ARANEAE— HOGG. 165 



One male and two females agree almost entirely with descriptions of this species, 

 only differing in the smaller size of some of the mandibular teeth. 



They have previously been recorded from the eastern and southern coasts of 

 Australia only. 



Group METEAE. 

 Genus META, C. Koch. 



3. Meta ? flava, 0. P. Cambr. 



Meta flava, O. P. Cambridge, Biol. Centr. Amer., Arachn. Aran., Vol. I, 1894, p. 135, 

 Tab. XVII, fig. 8. 



The Rev. 0. P. Cambridge, in the volume written by him of the " Biologia 

 Centrali-Americana," described a male from Mexico under the above title, and I think 

 the " Terra Nova " specimens must be females of the same. 



The cephalothorax is yellow, the mandibles dark yellow-grey, the sternum broad 

 heart-shaped, dark brown. The legs very fine, yellow, with fine pale jellow-brown 

 bristles. The abdomen above is black-brown with scattered pale yellowish white 

 hair. Underneath, it has two faint longitudinal yellowish stripes. The measurement 

 (in millimetres) of the largest is as follows : — • 



Sub-family APvGIOPINAE. 



Group ARGIOPEAE. 



Genus ARGIOPE, Aud. 



Argiope, V. Audouin, in Savigny's Egypt, Arachn. (2nd Edit.), Vol. XXII, 1825-7, p. 328. 

 „ E. Simon, Hist. Nat. Araign., Vol. I, 1895, p. 769 ; et auctt. omn. 



4. A. trifasciatQ, Forsk. 



Epeira trifasciafa, P. Forskal, Icon. rer. nat., etc., 1776, Tab. XXV. C. 

 Argiope plana, L. Koch, Verb, der K. K. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1867, p. 9. 



„ DieArachn. Austral, Vol. I, 1871,p. 31, Tab. Ill, fig. 1-2. 

 „ ,, E. V. Keyserling, Die Arachn. Austral. Supplt., p. 133, Tab. X, fig. 5. 



„ trifasciata, E. Simon, loc. cit., p. 766, note ; et auctt. 



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