Arachnida from Natal. 205 



From D. buhalus, Simon (Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1890, 

 p. 126), from Kilimanjaro, which is^ perhaps, the female of 

 D. cornigera, D. cylindricus at least differs in the form of the 

 abdomen, this region in hubahis being described as strongly 

 bituberculate in front of the middle. 



Family ArgiopidsB. 



Genus Nephila, Leach. 



Nephila madagascariensis (Vinson). 



Epeira madagascariensis, Vinson, Araneides des lies Reunion &c. p. 191, 

 pi. vii. 



Loc. Pietermaritzburg {F. J. Quekett). 



Ranges tliroughout East Africa from Natal to Masailaud. 



Nephila annulata, Thorell. 



Nephila annulata, Thorell, CEfv. Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. xvi. p. 299 ; 



Eugenies Resa, Araneag, p. 34. 

 Nephila transiaalica, Poc, W. L. Distant's Naturalist in the Transvaal, 



p. 180, pi. V. fig. 4. 



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



Nephila cruentata (Fabr.). 

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



Nephila pilipes (Lucas). 

 Epeira pilipes, Lucas, Thomson's Arch. Ent. ii. p. 416, pi. xiii. fig, 7. 

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



Genus Aegiope, Aud. 

 Argiope nigrovittatay Thorell. 



Argiope nigrovittata, Thorell, QSfv. Vet.-AJkad. Forhandl. xvi. p. 300 ; 



Eugenies Resa, Aranese, p. 31 (1868). 

 (zzcattdata, Blck. ; stiavissima, Gerst.) 



Loc. Durban [H. A. Spencer) ; Estcourt, 4000 feet 

 {G. A.K.Marshall). 



Ranging throughout tropical and subtropical Africa from 

 Somaliland and the Congo to Cape Colony. 



Argiope claihrata^ C. Koch. 



5, C. Koch, Die Arachniden, v. p. 



ck. ; IfBta, Thorell.) 



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



Argiope clathrata, C. Koch, Die Arachniden, v. p. 40, fig. 362 (1839). 

 { = australis, Walck. ; It^ta, Thorell.) 



