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Though Blackwall in the description of his Epeira Herii does 

 not mention the generally occurring yellowish side-borders of the 

 cephalothorax , that species belongs unquestionably to S. pygmcea, and 

 not to S. Herii (Hahn). Specimens from England, which I have 

 received from the Rev. Mr. Cambridge under the name of E. Herii 

 Blackw., agree also perfectly with the Swedish Singa pygmcea. — 

 Among the varieties of 5. Herii, which Westring describes (as 

 younger individuals of the species), specimens of the real «S. Herii 

 may possibly have occurred: but his "Var, a, seniores" are merely 

 S. pygmcea or trifasciata. Similarly the specimens of his Var. c and 

 Tar. cl, which he has sent me. In these young individuals the colour 

 is a lighter brown than in the fullgrown, and no yellow border to 

 the cephalothorax visible: in other respects they are precisely similar 

 to fullgrown specimens. All the individuals that I have captured, 

 both fullgrown and young, belong to Westring's Yar. a, which is no 

 rarity in central Sweden. 



(Pag. 59.) 2. S. albo-Yittata [= Shiga albo-vittata Westr. 1851]. 



Syn.: 1851. Epeira albo-vittata Westr., Forteckn. etc., p. 36. 



1852. ,, CALVA Blackw.. Descr. of some newly disc. spec, of Aran., 



in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., 2 Ser., X, p. 99. 

 1864. „ „ id., Spid. of Gr, Brit., IT, p. 365, PI. XXVII, fig. 263. 

 1866. Singa albo-vittata Menge, Preuss. Spinn., I, p. 84, PI. 13, tab. 23, K. 



Westring's specific name, albo-vittata, has, as is here seen, 

 priority before that given by Blackwall. 



(Pag. 61.) 3. S. melanocephala [= Singa hamata (Clerck) 1757], 



Syn.: 1757. Araneus HAMATUS Clekck, Sv. Spindl., p. 51, PI. 3, tab. 4. 



1789. Aranea hamata Oliv. , Encycl. Meth., IV, p. 210. 

 1802. „ tubulosa Walck., Faun. Par., II, p. 200. 



1805. Epeira „ id., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 62. 



1836. Singa hamata C. Koch, Die Aracbn., HI, p. 42, Taf. LXXXVIH, 



figg. 197, 198. 



1836. „ melanocephala id., ibid., p. 44, Taf. IXXXVHI, fig. 199. 



1851. Epeira ,, Westr., Forteckn. etc., p. 36. 



1856. Zilla hamata Thor., Rec. crit., p. 107. 



1864. Epeira tubulosa Blackw. , Spid. of Gr. Brit. , H, p. 364, PL XXVHI, 



fig. 262. 



1866. Slnga hamata Menge, Preuss. Spinn., I, p. 82, PI. 13, tab. 22. 



