350 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. [Proc. 3D Ser. 



One specimen from Mill Valley, Marin County, May 

 (Fuchs); others from Palo Alto (Doane) ; Mt. Shasta 

 (Lembert). 



Ordgarius cornigerus Hentz. Spid. U. S. 1875, p. 123. 



A few from Los Angeles (Hutchinson). Mr, Hutch- 

 inson has described the curious manner in which this 

 species catches insects (Scient Amer. v. 89, 1903, 

 p. 172). 



Argiope aurantia Lucas. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1833, 

 p. M. 



Epeira riparia Hentz. Spid. U. S. 1875, p. 106. 

 Hollister, San Benito County (Ludwig) ; Downieville, 

 Sierra County, August (Fuchs); Marin County (Vaslit). 



Argiope argentata Fabricius. Entom. System. 11, 1793, 

 p. 414. 



Specimens from Los Angeles (Davidson) ; San Pedro 

 (Cockerell); Santa Rosa Island, July (Eisen). 



Argiope trifasciata Forskael. Descript. animal. 1775, 

 p. 86. 



A. transversa Emerton. Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci. vi, 1882, p. 330. 



San Francisco, June (Eisen); Marin County (Vaslit); 

 St. Helena, Napa County (Fuchs); Los Angeles (Hutch- 

 inson). 



Leucauge hortorum Hentz. Spid. U. S. 1875, P- 118. 

 A few specimens from Los Angeles (Hutchinson). 



TETRAGNATHID^. 



Tetragnatha extensa Linnceus. Syst. Nat. ed. xi, p. 621. 



Laundry Farm, Alameda County, April (Fuchs). 



Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz. Spid. U. S. 1875, p. 131. 



Laundry Farm, Alameda County, April (Fuchs) ; St. 

 Helena, Napa County, July (Fuchs); Downieville, 

 Sierra County, August (Fuchs) ; Los Angeles (David- 

 son) ; Palo Alto (Doane) ; Mt. Shasta. 



