52 T. THORELL, 
"Espagne" for its country, although on the page immediately following he says 
of Arg. Brünnichü (Nephila fasciata SIM.) that it is “la seule espèce Euro- 
péenne" of the genus JVephila, and also omits to include Æ. ambagiosa in 
his "Catalogue Synonymique"; but it is referred by WALCKENAER himself ") 
to the same (1°) Race of the genus Zpeira’s 4" family ("les Décorées"), to 
which Æ. fasciata, aurelia, œtherea and the other species of Argiope with 
unlobated or unnotehed abdomen belong. 
With reference to the orthography of the name Argiope, the follow- 
ing remarks may be reasonably made?) Both in the passage of the Descr. 
de l'Égypte, where that genus is described by Aupouin (T. XXII, p. 328 of 
the 2" Edit.) and in the index to that volume (p. 466), its Latin name is 
Argiope, but in French he calls it Argyope ("Genre Argyope, Argiope” just 
as he writes "Genre Tegenaire, Tegenaria”, "Genre Pholque, Pholcus" 
ete.) This latter orthography has moreover since been used not only in 
the French but also in the Latin names ?) of the species, and this has caused 
several subsequent authors to write Argyope instead of Argiope. As however 
AUDOUIN first, and in characterizing the genus, wrote Argiope, that orthography 
must be preserved, especially as it is that which is etymologically right 
(see the derivation of the word above), and the unreasonable spelling Ar- 
gyope, which has been received by LucAs, WALCKENAER and others — in- 
cluding myself, *) before I had the opportunity of consulting the Deser. de 
l'Egypte — must be abandoned. LATREILLE first (loc. cit. in Syn.) changed 
Argiope into Argyopes, in which he has been followed by SUNDEVALL, C. 
KocH, KEYSERLING and others, but shortly after wrote Argyope (loc. cit.). 
— The genus will, it is to be hoped, hereafter retain its original and 
proper name: Argiope SAv. et AUD. 
1) Hist. Nat. d. Ins. Apt., II, p. 113. 
2) Conf. THoRELL, Om Aranea lobata PALL., p. 596. 
3) The confounding of i and y in names borrowed from the Greek is not 
very rare among French writers. SIMON for ex. has in his Hist. Nat. des Araignées, 
p. 433 formed a genus that he calls Pachyptila, but p. 526, where he reckons up 
the European species of that genus, he calls it Pachyptyla. 
. 4) Nya exot. Epeirider, p. 299. 
