96 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Hah. — Gordon vale, sweeping, forest and jung-le patcli, 

 April 27, 1913, forest, June 6, 19U, August 12, 1912; 

 sweeping along banks of streamlet, September 5, 1912, forest; 

 September 8, 1910, sweeping grass, October 9, 1912. 

 Townsville, sweeping grass, July 11, 1912. Aioomba, sweeping 

 grass, July 7, 1912. Pentlaud, Septembei, 191-4. Proserpine 

 River, November 3, 1914. 



Larinia tabida, L. Koch. 



Epeira tnhtda, L. Kocb, Die Arach. des Austr., i., 1871, p. 105, 

 pi. viii., figs. 6, 6i( ; Keys., Loc. cit., Suppl., 1887, p. 170, 

 pi. xiv., figs. 5, 5((. 



Hah. — Gordonvale, forest, sweeping low buslies and grasses, 

 April 14, 1913 ; forest, sweeping along streamlet, June 27, 

 1913; taken from web, August 31, 1912. Proserpine River, 

 sweeping foliage and grass, November 3, 1912 ; taken from 

 cells of Sceliphron hetum. Smith, December 27, 1913. Quingilli, 

 sweeping grass in forest, September 13, 1912. 



Gronp Arane^. 



This is the seventh group into which Simon has divided the 

 sub-family Argiopinse, and although it is composed of only 

 five genera it is remarkable for the large number of species it 

 contains. The greatest genus is, of course, the ubiquitous 

 Aranens, Clerck, the distribution of which is " Orbis totius 

 regiones omnes." The two other genera occuri-ing in Australia 

 are: — Carppahri^, L. Koch (the range of which is "N. -Guinea; 

 N.-Hollandia ; Amer. centr. et merid ") and Acroa.'^pis, Karsch, 

 which occurs only, as far as we know at present in " Nova- 

 Hollandia."5 



Genus Araneus, Clercl;. 



In order to facilitate the study of this enormous genus, 

 Simon divided it into six series, which he based chiefly on 

 their eye fcirmulas. In this paper I propose, with the material 

 I have in hand, to adopt the simpler method used by Professor 

 J. H. Comstock in his magnificent work, "The Spider Book." 

 This learned author divided the genus into five sections, 

 viz.: — 



5 Simon. — Loc. cit., p. 830. 



