462 Mr. R. I. Pocock on 



Ann. Mus. Genova, xvii. pp. 64-65), at least in the pattern 

 of the lower side of the abdomen. So far as the upperside is 

 concerned, leopardina perhaps comes nearest to faorensis, a 

 form which is unknown to me. 



8. ^Argiope hougainvilla (Walck.). 



Argiope hougainvilla (Walck.), Ins. Apt. iv. p. 473 (1847). 



Recorded by Walckenaer from Bougainville Island. 

 Perhaps allied to A. pentagona, L. Koch. 



Genus Cyrtophora, Simon. 



9. Cyrtopliora cylindroides (Walck.). 



Epeira cylindroides, Walck. Ins. Apt. ii. p. 136 (1837) {teste Simon), 

 Epeira viridipes, Uoleschall, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-N^erland. 1859, p. 29, 



pi. i. fig. 7. 

 Epeira nephdina, L. Koch, Die Arachuiden Austral, i. p. 90, pi. vii. 



fig. 6 (1871). 



Recorded from Cochin China, Amboina, Yule Island, 

 Queensland, &c. A single specimen was obtained by 

 Mr. C. M. Woodford in 1887, probably from Shortland 

 Island ; and specimens have also been received fiom New 

 Georgia {H.M.S. ' Penguin '). 



10. Cyrtophora unicolor (Dol.). 



Cyrtophora tmicolor (Dol.), Nat. Tijdsehr. Nederland. Indie, xiii. p. 419 

 (1857) ; id. Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-N^erland. v. pi. ii. fig. 1 (1859). 



A single immature female referable to this or to a closely 

 allied species was obtained by Mr. C. M. Woodford, probably 

 in Shortland Island. 



Genus Araneus^ Linn. 



11. Aranevs nauticus, L. Koch. 



Aranem nauticus, L. Koch, -^gyptische und Abyssinische Arachniden, 

 p. 17, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1875). 



Loc. Probably Shortland Island {C. M. Woodford). 



12. Araneus relicinus^ Keyserling. 



Nephila relicina, Keyserling, Die Arachniden Australiens, p. 217, 

 pi. xix. fig. 6 (1887). 



Colour. Carapace, mandibles, sternum, coxae, and mouth- 

 parts bright red ; femora of legs the same red tint except the 

 tips of the first and second, which are steel-blue-black ; patella, 

 tibia, protarsi, and tarsi of first and second legs steel-blue- 

 black ; third leg the same colour as the second, except that 

 the tibia has the base paler ; fourth leg red, with the patella, 

 tarsus, apex of tibia, and both ends of protarsus steel-blue- 



