106 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



It will be seen, therefore, that of the twenty-five species 

 obtained, fifteen would appear to be new to science. The most 

 numerously represented family in the collection is that of the 

 Epeiridfe (known to the natives by the name of " Marakau "), of 

 which two species proved to be known, and ten appear to be 

 new. Of the former Epeira mangareva, Walck,, has a very wide 

 distribution, extending from the Celebes to New Guinea, and 

 from there to the Island of Mangareva, in the Paumotu or Low 

 Archipelago ; the other, E. plfibeja, L. Koch, was previously 

 recorded Ly L. Koch from Ovalau and Tonga.* One of the prin- 

 cipal features that strikes a student upon examining a collection 

 nf Island (female) Epeiridne, is the close resemblance the different 

 species bear to one another in shape and contour of the epigynum. 

 In the two species enumerated as previously known, and in 

 each of those described below, with three exceptions, namely, 

 E. distiticta, Rainb., E. hoyyi, Rainb., and E. speciosa, Rainl>., 

 the same general uniformity prevails. There are differences, 

 truly, as will be seen on reference to the figures accompanying 

 this paper ; thus in one species, the long dark brown, slightly 

 curved chitinous process is closely adpressed, while in another it 

 is poised upon a high tubercle and stands prominently out. 



The commonest spider on the Island appeared to be ULoborus 

 zosis, Walck. This beautiful Arachnid possesses a very wide geo- 

 graphical range, having been previously recorded from Madagascar, 

 Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles, St. Helena, Bombay, Java, 

 Amboina, Upolu, Permambuci, Parana, Rio Grande, Guyana, 

 St. Fe cli Bogota, and the Antilles, f 



The other previously known species were formerly recorded 

 as follows: Obisium atiti/ odum, Sim., from New Caledonia; 

 Tetraffnatka laqueatn, L. Koch, Upolu ; Clubiona alveolata, L. 

 Koch, Upolu ; .Dictus striatipc.s, L. Koch, Upolu, Tonga, and 

 Viti ; Acompse suavin, L. Koch, Huaheine, Raietea, and Tahiti ; 

 Sarotes debilis, L. Koch, Upolu ; S. reyius, Fabr., is another 

 species having a very wide geographical range, as the following 

 list of localities will testify : Singapore, China, Japan, Africa, 

 Dafetaj Mombus, Zanzibar, Isle of France, Senegal, St. Thomas, 

 California, Mexico, Martinique, Brazil, Valparaiso, Fiji, Samoan 

 Archipelago, Tongan Archipelago, Rarotongn, Pelew, Tahiti, 

 Huaheine, Island of Meduro, and New Caledonia. In addition 

 to the species enumerated, there were ten specimens of Epeirid;o, 

 and four of the Salticida^, that were too young for determination 

 or description, and these have not been enumerated in the 

 tables. 



* Koch Die Ara -hniden Australiens, i., p. 70, 1871. 



f Vide Thorell, " Studi Sni Rigni," etc 1 ., ii. " Ragni <li Amboina," 

 p. 133. 1878. 



