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Genus C^ROSTRis, Thorcll. 

 Cferostris sexcuspidata (Fabr.). 



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

 (G. A. K. Marshall). 



Genus Gasteracantha, Sund. 

 O aster acantlia cicatricosa, C. Koch. 

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



Gasteracantha tahulata^ Thor. 

 Loc, Port Natal {Gueinzius). 



Gasteracantha ensifera^ Thor. 

 Loc. Durban {W. L. Distant) ; Port Natal {J. Sanderson). 



Genus Paraplectana, Brit. Cap. 



Paraplectana Thorntoni (Blackw.). 



Ewysoma Thorntoni, Blackwall, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) xvi. p. 348 



(1865). 

 Teniza testudo, Thorell, Eugenies Resa, Araneje, p. 10. 



L.oc. Estcourt, 4000 feet. 



According to a note affixed bj 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 



(18G8). 

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



fig. 958. 



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



Family Theridiidae. 

 Genus Lathrodectus, Walck. 

 Lathrodectus tridecim-guttatus (Rossi). 

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



Lathrodectus geometricus, C. Koch. 

 Loc. Durban {H. A. Spencer). 

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