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Obs. An exceedingly interesting species, and the only one 

 obtained by Mr. Froggatt, when out with the Geographical 

 Society's Expedition to New Guinea in 1885. Previously only 

 six species were known, and of these, four were from Australia, 

 one from New Caledonia, and one from Western Tropical Africa. 

 The Australian species are : — Menneus despiciens, Camb., M. 

 uni/asciata, L. Koch, M. migulaia, and M. superciliosa, Thorell, 

 and of these only one, M. uni/asciata has been found so far south 

 as Sydney. All the Australian species have been described under 

 the generic name of Avella (Cambr.). 



Loc. Fly River (British New Guinea). 



Family Psechrid^. 

 Genus Psechrus, Thorell, 

 Psechrus argentatus, Dolesch. 



Loc. Fly River (British New Guinea). 



Second section ARANEtE VER^ ECRIBELLAT^. 

 Family THERiDiiDiE. 

 Genus Latrodectus, Walck. 

 Latrodectus scelio, Thorell., var. indica, E. Simon. 



Loc. Fly River and St. Joseph's River (British New Guinea). 



Family Argiopid^. 



Subfamily TETRAGNATHINiE. 



Genus Tetragnatha, Latr. 

 Tetrag7iatha rubriventris, Dolesch. 



Loc. St. Joseph's River ( British New Guinea). 

 Tetragnatha mandibulata, Walck. 



Loc. Kiriwina Island (Trobriand), and Louisiade Archipelago. 

 Genus Argyroepeira, Emer. 

 Argyroefeira celebesiaiia, Walck. 



Ilab. British New Guinea, St. Joseph's River. 

 Argyroepeira grata, Guer. 



Hab. British New Guinea, St. Joseph's River. 



Subfamily NEPHiLlNiE. 



Genus Nephila, Leach. 

 Nephila maculata, Fab. 



Loc. St. Joseph's River, Kiriwina IsUind (Trobriand), En- 

 gineers' Group (N.E. Coast), and Samarai (Dinner Island), 

 British New Guinea, 



Nephila maculata, Fab., var. pencilhim, Dolesch. 



Loc. St. Joseph's River and Fly River (British New Guinea). 



