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Argiope aemula (W alck.) 
Ins. Apt. II, p. 118, 1841 (see Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova XVII, p. 63, 1881). 
Loc. Soah Konorah (Halmahera). 
This species is widely distributed throughout the Oriental Region. 
Argiope crenulata Dol. 
Nat. Tijdschr. Neerland. Indi& XIII, p. 414 (1857); id. Acta Soc. Sei. Indo-Neerland. 
Nennen (1859): 
Loc. Ternate. 
Previously recorded from Ternate and Amboina. 
Argiope verecunda Thorell. 
BI XXV, fer 6. 
Ann. Mus. Genova XIII, p. 35, 1378. 
This species was described by Thorell from a mutilated female obtained in Amboina. 
Dr. Kükenthal obtained many speceimens at Soah Konorah in Halmahera and one at Batjan. 
Genus Aranmeus Linn. (= Epeira auct.) 
Araneus moluccensis (D ol.) 
UL ODE ER 9) 
Epeira moluccensis Doleschall, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Indie XII, p. 418 (1857); Acta 
Soc. Sei. Indo-Neerland. V (1859), pl. I, fig. 6. 
Many examples obtained in Halmahera at Soah Konorah, Patani, Galela, Oba, Tobelo, 
and also a large consignment from Batjan and Ternate. 
This speeies with its geographical races, ranges from India as far eastwards as the 
Loyalty Islands. 
Araneus caput-Iupi (Doleschall). 
Pl. XXV, fie. 8. 
Epeira caput-lupi Doleschall, Acta Soc. Sci. Indo-Neerland. V, p. 35, pl. VIII, fig. 6, 
1859; Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova XVII, p. 85, 1881. 
Several specimens which are referred to this species were taken at Galela, Tobelo 
and Soah Konorah in Halmahera. 
These present great differences in the colour of the dorsal surface of the abdomen, 
but seem to be alike in all other respects, including the form of the vulva. One 
