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ALBATROSS EXPLORATIONS, INSECTS HOWARD. 



The following - list contains the Aranecv, arranged according to their 

 classification : 



Family EPEIRIL\E. 



1. Gasteracantba insulana Thor. 



2. Gasteracantba caneriforinis Liu. 



3. Gasteracantba velitaris Kocb. 



4. Argiope argentata Fabr. 



5. Epeira cooksonii Butler. 



6. Epeira flaviventris Nicolet. 



7. Epeira labyrinthea Heutz. 



Family THERIDID^. 



8. Linyphia (Dyplostylum) magellani 



nov. sp. 



9. Latrodectus scelio Tbor. 



10. Latrodectus mactaus Walk. 



11. Latrodectus apicalis Butler. 



Family SCYTODID.E. 



12. Loxosceles galapagoensis sp. uov. 



Family THOMISID.E. 



13. Thauatus autarcticus sp. uov. 



Family SPARASSID^E. 



14. Seleuops aissa Walk. 



15. Heteropoda venatoria Liu. 



Family AGALENID.E. 



1G. Agalena (immature). 



17. Tegenaria morsitaus sp. uov. 



Family AMAUROBID^E. 



18. Amanrobius frigid.ua sp. uov. 



Family DRASSID^E. 



19. Drassus pacificus sp. uov. 



20. Gayeuna rosea sp. nov. 



2 1 . Clubioua brevipes sp. nov. 



22. Zora californica sp. nov. 



23. Zora lutitborax sp. uov. 



Family LYCOSID.E. 



24. Lycosa fallax sp. nov. 



25. Lycosa fuegiaua sp. uov. 

 2(3. Lycosa oruata sp. nov. 



Family CTENILVE. 



27. Ctenus obscurus sp. nov. 



Family ATTID.E. 



28. Phidippus morsitaus (fouud on board 



of the ship). 



29. Menemerus galapagoensis sp. nov. 



Family DYSDERITLE. 



30. Segestria galapagoensis sp. uov. 



Family FILISTATID^. 



31. Filistata capitata Heutz. 



32. Filistata hibernalis Hentz. 



33. Filistata oceauea sp. uov. 



Family THERAPHOSID^. 



34. Cyclosternum schmanhe Auss. 



35. Cyrtaucheuius similis L. Koch. 

 3G. Lasiodora striatipes Auss. 



37. Eurypelma rapax Auss. 



The spiders collected at the Abrolhos Islands bear a general South 

 American character; they are eight species, five of which are known 

 and have been previously described ; one, the Epeira labyrinthea Hentz, 

 is of special interest, for it is an inmate of the United States, where it 

 is found as high north as the State of Maine, and is, as far as our knowl- 

 edge of the geographical distribution of Arachnida in the United States 

 goes, confined to the Atlautic States, from Maine to Florida. It has 

 also been collected on the Bermuda and West India Islands and in 

 California. 



The following are the names of the spiders collected at Abrolhos 

 Islands : 



1. Epeira labyrinthea Heutz. 



2. Cyclosternum schinanhe Auss. 



3. Cyrtaucheuius similis L. Koch. 



4. Lasiodora striatipes Auss. 



5. Eurypelma rapax Auss. 



0. Tegenaria morsitaus sp. nov. 



7. Zora hitithorax sp. nov. 



8. Cteuus obscurus sp. uov. 



