ARACHNIDA FROM NORTHERN QTTEENRLAND— RAINBOW. 95 



Ohs. — 111 his field note in respect of one of tliese specimens, 

 Mr. A. A. Girault saj's : — " Forest, from folded leaves, 3 Sept., 

 1912." Pour Australian species have been recorded, but in 

 respect of only one of tliese C. (Epeira) iniUidd, niilii, liave any 

 field notes been published.- Simon has given some interesting 

 notes on various species of Cyclosa from other parts of the 

 world, and to his work the reader is directed .^^ The group 

 Cycloseje is very small, only four genera having been 

 recorded to it, and of these Cyclosa is the sole Australian 

 representative. 



Hah. — Gordonvale, May and September, 1912 ; Murrawa, 

 jungle, July 26, 1913. 



Group MANGOREiE. 



Six genera are included in this group, only one of which 

 has so far been recorded from Australia, viz., Larixia, Simon, 

 the range of which according to that distinguished author is 

 " Orbis totius reg. calidie subtrop., rarius tropicse."* The 

 genus is represented in our fauna by three species, two of 

 which are recorded below. Of these, L. tabida, L. Koch, is 

 known only from Northern Queensland, whilst the other, 

 L. phtlii>tica, L.Koch, ranges from Northern Queensland to 

 Victoria. The third species, L. ehurneivetitris, Simon, is a 

 West Australian form. 



Genus Larinia, Sim. 



Larinia phthisica, L. Koch. 



Epeira phthis/C((, L. Koch, Die Arach. des Austr., i., 1871, 

 p. 103, pi. viii., figs. 5, 5« ; Keys., Op. cit., Suppl., 1887, 

 p. 171, pi. xiv., figs. 6, Qa. 



Ohs. — The species displays considerable variation, but it 

 may always be distinguished by the structure of the epigynum. 

 Although a large number of specimens were taken, many of 

 tlieni were immature. 



- Rainbow. — Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, xxiii., 1897, pp. 535-6. 

 3 Simon.— Hist. Nat. des Araigu., i., 1892 (1895), pp. 781-2. 

 * Simou. — Loc. cit., p. 795. 



