ARACHNIDA FROM THK SoLOMOX ISLANDS RAINHoW. 9 



F<n>nlii ARGIUPID^. 



(lein.in Tetragnatha, Lafr. 



Tkti;ai;natha MANmnri^ATA,* M'lilrl,-. ? 



refntiiiiitHni iii((ii(Jilji.(li(t(t, Walck., Hist. nat. des. iii.s., Apt. ii., 

 i837, p. 211 ; Koch, Die Aracb. Austr., i., 1871, p. 194, 

 pi. xvii., tio-s. 2, 2r/, 2/-, 8, 3", 8//. 



J have not much doubt, but that the specimen before me, 

 badly damaged as it is, is any other than the species indicated 

 above. 



Hull. — Island of Howla. Previously recorded from New 

 Granada, Viti, Upolu and Tonga. 



Gejius Leucauge, Whltr. 



Leucauue celekesiaxa, * Walck. 



TefniiiiKifJni relehesidiM, Walck., Hist. nat. des Ins., Apt., ii., 

 i837, p. 222. 



Meta decorafii, Blackw., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1864, p. 44 ; 



Koch, Die Arach. Austr., i., 1871, p. 141, pi. xi., fig 5. 

 Arrjyroepeira celebegiaiia, Thor., Studi. Rag. Mai., iv., 1890, p. 



194. 



Hah. — Russell Island (Froggatt). Widely distributed over 

 Malaisia, Xew Guinea, Australia and S. Sea Islands. 



Leucauge geata, Gxrr. 



Epeira gnitti. Guer, Voy. de la Coq., Zool., ii., 2, p. 56. 



Epeira cocciiiea, Dol., Nat. Tijd. Nederl. Ind., xiii., 1826, (supp. 

 3, vol. iii), p. 421, 1857. 



Ar(jijr<>eiieirii (jratu, Poc, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., i. (6), 1898, 

 p. 464. 



Hah. — Russell Island (Froggatt), Ugi and Howla. Widely 

 distributed over the Austro-Malaisian area. 



Genus Nephila, Leach. 

 Nephila .\[aculata. Fab. 

 Epeira viariil((ti(, Fab., Ent. Syst., ii., 1793, p. 425. 



Hah. — Russell Island (Froggatt), also Ugi and Gaudalcanar. 

 Numerous specimens of this typical species occur in all 

 collections from the S. Sea Islands. 



