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decrease of orb-weavers ; several of the more brightly coloured 

 species and varieties, that were" not uncommon at one time, I 

 have failed to meet with since I became more specially in- 

 terested in them. No doubt the introduced birds are mainly 

 answerable for it, but the rapid increase of late years of Povi- 

 jnlus (possibly an introduced species) must tend to their 

 destruction. 



Ordo AEANE^. 

 Tribus TEEEITELAEI^. 



Fam. THEKAPHOSIDiE. 



Gen. Nemesia, Latr. 

 Nemcsia gilliesii, Cambr., vol. x., 284. 



Gen. Hexathele, Auss. 



HexatJiele 2^ctrerii, Goyen, vol. xix., 207. 

 „ Jwchstetteri, Auss., D.A.A., 459. 



Gen. Arbanitis, L.K. 

 Arbanitis Imttonii, Cambr., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1879, 682. 



Gen. MiGAS, L.K. 

 Migas paradoxus, L.K., D.A.A., 588. 

 . „ distinctus, Cambr., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1879, 683. 

 Male des. by T. Goyen, F.L.S., vol. xix., 210. 



„ sandageri, Goyen, vol. xiii., 123. 



Sub-Fam. Theeaphosin^. 

 Gen. Macrothele, Auss. 

 MacrothcJc Imttonii, Cambr., vol. vi., 200. 



Tribus TUBITELAEIiE. 

 Fam. Dysderidze. 

 Gen. Segesteia, Latr. 

 Scgestria suterii, Urq., vol. xxiv., 230. 



Gen. OoNors, Tempi. 

 Oonops seiHem-cincta, Urq., vol. xxiii., 128. •, 



Fam. Deassid^. 



Gen. Heepi'llus, mihi. 



HerpijUus formicarius, Urq. 



Drassus formicarius, Urq., vol. xix., 109. 



Gen. Deassus, Walck. 

 Drassus jJTctiosns, Ij.K., D. A. A., 385. 

 „ crchus, L.K., D.A.A., 387. 



