200 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 



Gasteracantha taeniata. Walck. 



Plectana taeniata, Walck., Hist. Nat. des Ins., Apt., ii., 1837, 



p. 169. 

 Gasteracantha taeniata, L. Koch, Die Arach. des Austr., i., 1871, 



p. 10. 

 Gasteracantlia violenta, L. Koch, op. cit , p. 5, tab. i., tig. 3. 

 Gasteracantha taeniata, Thor., Studi Ragni Mai. e Papuani, iii., 



1881, p. 8. 

 Hab. — Papua, Queensland, New South Wales, and the Falk- 

 land Isles. 



Gasteracantha theisii, Guer. 



Gasteracantha theisii, Guer., Voy. Coquille, Zool., ii., 1830, p. 5-1 

 Plectana prcetextata, Walck., Hist. Nat. des Ins., Apt., ii., 1837, 



p. 166. 

 Gasteracantha pr<etextata, L. Koch, Die Arach. des Austr., i., 



1871, p. 8. 

 Gasteracantha theisii, Thor., Studi Ragni Mai. e Papuani, iii., 



1881, p. 44 

 Isacantha prtetextata, Keys., Die Arach. des Austr., Suppl., 1886, 



p. 94. 

 Hab. — Moreton Bay, Queensland ; Papua. 



Gasteracantha variegata, Walck. 



Plectana varieyata, Walk., Hist Nat. des Ins., Apt., ii., 1837, 



p. 160. 

 Gasteracantha variegata, L. Koch, Die Arach. des Austr., i., 1871, 



p. 2 : Ke}'.s., op. cit., Suppl., 1886, p. 97. 

 Gasteracantha variegata, Thor., Studi Ragni Mai. e Papuani, iii., 



1881, p. 27. 

 Hab. — Cape York, Bowen, and Palm Island, Great Barrier 

 Reef, N. Queensland ; Papua, Polynesia. 



Gasteracantha westringii, Keys. 



Gasteracantha westringii, Keys., Sitz. der Isis zu Dresden, 1863, 



p. 66. 

 Gasteracantha westringii, L. Koch, Die Arach. des Austr., i., 



1871, p. 3, tab. i.,' fig. 2. 



