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Hermanu's work (Mt^m. aptérol., 1804) and the subsef(uent dis- 

 covery of Bri/ohia lapi<hnii (H;uiinier) (see Abli. Nat. Ver. Brem., 

 1904, V. 18, Heft 1, p. 243) impulsed me to compare other 

 drawings and descriptions of Bri/obia with one another. So I 

 came to the conclusion that 8chrank's Aranis delineated in 

 his »Beytrilge", tab. 1. f. 8 and i» is nothing else but /i/y/oAwf 

 speciosa ( •. L. Koch, so that we have the following synonymy : 



1776. Acanis ruf us, pedlhus primi paris longissimis, abdomine 

 postice crenato Schrank. Beytr. Nat. p. 8, t. 1, f. 8, 9. 



1781. Acarus (iraminum Schrank, En. Ins. Austr. n^. 1061. 



1790. — - Gmel. Syst. Nat n". 64. 



1792. Oliv. P]neycl. méth. v. 7, p. 696. 



1802. Turt. Syst. Nat. p. 707. 



1838. Bri/obin speciosa Koch Deu. Cr. Myr. Ar. 17, 10. 



1838. Br;iobia nohilis Koch Deu. Cr. Myr. Ar. 17, 11. 



1842. Brijobia speciosa Koch Uebers. Arachn. Syst. v. 3, 

 p. 62, t. 6, f. 31. 



1842. Bryohia nohilis Koch Uebers. Arachn. Syst. v. 3, p. 62. 



1859. Bryohia speciosa Grube in Arch. Nat. Liv.- Esht.- 

 Kurl., ser. 2, v. 1, p. 458. 



1864. — — Kirchner in Lotos, v. 14, p. 152. 



1864. Bri/obia iiobilis Kirchner in Lotos, v. 14, p. 152. 



1877. Bryohia speciosa Can. et Fanz. in Att. R. 1st. Ven. 

 Sc. Lett. Art. ser. 5, v. 4, p. 91, t. 5, f. 4. 



1877. Bryohia nohilis Can. et Fanz. in Att. K. 1st. Ven. Sc. 

 Lett. Art. ser. 5, v. 4, p. 92. 



1877. Bryohia speciosa Myrray Econ. Entora. ; Apt., p. 118 

 cum fig. 



1878. — — Kram, in Zeit. ges. Naturw. v. 51, p. 533. 



1879. Kram. in Arch. Naturg. v. 45, p. 157, t. 8, f. 9b. 



1888. Beri. Ac. Myr. Sc. Ital. 51, 1. 



1893. Beri. Ordo Prost. p. 56, t. 6. f. 3. 



I have followed Berlese in considering Bryohia nohilis 

 C. L. Koch synonym to Bryohia speciosa C. L. Koch, but I 



