COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 443 



by the Eev. O. P. Cambridge for his Nephila rimdata, but the underside of the 

 abdomen has the large cream-coloured spot, or shield, and the constricted coloration 

 of the sternum mentioned by Dr. Thorell for his variety j^ap^fma. The front median 

 eyes are rather more than their diameter apart. The legs are pale yellow-brown, with 

 annulations at the base and front of the femur and tibia only. 

 The measurements (in millimetres) are as follows : — 



Long. Broad. 



ri 1 1 ,1 - r 3^ in front. 



Leplialotnorax 7 < - 



Abdomen. 13 7i 



Mandibles 3^ — 



Trochanter Patella Metatarsus 



Cosa. & femur. & tibia. & tarsas. 



Legs I. 2 9 9 12 = 32 



2. 2 8i 8^ 10|- = 29| 



3. li 6 4 7 = 18i 



4. 2 8i 7 10^ = 28 

 Palpi 1 3 2i 2i = 9 



Widely distributed from Natal (sec. Cambr.) eastwards to Brazil. 



Subfamily Argiopinse. 



Group Argiopese. 



Genus Argiope Aud. in Sav. 

 Aegiope ^thekea. 



Argiope cetherea Walck. Ins. Apt. ii. 1841, p. 112. 

 A number of females. 

 Normal specimens of this widely spread and well-known species. 



AkGIOPE BROWNir, 

 Argiope brownii Cambridge^ Pi-oc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 284. 



Recorded from Duke of York Island (Cambridge) ; N. Britain [Thorell) ; Cape Horn, 

 New Guinea {Pocock) ; N. Territory of Australia [H. JR. II..). 



Five females. 



These specimens differ from the New Guinea specimens in the British Museum in 

 having three white spots on each side of the longitudinal markings on the underside 

 of the abdomen, legs light yellow-brown instead of chocolate-brown, and white spots 

 on the brown area at the rear of the abdomen on the upperside, but are the same as 

 my specimens from Northern Australia. Cambridge's description was obtained from 

 parts of broken specimens and is not, therefore, minutely distinctive. 



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