, 
  2,rd 
  August, 
  1873.] 
  

   The 
  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 
  5Q, 
  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 
  Eev. 
  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 
  

  

  * 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  obtained 
  thesej 
  

  

  