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Savigny and Audouin had already assumed that their Arg. au- 

 relia was identical with Forskal's Ar. trifasciata; also Walceenaer 

 includes Ar. trifasciata Forsk. among the synonyms of Ep. aurelia, 

 and there would therefore seem to be reason to resume the name 

 trifasciata. Although I feel convinced that Ar. fasciata Fabr._ belongs 

 to "Arg. aurelia" and not to Arg. Bruenniclrii (Scop.) or Ar. fasciata 

 Oliy. , I still think that Forskal's appellation ought to be preferred 

 to that cotemporaneously given by Fabricius, because Forskal has 

 not only given a better description of the species than Fabricics, but 

 has also accompanied his description with a figure; and it would 

 moreover be confusing to apply to this spider a specific name, under 

 which Arg. Bruenniclrii has so long and so universally been known. — 

 Arg. trifasciata has by Blackwall, as Arg. Bruenniclrii by C. Koch, 

 been aggregated to Nepkila Leach , but it certainly no more belongs 

 to that genus than does A. Bruenniclrii. 



Ep. {Argyopes) trifasciata Dolesch. ') 1857 is a totally different 

 species, although also belonging to the genus Argiope. For this 

 handsome spider I propose the name A. Doleschallii. 



(Pag. 497.) Argyopes sericea. 



Argiope lobata (Pall.) 1772. 



Syn.: 1772. Aranea lobata Pall., Spicil. zool., I, fasc. 9, p. 46, Tab. Ill, 



figg. 14, 15. 



1777. „ „ id., Naturgesch. merkwiird. Thiere, I, 9:te Samml., 



p. 71, PI. Ill, figg. 14, 15. 

 1781. „ „ Fabr. , Spec. Insect., p. 536. 



1789. „ „ Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat., Ed. 13, I, V, p. 2954. 



1789. „ argentea id., ibid., p. 2959 (Cfr Lepechin, Tageb. d. 



Eeise, I, p. 316, Tab. 16, fig. 2). 

 1789. „ sericea Out,, Encycl. Meth., IV, pp. 188, 189. 

 1806. Epeira sericea Late., Gen. Crust, et Ins., I, p. 107. 

 1826. „ siargaritacea Eisso, H. N. d. princip. prod, de l'Eur. 



merid., V, p. 170. 



1826. Segestria dentata id., ibid., p. 161. 

 1825 — 7. Argyope sericea Sav. et Aud.. Descr. de l'Egypte, 2e Ed., XXII, 



p. 334, Arachn., PI. II, fig. 6. 

 ?1825— 7. „ splendida iid, ibid., p. 335, PI. II, fig. 7. 



1831. Epeira sericea Hahn, Die Arachn., I, p. 8, Tab. II, fig. 4. 



I) Bijdr. t. de Kenn. d. Arachn. v. d. Ind. Arch., in Natuurkund. Tijdschr. 

 v. Nederl. Indie, XIII (3 Ser., Ill), p. 416; id., Tweede Bijdr. etc., Tab. I, fig. 3. 



