COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 439 



This differs from all other species described in the shape of the epigyne (which is 

 nearest to the drawing given by Mr. W. J. Rainbow for his F. ohlonga from the Solomon 

 Islands *), in having the median eye area broader than long, the rear row of eyes 

 procurved, and the front pair of legs eight times the length of the cephalothorax 

 instead of six times, with the others in proportion. 



Family Z o D a E 1 1 B ^. 



Subfamily Zodariinse. 



Group Storenese. 



Genus Stoeena Walck. 

 Stoeena zebea. 



Storena zebra Thorell, Ragni Austro-Malesi, iii. 1881, p. 184. 

 Two non-adult females and one male. 



These specimens closely correspond to Dr. Thorell's description of the above. 

 There can be little doubt but that they belong to this species, collected by d'Albertis 

 on the Fly River, Southern New Guinea. 



These specimens clearly demonstrate that the front-median eyes of the male are 

 much larger than those of the female, as mentioned by Thorell. 



Family Aegiopid^e. 

 Subfamily Nephilinse. 

 Group Nephilese. 



Genus Nephila Leach. 

 Nephila maculata. 



Aranea maculata Fabr. Eut. Syst. ii. 1793, p. 425. 



Nephila maculata ioruxaprincipalis Thorell, Ragni Austro-Malesi, iii. 1881, p. 145, et auctores. 



Four adult females. Also sundry mutilated and non-adult examples. 



Of the original species, the so-called forma principalis, there are a number of 

 specimens which unfortunately, from want of a better accommodation for their long 

 limbs, are in a sadly dilapidated condition. 



* W. J. Eainbow, Rec. Austr. Mus. Sydney, vol. x. pt. 1, p. 8, fig. 5 (1913). 



