90 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Nephila maculata, var. penicillcm, Bol. 



Epeira penicilhuii, Dol., Bijdr., 1857, y. 1-1-2 ; Tweed. Bijdr., 

 1859, pi. ii., tig. 4. 



Nephila flagellans, L. Koch, 



Xephila flagellans, L. Koch, Die Aracli. des Austr., i., 1871, 

 p. 153, pi. .xii., tigs. 5, 5rt, 6, 6(/. 



Hab. — Gordonvale. 



Sub-famihj ARGIOPIN^. 



This large sub-family has been divided b}' Simon into 

 tAventy. eight gi'oups, the majority of which are represented in 

 Australia. The first of these is the Argiopeas, and this 

 contains two genera, each of which are represented in the 

 Girault collection, and are enumerated below. The tirst genus, 

 Argiope, Aud. i)i Sav., contained up to the time of the 

 publication of this paper, fifteen species, and to these I now 

 add one more — A. probata, sp. nov. The genus Gea, C. Koch, 

 is a very small one, and is onlj' represented in Australia by 

 two speeies. The present collection contains one specimen of 

 each, and" one of these is an immature example. The 

 latter differs somewhat from L. Koch's description and figure 

 of G. Iheridiou.les, but it is not sutficiently developed to enable 

 one to dogmatise, and say it is nut that species, and so I 

 include it here with a query. 



Group Akgiope^. 



Genus Argiope, Aud. in Sav. 



Argiope ^etherea, Walck. 



Epeira cetherea, Walck., Hist. Nat. des Ins., Apt., ii., 1837, 

 p. 112. 



Argiope regalls, L. Koch, Die Arach. des Austr., i., 1871, p. 36, 

 pi. iii., figs. 4, 4rt ; oj). cit., p. 43. 



Hab. — Cooktown, February 6, 1912 ; Gordonvale, April 10, 

 1913, August 10, 1912, August 27, 191;V and August 30, 1912 

 (forest) ; Proserpine River, November 14, 1912. Several 

 immature examples. 



