1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. I4I 



The type was formerly in the collection of the American En- 

 tomological Society but was lost, and the species has not since 

 been recovered, so I am told by Mr. Scudder. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII. 



Fig. 1. Neotettix bolteri Hanc. Fig. 2b. Same, front view. 



" ia. Same, dorsal view. " 2c. Enlarged greatly. 



" ib. Same, front view head and " 2d. Head, dorsal view. [Hanc. 



pronotum. " 3. Neotettix rotundafrons 



Fig. ic. Enlarged greatly. " 3a. Same, dorsal view. 



" id. Head, dorsal view. " 3b. Greatly enlarged. 



" ie. Posterior tarsus. " 3c. Head, dorsal view. 



" 2. Neotettix bolivari Hanc. " 3d. Posterior tarsus. 



" 2a. Same, dorsal view. 



CONCERNING THE NAMES OF SOME COMMON SPIDERS. 



By Nathan Banks. 



The replacement of modern and familiar specific names by 

 those of an earlier period is one result of the application of the 

 law of priority. Naturalists will doubtless always differ as to how 

 closely this law shall be followed; whether in letter or in spirit. 

 But the few cases to which I shall call attention do not, I think, 

 require any defense. The works of De Geer and the papers of 

 Lucas have always been accepted as of proper authority. 



Lucas", in a paper entitled " Description d'une espece nouvelle 

 d'arachnide appartenent au genre Argyope de M. Savigny," 

 published in the Ann. Soc. Entom. France, 1833, pp. 86-88, 

 describes Argyope aurantia from the vicinity of Philadelphia. 

 The description is sufficient to recognize our common species 

 described by Hentz as Epeira riparia; and the excellent figure 

 on plate v fully confirms this determination. Walckenaer and 

 Koch have both described this species subsequent to Lucas, so 

 that the synonymy of this species will be: 



Argiope aurantia Lucas. 



Epeira cophinaria Walck. 



Epeira ambitoria Walck. 



Nephila vestita Koch. 



Epeira riparia Hentz. 

 Lucas, again in 1833, in a paper entitled " Sur plusieurs Arach- 

 nides nouvelles appartenent au genre Atte de M. de Walckenaer," 



