366 CORAL AND ATOLLS 



LO'CUSTIDiE. 



(Native name, Blalawj Ualang.) 



(14) AcRYDiUM, sp. near japonicum, Sauss. 



Very abundant on all tlie islands. Feeds on the fronds of 

 the coconut palm. It varies greatly in size when adult, and 

 is the subject of great seasonal changes of abundance and 

 rarity. 



It is not found on Christmas Island. 



Although fourteen species of Orthoptera are found on the 

 Cocos-Keeling atoll, and tAventy-three occur on Christmas 

 Island, there is only one species — Leucophcea surinamensis — 

 which is common to both places. Of this species Dr. Andrews 

 took only a single specimen. 



ARACHNIDA and MYRIAPODA. 

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



Scorpions. 



(1) IsoMETRus MACULATus, De Gccr. 



Native name, Klajingking. 

 Cosmopolitan. 



Spiders. 

 (Native family name. Lata laha.) 



(2) Smeringopus elongatus, Vinson. 

 Cosmopolitan. 



(3) Physocyclus globosus, Taczaon Taczanowski. 

 Widely distributed in the tropical regions of the world. 



(4) Nephila imperatrix, C. K. (Plate xxi. Fig. 7.) 



An adult female example which apparently belongs to this 



