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Nephila maculata (F abr.) 
Ent. Syst. II, p. 425, 1793; and all authors. 
Speeimens of this species which is ubiquitous in the Oriental Region, were obtained 
at the following localities. Borneo; Celebes, Minahassa; Halmahera, Oba, Soah Konorah, 
Galela, Tobelo, Kau; Ternate; Batjan; Koetei. 
Nephila malabarensis (Walck.) 
Ins. Apt. II, p. 102, 1841. 
Loc. Java, Buitenzorg; Halmahera, Oba and Patanı. 
This species is abundant throughout tropical parts of the old world. 
Nephila laurinae Thorell. 
Ann. Mus. Genova XVII, p. 142 (1881). 
Loc. Halmahera, Patani and Batjan. 
Described by Thorell from Ternate. 
Genus Herennia Thorell. 
Herennia ornatissima (D ol.) 
Epeira ornatissima Doleschall, Acta Soc. Sei. Indo-Neerland. V, No. 5, p. 32, 
pl. I, fig. 3 (1858 —1859). 
Epeira multipuncta, id. ibid., p. 32, pl. XI, fig. 1 (see also the works of Thorell, 
Simon ete.) 
Two specimens obtained at Minahassa in Celebes. 
Generally distributed throughout the Oriental Region from Ceylon to Amboina. 
Genus Argiope Aud. 
Argiope succincta L. Koch. 
Pl. XXV, fig. 7. 
Die Arachniden Australiens I, p. 35, 1871 (see also Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova XVII, 
p. 74, 1881). 
Of this species, which was originally described from Borneo and has subsequently 
been recorded from Sarawak by Thorell, two examples were obtained upon the Baram River 
in Borneo. 
