Latrodectus hasselti [Lat-h.]

General.

New Zealand spider - lymphangitis and nervous twitchings, scarlet burning eruption.

New South Wales Black Spider - Long lasting effects seem to indicate it as a "chronic" blood poisoning. Arrests intense pain in pyaemia. Great oedema in neighborhood of wound; paralysis of limbs, with great wasting of muscles. Violent, darting, burning pains preceding paralysis; vertigo, tendency to fall forward, septicaemic conditions; constant delusion of FLYING. Loss of memory. Roaring noises.