Monographic List of Gasteracantha. 173 
This form seems scarcely distinct from G. prcetextata; 
it is, however, rather larger, paler in colour, and the lateral 
spines in our dried specimens are more divei"gent. Com- 
pare Petiver Gazoph. 1, pi. 26, fig. 6 (17 11). 
87. G. astrigera. 
$ Gasteracantha astrigera, Koch, Arachn. Austral, 
1, p. 14, n. 14, ph 1, fig. 9 (1871). 
" Sydney," Koch. 
Allied to G. jiavomacnlata. 
88. G. lygeana. 
Plectana lygeana, Walckenaer, Apt. 2, p. 197, 
n. 73 (1837-39). 
"Java, Sumatra," Walckenaer ; Sp. ead. ? Z2iN2i, Argent. 
B.M. 
Sub-genus Stanneoclavis. 
Allied to Isacantha, but all the spines resembling 
mammse, or inverted broad-headed nails. 
Type, S. pentagona. 
89. G. pentagona. 
Plectana pentagona, Walckenaer, Apt. 2, p. 168, 
n. 27 (1837); Koch, Arachn. Austral. 1, p. 9, n. 9 ; 
pL 1, fig. 6(1871). 
" New Ireland," Walckenaer ; " Georgia! " B.M. 
90. G. variegata. 
Plectana variegata, Walckenaer, Apt. 2, p. 160, 
n. 17 (1837); Koch, Arachn. Austral. 1, p. 2, n. 1, 
Gasteracantha V. (1871). 
Dorey, Wallace. B.M. 
91. G. tuberosa. 
Gasteracantha iuherosa, Thorell, Ofvers. Vetensk. 
Akad. Forhandl. x\a. p. 303, n. 14 (1859, edit. 
1860); Eug. Resa, Zool. Arachn. p. 22 a868). 
" CafFraria " ( Wahlhcrg), Thorell. 
Appears to belong to the G. variegata group. 
92. G. Canningensis. 
Gasteracantha (^IsaconthcL) Canningensis, Sto- 
liczka, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xxxviii. p. 248 ; 
pi. xviii, fig. 1 (1869). 
" S. of Port Canning (S.E, of Calcutta)," Stoliczka. 
Hah.— ? B.M. 
