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336 ARACHNIDAN FAUNA OF BRITISH NEW GUINEA 



Subfamily NEPHILIN^. 

 Genus N e p h i l a, Leach. 



16. Nephila maculata, Fab. 



Loc. — Neneba, Mount Scratchley, at 4,000 and 5,000ft; Mount 

 Scratchley, at 12,200ft. 



17. Nephila maculata, Fab., var. walcken^rii, DoI. 

 Xoc— Mount Scratchley, at 12,200ft. 



18. Nephila maculata. Fab., var. penicillum, Dol. 

 Hah. — New Guinea. 



Subfamily ARGIOPHIN.ffi. 

 Genus A r g i o p e, Aud. et Sav. 



19. ArGIOPE iETHEREA, Walck. 



Loc. — Mount Scratchley, at 12,200ft.; and Rossel Island. 



20. Argiope iETHEREA, Walck., var. dbusta, Thoi\ 

 Loc. — Panneata, Louisiade Group. 



21. Argiope iETHEREA, Walck., var. annulipes, Thor. 

 Zoc— Mount Scratchley, at 12,200ft. 



22. Argiope ^emula, Walck. 



Loc. — Mount Scratchley, at 12,200ft., 3rd July, 1896; Vanapa 

 Valley, the river of which rises in the Owen Stanley Ranges 

 and flows into Redscar Bay, March, 1897; and Panneata. 



23. Argiope picta, L. Koch. 



Loc. — Tamata Station, Mambare River, and Neneba. 



Genus Cyrtophora, E. Sim. 



24. Cyrtophora moluccensis, Dol. 



Hah. — New Guinea. 



This species is very variable, both in point of size and coloura- 

 tion. 



