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stouter, and the interval between the eyes of the hind central pair 

 is slightly greater. 



Sinco the example above described was found I have met with 

 (on the 11th of September, 1879) eight egg-cocoons of this little 

 spider. These were all attached, by a very slender silken stalk, 

 to the under sides of the leaves of rhododendrons growing on the 

 banks of the same swamp, not far from the spot where tho 

 spider was found, and at a height of about five to seven feet 

 from the ground. They are smooth, of a pear shape, and of a 

 dull yellowish-brown colour ; a small portion, at the smaller end 

 immediately connected with the stalk, being of a dull whitish hue. 

 The eight cocoons found varied a little in size, measuring from 

 1J to 1£ line in length to the white portion, and from rather 

 under 1 line to 1 J in breadth at the widest part. The length 

 of the stalk varies considerably ; no two of the eight 

 cocoons met with were alike, but measured from 7 to 1 9 lines ; 

 and, curiously enough, tho smallest cocoon had tho longest stalk. 

 Hanging mid-air from beneath the leaves, these pretty little 

 cocoons had a rather striking and conspicuous appearance. 

 Although I did not find the spider with any of the cocoons I feel 

 no doubt but that they are the product of Theridiosoma argenteolum. 

 They are very like the one figured of T. gemmosum by Dr. L. 

 Koch (1. c), but are paler coloured and less globular, being of a 

 rather more elongate form. 



GENUS NEEIENE, Blachw. 

 NEEIENE CORNIGERA. 



Nemene cormgeka, Blachw., 1. c., p. 273, pi. xix., fig. 187. 



Length of the male 1 line. 



The cephalo-thorax is brownish-yellow, slightly raised at the 

 ocular region, and the falces divergent. The legs are slender 

 (4.1.2.3.) and similar to the cephalo-thorax in colour, the tibia) of 

 the first and second pairs being deep blackish-brown. The 

 cubital and radial joints of the palpus are short, the radial joint 



