116 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



and correspondent, having had access to authenticated specimens 8 

 of /. helva in the British Museum, and having compared Palm 

 Creek specimens with those from Fiji, came to the conclusion that 

 Cential Australian examples were distinct, and he therefore 

 described them as /. palmarum. 



Idioctis palmarum, Hogg. 



Idioctis palmarum, Hogg, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1901, p. 242, 9 figs. 26 

 a aud c. 

 Hob. — Palm Creek, Central Australia. 



Genus Synothele, Simon. 



Synothele michaelseni, Simon. 



Synothele michaelseni, Simon, Die Fauna Sud-west Austr., i.,1908, 

 p. 364. 

 Hob. — Lion Mill, W. Australia. 

 Obs. — This species is the type of the genus. 



. Subfamily AVICULARIN/E. 



Genus Ischnocolus, Auss. 



Obs. — Ausserer's species, /. holosericeus, is the type of this- 

 genus. 



Ischnocolus lucubrans, L. Koch. 



Ischnocolus lucubrans, L. Koch, Die Arach. des Austr., i., 1874, 



p. 487, tal). xxxvii., figs. 4, 4a. 

 Ischnocolus lucubrans, Hogg, Proc. Zool. Soc ., 1901, p. 244. 



Hob. — Port Mackay, N. Queensland, 



Obs. — Of this species, Hogg (supra) says : — " Herr Koch's type 

 of this species is not available. I leave the record as it stands, 

 but the presence of the genus in Australia requires confirmation." 



Genus Selenocosmia, Auss. 

 ( — Phriclus, L. Koch, nom, prceocc; Phlogius, Simon). 

 Obs. — The type of this genus is S. javanensis, Walck. 



s Hogg— Proc. Zool. Soc, 1901, p. 242. 



9 Hogg— Loc. <-if., text-tig. 266, /. helva, from an example in the 

 Keyserling Collection. 



