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France, Morbihan ; Vendee ; Yaucluse, Avignon ; Heraiilt {Simon) ; 

 — Hungaiy, Croatia [Kulczynski) ; — Italy, Tuscany {Doria) ; — 

 Sardinia, Corsica {Walck., Simon) ; — S. Russia, Sarepta (Motsch.). 



Asia Minor {Simon) ; — ^ Arabia {Dr. Andei^son) ; — Syria {Simon) ; 

 — Persian Gulf, Bushii-e {Moore). 



Atlantic Islands : Canaries {Lucas) ; — Madeiiu, Porto Santo 

 {Kulczynski, Gi^ani). 



Africa : Egypt, Alexandria (IFaZcA;., Aud. in Sav., Simon, etc.). 



7. Latrodectus menavodi Vinson, 1863. (Plate XXVII. fig. 3.) 



(Sub-species.) 



This form, resembling the Australian examples {hasseltii) in 

 size, but having the vestiges of the dorso-lateral spots character- 

 istic of 1 3-guttatus, consisting of small red spots, is peculiar to 

 Madagascar and the neighbouring islands. I am quite unable to 

 distinguish the female from either 13-guUatus or hasseltii, but so 

 far I have had no opportunity of examining the male. I am 

 inclined, however, to believe that it is simply a local variety of 

 13-guttatus, the European form of mactans. 



Hah. Madagascar {Vinson). 



8. Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell. (Plate XXVI. fig. 4 ; Plate 



XXVII. figs. 1, 6.) (Sub-species.) 



Synonyms. L. scelio Thorell. — L. cinctus Blackwall. — L. indicus 

 Simon. — L. elegans Thor. 



This distinct-looking form is essentially L. menccvodi, which has 

 lost the small dorso-lateral spots, leaving only a narrower (Australia, 

 etc.), or broader and foliated (Loyalty Islands), red band down the 

 posterior dorsal central line. 



Hab. Australia : Rockhampton ; Bowen (Port Denison) ; Cape 

 York ( Thorell) ; — New Caledonia {Simon) ; — New Guinea ( Turner) ; 

 — New Holland {Kulczynski) ; — Loyalty Islands, Lifu {Creagh) ; 

 — N. Britain {Brit. Mus.) ; — New S. Wales, HiU Grove; N. Queens- 

 land, Muldiva {Broom) ; N.W. Australia {Beckett) ; — Adelaide 

 {Meldola). — Africa : Shir6 River ; Zambesi {Blackwall) ; Lake 

 Nyassa {Brit. Mus.) ; Bogos, Scioa or Shoa {Pavesi and Antinori) 

 Graham's Town, Tea Fountain (a dark variety with only a minute 

 red apical spot and a few black blotches), Jansenville, Cape Colony 

 {Brit. Mus.). Asia : Persian Gulf, Bushire {Moore) ; N. Guzerath ; 

 Poona; Mascat ; Kurrachee {Simon and Brit. Mus.). — Burmah 

 {Fea). 



9. Latrodectus katipo Powell. (Plate XXVII. fig. 5.) 



(Sub-species.) 

 There is a decided tendency towards a shortness of the first 

 pair of legs amongst specimens from difierent parts of Africa, 

 Australia, India, and New Zealand. This is most noticeable 

 amongst examples from New Zealand, and, together with the 

 tendency, the examples are as a rule smaller, and the anterior 



