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Araneus puncliger (Dol.) 
Epeira punctigera Doleschall, Nat. Tijdschr. Neerland. Indi& XIII, p. 420 (1857). 
Loc. Soah Konorah (Halmahera). 
According to Thorell’s works this species ranges from Burma to Cape York. 
The single adult female example that was obtained does not appear to me to be 
specifically distinguishable from speeimens identified as this species from Tharrawaddy in Burma. 
Araneus triangulifer (Thor.) 
Epeira theisii Walck.; Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova X, p. 390 etc. (1877), 
Epeira triangulifer id. Ann. Mus. Genova XIII, p. 65 (1878). 
Previously recorded from Amboina and Celebes, Aru Islands and Cape York (see 
Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova XVII, p. 116, 1881). 
Specimens that I refer to this species were obtained by Dr. Kükenthal in Ternate 
and at Patani and Galela in Halmahera. 'These specimens present considerable diversity of 
colours, though the pattern in the main remains the same and the scape of the vulva exhibits 
that basal expansion mentioned by Thorell. 
Araneus mangareva (Walck.) 
PI. XV, fieg. I11a. 
Epeira mangareva Walckenaer, Ins. Apt. IV, p. 469 (1847); L. Koch, Die Arachniden 
Austral., p. 85, pl. VI, fig. 4—5 (1871); Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova X, p. 394, 1871; 
id. op. cit. XVII, p. 114 etc. 1881. 
One example from Minahassa in Celebes seems referable to this form judging from 
the shape of the vulva, which lacks the conspieuous basal expansion observable in triangulifer 
and seems to resemble this organ as figured by L. Koch. According to Thorell 4. mangareva 
has been previously recorded in Austro-Malaysia from Ternate and New Guinea. 
Both this form and the preceding are regarded by Thorell as varieties [? sub-species] 
of Araneus theis Walckenaer, Ins. Apt. II, p. 53, pl. 18, fig. 4 (1841), obtained originally 
in Guam. 
Genus Argyroepeira Emerton. 
Argyroepeira nigrotrivittata (D o).) 
Epeira nigrotrivittata Doleschall, Acta Soc. Sei. Indo-Neerland. V, No. 5, p. 39, pL 
XI, fig. 5 (1858—1859). 
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