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addition to tlie latter tliere are also large ii'regularly shaped 

 dark brown patches ; inferior surface yellow with smoky- 

 brown, irregulai'ly shaped transverse patches and scattered 

 spots. Epi(ji/iiui)i. — A short, dull whitish, bluntly accumi- 

 nated process (PI. xxi., fig. 15). 



Hah. — Gordonvale, November, 1913. 



The SinuUer Aiigidate Araneas. 



A large number of medium sized and small species are 

 contained in this and the round-shouldered series. Some of 

 the forms are common and widely distribu<.ed. 



Araneus trigonus, Ij. Koch. 



Eppint trlgona, L. Koch, Die Aracli, des. Austr., i., 1871, p. 50, 

 ))1. iv., figs. 1, 1((, \h ; Thor., Studi Ragin Mai e Papuani, 

 iii., 1881, pp. 15 and 19. 



B-ub. — Cooktown, taken fiom cell of ScelepJiroii, sp., Febru- 

 ary 6, 1912. 



Araneds lutulentus, L. Koch. 



Epeira Ji(ii(Ieiifa, Keja., Die Arach. des Austr., Suppl., 1886, p. 

 143, pi. xi., figs. 6, 6a. 



Hall. — Gordonvale, May 1, 1912. 



Araneus collinus, Keys. 



Epeiiui rolliiiiis^ Keys., Die Arach. des Austr., Sup])l., 1886, p. 

 141, pi. xi., figs. 5, ba. 



Araneus extuberatus, L. Koch. 



Epeira extuherata, L. Koch, Die Arach. des Austr., i., 1871, p. 

 61, pi. v., fig. 3 ; Hogg, Rep. Horn Expl. Exped., ii.. 

 Zoology, 1896, p. 311. 



Ohs. — Humeral tubercles of this species are exceedingly 

 small. 



Hah. — Gordonvale, from cell of Scelephron, October 20, 

 1912. Originally recorded from New Zealand. 



