Cia!)-Sj)i(leis of the Clareinont-Lao^mia 
Reo-ion 
MAR(;ARi:r i,. Moi.i'.s 
III the Clai-ciiu)iit i-cirlon, spiders belonging to the family Thom- 
isiihe are \ ery alniiulant. 'Phoiigh gix'at in nunibei-s onl\' li\'e genera 
of the family ha\e been loiincl. During the months of Mav and 
June thev frei]uent the popples and feeil upon the small Hvmenop- 
tcra and Diptera, whieh come to the Howers. A great many were 
found in the Howers with deail bees, showing that the spitlers 
grabbed at the large prey resulting in the death of both. They 
are very \\ary, the instant a shadow falls on the poppy plant they 
run to the under side of the flower and drop to the ground. The 
coloring of the spiders is so protecti\'e that when they are down 
among the stamens of the flowers it is hard to distinguish them 
unless closely obser\-ed. The species that were foimd to frequent the 
poppies were Misiirnciui dlciitoriu, M IsmiK-iiops dspcrciliis and 
Xx.uinis itilifdriiiriis. riie wild Howers which ha\'e the colors blue, 
red or hnender were ne\ er fountl to be inhabited by any members of 
this family, but nearly al! the \y]\d flowers of a yellowish hue haci 
from one to two thomisids in them. A great many young were 
found during the months of May, June and July. 
XysliiKS c<ilif(>nii(iis, J'hilodronnis pi-rjiix and Xysliiiis t/iilnsus 
were lound imder tlie bai^k of tree, XxsliiKS (ii/ij Dniiriis being found 
in the tall grass, under the bark of the eucalyptus trees and in pop- 
pies. PliilodKnuiis pcniix and Xxs/iciis (jlii.^nsis were fouml luuler 
eucalyptus bark, oak bark and sycamore. 
MisiiiiK'iii! (ilraloriii \\as found on tar «-ee(.l, poppies, in a dried-up 
yellow rose and in a pink i-ose. The one foumi in the drie-up yellow 
rose (Plate I) was remarkable in its protccti\'e coloring, looking 
exactly like a dried yellow rose petal in the dark brown stamens. 
Two \-ariations in coloring were lound in Misniiiciiii uli-'iloriii. 
One which was found in the green grass had a brownish green body 
and lacked any dark spots on the alidomen, the othei' was a yellow 
color witli only one darl-; bro\\'n spot on the abdomen, the heatl and 
