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cinerascente, thorace pedibusque testaceis. — Fabric. Ent. Syst. Tom. 

 ine.d. — Hier in Hausern und Gemachern nicht selten". Under the 

 figures stands: "Aranea cinerea Fabr." Fabricius again in his Ent. 

 Syst. under the head of 'Ar. cicurea' cites "Panz. Faun. Ins. Germ. 

 2. tab. 3", where 'Carabus aUenuatus Fabr.' is described and figured. 

 It is therefore clear that Panzer and Fabricius cite one another, 

 without having seen the cotemporaneous works to which they refer. 

 Cicurea, in Ent. Syst., cannot be an error of the press for cinerea, 

 since Fabricius, p. 423 of the same work, calls another species n Ar. 

 cinerea^ (= Trochosa cinerea). Fabricius had probably received from 

 Panzer, to be described in his Syst. Ent., under the name of Ar. 

 cinerea, specimens of the spider in question, and has then either, in 

 order to avoid collision with his own Ar. cinerea, changed Panzer's 

 name into cicurea, or, as appears to me most probable, he has misread 

 the name and really supposed that the species was to be called ci- 

 curea. Cicureus is however a word which does not exist in the La- 

 tin language. Menge has on this account altered the name of the 

 species to cicur: but I see no reason why it should not retain the 

 name cinerea originally given to it by Panzer, and I therefore call 

 this spider Tegenaria cinerea (Panz.). 



(Pag. 489.) Singa herii, S. nigrifrons. 



Singa Herii (Hahn) 1831. 



Epeira Herb Hahn, Die Arachn., I, p. 8, Tab. II, fig. 5. 

 Singa „ C. Koch, Uebers. d. Aracbn.-Syst. , 1 , p. 6. 

 Epeika „ Walck., H. N. d. Ins. Apt., II, p. 89 (salt, ad part.). 

 Singa _ Tuor., Rem. on Syn., p. 26. 

 „ „ Acss. , Neue Eadspinnen, in Verhandl. d. zool.-bot. 



Gesellsch. in Wien, XXI (1871) , pp. 824 (10), 

 826 (12). 



Var. /?, nigrifrons: 

 Syn.: 1845. Singa NIGRIFRONS C. Koch, Die Arachn., XI, p. 153, Tab. CCCXC1II, 



fig. 949. 



1866. „ „ Menge, Preuss. Spinn., I, p. 85, PI. 13, tab. 



23, L-N. 



1871. ~ „ Acss., Neue Radspinnen, p. 826 (12). 



The colour of the abdomen in this species is extremely variable : 

 Conf. Hahn, loc. cit. In some specimens the pars cephalica is black 

 (var. nigrifrons) ; such specimens have been sent to me , together with 



Syn.: 1831. 

 1837. 

 1841. 

 1870. 

 1871. 



