462 Mr. R. I. Pocock on 



Ann. Mus. Geneva, xvii. pp. 64-65), at least in the pattern 

 of the lower side of the abdomen. So far as the upperside is 

 concerned, leopardina perhaps comes nearest to faorensis, a 

 form which is unknown to me. 



8. ^Argiope hougainvilla (Walck.). 



Argiope lougainvilla (Walck.), Ins. Apt. iv. p. 473 (1847). 



Recorded bj Walckenaer from Bougainville Island. 

 Perhaps allied to A. •pentagona^ L. Koch. 



Genus Cyrtophora, Simon. 



9. Cyrtophora cylindroides (Walck.). 



Epeira cylindroides, Walck. Ins. Apt. ii. p. 136 (1837) {teste Simon). 

 Epeira viridipes, Doleschall, Act. Soc. Sci. Iudo-N6erlaud. 1859, p. 29, 



pi. i. fig. 7. 

 Epeira nephdina, L. Koch, Die Aracbniden Austral, i. p. 90, pi. vii. 



fig-. C (1871). 



Recorded from Cochin China, Amboina, Yule Island, 

 Queensland, &c. A single specimen was obtained by 

 Mr. C. M. Woodford in 1887, probably from Shortland 

 Island; and specimens have also been received from New 

 Georgia {H.3J.S. ' Penguin '). 



10. Cyrtophora untcolor (Dol.). 



Cyrtophora unicolor (Del.), Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, xiii. p. 419 

 (1857) ; id. Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-Nderland. v. pi. ii. fig. 1 (1859). 



A single immature female referable to this or to a closely 

 allied species was obtained by Mr. C. M. Woodford, probably 

 in Shortland Island. 



Genus Araneus, Linn. 



11. Aranevs nauticuSf L. Koch. 



Araneus nauticus, L. Koch, ^gyptische und Abyssinische Arachniden, 

 p. 17, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1875). 



Loc. Probably Shortland Island (C. M. Woodford). 



12. Araneus relicinus, Keyserling. 



Nephila relicina, Kevserling, Die Arachniden Australians, p. 217, 

 pi. xix. fig. 6 (1887). 



Colour. Carapace, mandibles, sternum, coxfp, and mouth- 

 parts bright red ; femora of legs the same red tint except the 

 tip.s of the first and second, which are steel-blue-black ; patella, 

 tibia, protarsi, and tarsi of first and second legs steel-blue- 

 black ; third leg the same colour as the second, except that 

 the tibia has the base paler ; fourth leg red, with the patella, 

 tarsus, apex of tibia, and both ends of protarsus steel-blue- 



