258 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Nicodamus periyrinus, Simon, Hist. Nat. des Araign., ii. (2nd 

 ed.), 1897, p. 222, figs. 210, 211. 

 Hab. — Australia. Erroneously recorded by Walckenaer 

 (supra) as coming from Brazil. 



Nicodamus semiflavum, L. Koch. 



Theridium semiflavum, L. Koch, Verb, der K.K. zool. -hot. Ges. 

 Wien, 1865, p. 858 ; Die Arach. des Austr., i., 1872, p. 259, 

 tab. xxi., figs. 6, 6a, 7. 

 Hab. — Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. 



Nicodamus tarandus, Thor. 



Ozaleus tarandus, Thor., Studi Ragni Mai. e Papuani, i., iv., 

 1889, p. 294. 

 Hab. — N. Australia. 



Subfamily CYB^IN^. 



Genus Desis, Walck. 



(■= Robsonia, Walck. ; Dandridgea, White; Paradesis, Pocock). 

 06s. — Desis maxillosa, Fabr., is the type species of this genus. 



Desis hartmeyeri, Simon. 



Desis hartmeyeri, Simon, Die Fauna Sud-west Austr., ii., 1909, 

 p. 180. 

 Hab. — Albany, W. Australia. 



Desis kenyon^e, Pocock. 



Desis kenyonm, Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902, p. 102, 

 fig. 21. 

 Hab. — Victoria. 



Desis marina, Hector. 

 Aryyroneta marina, Hector, Trans. N.Z. Inst., x., 1877, p. 300. 

 Desis robsoni, Powell, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xi., 1878, p. 263, pi. xii. 

 Robsonia marina, O. P. Cambr., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, 



p. 686. 

 Desis marina, Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xvi., 6, 1895, p. 143; 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902, p. 101. 

 flab. — E. Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. 



