RUWENZORI EXPEDITION REPORTS. 



6. ARACHNIDA. 



By A. S. Hirst, F.Z.S. 



Eeeeived November 13, read November 17, 1908. 



A FEW species of Spiders and Ticks were collected by the members of the Expedition, 

 and a list of these is given below. A single form, Cladomelea ornata, has been 

 described as new. 



Suborder ARANE^. 



Family Clubionid^. 



1. Selenops vigilans Pocock. 



Selenops vigilans Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) ii. p. 349, text-fig. 2 (1898). 

 Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft. A single female specimen. 



2. Paltstes ellioti Pocock. 



Palystes ellioti Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist. (6) xvii. p. 58, pi. viii. fig. 2 (1896). 

 Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft. A female specimen. 

 Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 7000 ft. A female specimen. 



3. Ctenus (Leptoctenus) pulchriventris Simon'? 



Ctenus [Leptoctenus) pulchriventris Simon, Ann. Soc. Eut. France, Ixv. p. 493 (1896). 

 Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 7000 ft. Three females. 



Family A R G i o P i D ^. 



4. Nephila pilipes Lucas. 



Epeira pilipes Lucas, in Thomson's Arch. Ent. ii. p, 416, pi. 13. fig. 7 (1858). ■: 

 Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft. A large number of specimens. 



5. Argiope plavipalpis Lucas. 



Epeira flavipalpis Lucas, in Thomson's Arch. Ent. ii. p. 423 (1858). 

 Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft. Four female specimens. 



6. Cyrtophora citricola Forskal. 



Aranea citricola Forskal, Descript. Anim. &c. p. 86 (1775). 

 Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 7000 ft. Numerous specimens. 

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