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(Pag. 183.) 18. Th. castaneum [= Steatoda castanea (Clerck) 1757]. 



Syn.: 1757. Araneus castankus Cleeck, Sv. Spindl., p. 49, PI. 3, tab. 3. 

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

 1833. Theridium castaneum Sund., Sv. Spindl. Beskr., in Vet.-Akad.Handl. 



f. 1832, p. 263. 



1836. Eucharia Hera C. Koch, in Herr.-Sch.efk., Deutschl. Ins., 134, 8, 9. 

 1845. „ castanea id., Die Araclm., XII, p. 100, Taf. CCCCXV1I1, 



figg. 102H, 1029. 



1856. Steatoda ,, Thok., Rec. crit., p. 27. 



1869. Eucharia „ Menge, Preuss. Spinn., Ill, p. 263, PI. 49, tab. 154. 



This species seems principally to be an East-European form; 

 it is common in many parts of eastern Sweden , but seems to be 

 rare in the western parts, from which I have seen but one speci- 

 men (from the isle of Mjorn in Bohuslan, given me by Dr. Ax. 

 Ljungman). C. Koch has found it in south-eastern Germany; in 

 Prussia it is common (Ohlert); it is also met with in Finnland 

 (Nordmann) and in the Russian Baltic provinces (Grube), and is 

 common in southern Russia (Nordmann). In France it has not been 

 observed, unless it be the same species as Th. Paykullianum Walck., 

 which however appears to me improbable, as that spider is said to 

 live under stones: this is not the case with Steatoda cutanea, which I 

 have only met with indoors. (As regards Tli. Paykullianum vid. inf. 

 sub Th. albomaculatum Westr.). Neither is S. castanea mentioned by 

 Blackwadl or Cambridge as. belonging to the fauna of Great Britain. 



(Pcig. 184.) 19. Th. bipunctiltuni [= Steatoda bf punctata (Linn.) 



1758]. 



Syn.: 1758. Aranea bipunctata Linn,, Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, I, p. 260. 



1765. ,, ,, Strom, Beskr. ov. Norske Ins., 1 Stykke: in Det 



Trondhiemske Selskabs Skrifter, III, p. 432. 

 1775. ,, quadripunctata Kabr., Syst. p]nt., p. 434. 

 1778. „ punctata DbGeer. Mem'., VII, p. 255, PI. 15, fig. 1. 



1804. „ M album Panz., Syst. Nom., p. 244 (Sch.eff., Ic. Ins. 



Ratisb., II, Tab. CLXI, fig. 6). 



1805. Theridium quadripunctatum Walck., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 73. 



1836. Eucharia bipunctata C. Koch, in Herr.-Sch*:ff., Deutschl. Ins., 



134, 10, 11. 



1839. Phrurolithus ornatus id., DieArachn.,VI,p.ll4,Taf.CCVIII,fig.515. 



1856. Steatoda bipunctata Thor., Eee. crit,, p. 80. 



1864. Theridium quadripunctatum Blackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., II, p. 



177. PI. XIII, fig. 112. 

 1869. Eucharia bipunctata Mence , Preuss. Spinn. ,111, p. 260, PI. 49, tab. 153. 



