COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 455 



Group M e t e ae. 

 Genus Leucauge White. 



Leucavge White, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. viii. 1841, p. 473. 

 Argyroepetra Emmertou, Trans. Conn. Acad. vi. 1884, p. 328. 



Leucauge coccinea. 



Epeira coccinea Doleschall, Nat. Tijd. v. Nederl. Ind. vol. xiii. 1857, p. 421; id. Tweede 



Bijd. Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerl. 1859, pi. i. fig. 2. 

 Meta coccinea Dol. ; Thorell, Kag. Mai. e Pap. ii. (Ragni di Amboina), 1878, p. 89 ; 

 V. Keyserling, Die Aracli. Aust., Suppl. 1887, p. 208, tab. xviii. fig. 8. 

 A large number of females, evidently of this handsome species. 



Previously recorded from Amboina, New Ireland, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji 

 Islands. 



Leucauge caudata . (Text-fig. 27.) 



Leucauge caudata Hogg, Abstract P. Z. S. 1914, p. 57 (Nov. 17). 

 Two females. {Type of the sjjecies.) 



The cephalothorax is pale yellowish mottled with darker grey, slightly darker 

 in the cephalic fovea ; the few scattered upright hairs are nearly white. The 



Text-fiffure 27. 



Leucauge caudata, x 2. a. Eyes. h. Epigyue from below, c. Profile, x 2. 



mandibles are dark yellow and darker grey; the fangs red-brown at the base, pale red 

 at the anterior half. The lip, maxillae, sternum, and coxae are the same yellow as 

 the cephalothorax mottled with darker grey. On the former the fringes are dingy 

 yellow, and on the latter are a few hairs similar to those on the cephalothorax. The 



