Arachnida from Natal. 213 



Genus Cerostris, Thorell. 

 Cceroslris sexcuspidata (Fabr.). 



Loc. Durban (77. A. Spencer) ; Estcourt, 4000 feet 

 (G. A. K. Marshall). 



Genus Gasteracantha, Sund. 

 Oasteracantha cicatricosa, C. Koch. 

 Loc. Estcourt, 4000 feet (G. A. K. Marshall). 



Gasteracantha tabulata, Thor. 

 Loc. Port Natal (Gueinzius). 



Gasteracantha ensifera, Thor. 

 Loc. Durban (W. L. Distant) ; Port Natal (-/. Sanderson). 



Genus PARAPLECTANA,-Brit. Cap. 



Paraplectana Thorntoni (Blackw.). 



Eurysoma Thorntoni, Black wall, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) xvi.p. 348 



(1865). 

 Peniza testudo, Thorell, Eugenies Resa, Araneae, p. 10. 



Loc. Estcourt, 4000 feet. 



According to a note affixed by Mr. Marshall to this speci- 

 men, the spider when living is coral-red and mimics very exactly 

 a common local ladybird (Coccinellid), Chilomenes lunata. 



Genus Pycnacantha, Blackw. 

 Pycnacantha tribulus (Fabr.). 



Aranea tribulus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 428. 



Pycnacantha Meadii, Blackwall, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) xvi. p. 351 



(1808). 

 Pycnacantha tribulus, Fabr., Simon, Hi3t. Nat. Araign6es, i. p. 889, 



tig. 958. 



Loc. Estcourt, 4000 feet (G. A. K. Marshall). 



Family Theridiid.se. 

 Genus Lathrodectus, Walck. 

 Lathrodectus tridecim-guttatus (Rossi). 

 Loc. Estcourt, 4000 feet {G. A. K. Marshall). 



Lathrodectus geometricus, C. Koch. 

 Loc. Durban (//. A. Spencer). 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. ii. 16 



