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C. Koch was unacquainted with this species, and has erroneo- 

 usly referred its synonyms to his Th. varians (Die Arachn., XII, p. 

 136). Hahn's Th. melanurum appears to me however undoubtedly to 

 belong to Th. dentin datum , and accordingly the species is no more 

 absent in Germany than in Sweden, England and Trance. I have 

 also found it in Italy, at Monaco. 



(Pag. 164.) 8. Th. simile [= Theridium simile C. Koch 1836]. 



Syn.: 1836. Theridium simile C. Koch, Die Arachn., Ill, p. 62, Taf. XCIV, 



tig. 215. 



1864. „ „ Blackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit,, II, p. 187, PI. XIV, 



fig. 119. 



The original specimen for Westring's description, which was 

 kindly lent to me by Prof. Stal, agrees exactly with a specimen 

 which I captured at Kissingen, as also with Koch's and Blackwall's 

 descriptions. 



(Pag. 165.) 9. Th. tinctum [= Theridium find urn Walck. 1802]. 



Sijn.: 1802. ARANEA TINCTA Walck., Faune Par., II, p. 208. 

 1805. Theridium tinctum id., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 75. 

 1832. „ longimanum Sund., Sv. Spindl. Beskr., in Vet.-Akad. 



Handl. f. 1831, p. 110. 

 1838. „ irroratum C. Koch , Die Arachn., IV, p. 120, Taf. CXLI, 



fig. 327. 



1864. „ tinctum Black. w\, Spid. of Gr. Brit., II, p. 190, PI. XIV, 



fig. 121. 



1868. Steatoda punctulata Mbnge, Preuss. Spinn., II, p. 160, PI. 30, 



tab. 68. 



This species, which is also met with in Italy, appears to be of 

 larger growth there than in Northern Europe. In a male which I 

 captured at Milan, the cephalothorax is l 3 / 4 millim. long, and the 

 first pair of legs 15 mm -. In other respects it does not differ from 

 the Swedish.. specimens that I possess. Simon has kindly sent me 

 specimens from Paris under the name of Th. tinctum Walck. 



Menge is mistaken in referring Th. tinctum Walck. and Th. irro- 

 ratum C. Koch to Th. varians C. Koch. Both are undoubtedly iden- 

 tical with Menge's Steatoda punctulata or Th. tinctum Westr. — Ther. 

 pectitum Sund. (loc. cit., p. 124), which is a Dictyna, is by Walcke- 

 naer (Ins. Apt., II, p. 309) erroneously cited under this species. 



