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example, and that in all probability a specimen that had fallen 

 into my hands would prove to be synonymous with the species 

 described by Cambridge. I am still inclined to that opinion, but 

 must await material for comparison with the type before 

 venturing to express a decided opinion upon the matter. 



The example which 1 regard as C. distincta came from Prospect, 

 near Sydney. When discovered it was resting upon a twig, in 

 which position it closely resembled a broken spur. Had it not 

 been for an indiscreet movement upon its part, it would have 

 been passed by unobserved, and so would not have been included 

 in our collection. 



The life-history and cocooning habits of C. caloloides was 

 described and figured by me last year. 4 5 I now figure C. excavata 

 and her egg-bags (Plate Ixiii., fig. 4). 



The young of Celcenia disperse by " ballooning." They make 

 "foot-baskets" and throw out filaments until the latter are 

 sufficiently long to overcome the laws of gravitation just as do 

 those species previously referred to in this paper. 



Seven species only are included in the group Arcyerc, and these 

 are divided into two genera, viz., Arci/s, Walck., the range of 

 which is " N. Hollandia et Tasmania; ins. Fidji (brevijmlpus 

 Karsch.); ins. N. Caledonia (perlatus E.Sim.); and Archemorus 

 E. Sim., from Tasmania. 4 ,; 



Nothing has been noted in respect of the weaving and cocoon- 

 ing habits of the Arcyea?. All the specimens I have collected 

 have been taken by " beating " and "sweeping." 



Arcys lancearis, Walck., ranges from Brisbane to Tasmania ; 

 A. cornutus, L.K., has been recorded from Rockhampton, Bo wen, 

 and Peak Downs, Queensland, and to these localities I now add, 

 Tweed River, New South Wales; A. cdatus, Keys., Sydney; and 

 A. clavatus, Keys. In his description of the latter species, 

 Keyserlingdoes not state the locality from whence his type came, 

 but concludes with a note " Museum Godetf'roy." I have, how- 

 ever, received specimens from the Jenolan Caves District. Arche- 

 morus contains but one species, A. simsoni, E. Sim., and that 

 comes from Tasmania. 



By the comparative hardness of their abdominal integument, 

 and the cicatrose impressions on the upper surface of the latter, 

 spiders of the group Dolopkonea? present a somewhat superficial 

 resemblance to the Gasteracanthids. They are not, however, 



1 Kainbow— Austr. Mus. Rec, vii., 1, 1908, pp. 44-46, fig. 2. 

 46 Simon — Loc. cit., p. 901. 



