720 Mn. T. 0. noKABD oambeidob on [June 16, 



published in ^ Sonderabdruck aus Mittheilungen aus dam Oster- 

 lande,' neue Folge, V. Band, pp. 200-248, while Di-. Goeldi was 

 still in the neighbourhood of llio Janeiro, deals with the general 

 question of the state of knowledge of the Spider-fauna of Brazil 

 at the time he wrote. This pamphlet, entitled " Zur Orientierung 

 in der Spinnenf'aunaBrasiliens," falls into four sections, the third 

 of which is divided again into four subdivisions. 



I. " Der Stand der Kenntnis der brasilianischen Araehniden vor 



1880." 



II. " Erweiterungen seit 1880." 



III. "Versuch eiuer Charakteristik der Spinnenfauna der mittleren 

 Kiistenprovinzen Brasilieus." 



A. " Die Spinnenfauna der Stadt Eio de Janeiro, beziehungsweise 



ibrer niichsten Umgebung." 



B. " Die Spinnenfauna des Urwaldgebietes der heissen Nieder- 



ung." 

 0. " Die Spinnenfauna des Urwaldgebietes des Orgelgebirges 



(Provinz Eio de Janeiro)." 

 D. " Spinnen aus dem Sertao der Provinz Sao Paulo." 



IV. " Einige Beobachtungen iiber das Greschlechtsleben einzelner 

 Epeii'iden Brasiliens." 



This short though comprehensive treatise forms a valuable intro- 

 duction to the subject, and is written in the German language. 



1894. GoELM, Dr. E. — " Estudos Araehnologicos relativos ao 



Brazil," Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e 



Ethnographia, Para, 1894, pp. 32-39. 



This short paper is the first of what Goeldi hopes will be a series 



of papers dealing with the whole known Spider-fauna of Brazil. 



It contains Section I. ' Eevisao das Territelarias Brazileiras,' 



divided into seven subdivisions, each of which contains a brief 



sunnnary of the species of Therapliosidce described by the various 



autiiors who have written on tiieni. 



A. "Territelarias de viagem Spix e Martins (1817-1820) elabo- 



radas per M. Perty." 

 (Six species and two new genera, Idiops and Actinopus.) 



B. " Territelarias na grande obra de Hahn e Koch sobre os 



Arachnidos (1831-1848)." 

 (Twenty -four species, subgenus Mygah, wadiActiniypus tarsalis.) 



C. " Territelarias de viagem do Condo Francois de Castelnau 



elaboradas por Lucas (1843-1847)." 

 (Six species, three new, subgenera Mygah and Actinopnis.) 



D. " Territelarias brazileiras citadas no trabalho monographico 



de A. Ausserer, 1871-1875." 

 (Thirty species and seven doubtful under sixteen genera.) 



E. " Territelarias de viagem do Prof. E. von Beneden, descriptas 



pelo Dr. Ph. Bertkau(18»0)." 

 (Eleven species, all new ; one new genus, ThcderotheU.) 



