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Meta (0. Koch.) 

 M. gramdata Walck. 



Tetragnatha gi-anulata Walck Hist. Nat. des Ins. apt iii., p. 

 222. Tetragnatha grannlata, L. Koch Beschrieb neuer 

 arach. unci niyr. in den verhandl. der k. k. zool bot 

 Geselschaft zu Wien Jahrq, 1867, p. 185. Meta grann- 

 lata Koch, arach. aust., p. 136, pi. 10, fig. 5. 



One female from Percy Island ; three females from Hall Sound. 

 These specimens show a gradual disappearance of the 

 dark markings on the upper side of the abdomen. One 

 female from Bet Island seems to belong to this species, 

 but it is too crushed for certain recognition. 



M. decorata. Blackiv. 



Tetragnatha decorata Blackvv. aim and mag. Nat. Hist., July, 

 1864. 



Tetragnatha decoi'ata Camb. Linnean Soc.'s Journal Zool., 

 vol. x., p. 389, pi. xiii., figs. 61 to 68. 



Meta decorata L. Koch, Arach. Aust., p. 141, pi. xi., fig. 5. 



Two females from Hall Sound. The specimens previously described 

 are from Bombay, Ceylon, Bowen, and Port Mackay. 



M. striatipes, JV.S. 



Cephalothorax longer than broad, yellowish grey above ; caput 

 marked by a furrow ; about the same height as cephalothorax ; 

 mandibles, maxilla?, and labium brownish red ; sternum yellowish 

 grey ; legs yellowish grey, with a black band at the genual and 

 lower end of the tibial, brownish grey towards the tarsi ; the 

 third pair want the dark bands. 



Abdomen long, narrow, high in front, where it is widest, and 

 extending but a short distance beyond the spinnarets ; silvery grey 

 above, with a light brownish-grey longitudinal mark extending 

 half way down the centre ; sides same colour, with two longitu- 

 dinal marks of silver grey ; under side light grey. 



Length of abdomen, 4 lines ; of cephalothorax, 1 line. 



