539 



palpi does not seem quite* to suit the specimen that I have seen. — 

 As C. Koch by X. fuscus undoubtedly meant the same spider which 

 he afterwards called X. morio , the species ought to hear the name 

 of X. fuscus C. Koch 1837. — lltomism fuscus Grtjbe ') 1801 is quite 

 a different species. 



(Pag. 526.) Thomisa delicatula. 



It hra tricuspidala (Fabr.) 1775. 



Syn.: 1775. Aranea tricuspidata Fabr., Ent. Syst., p. 433. 



1802. „ Diana Walck., Faune Par., II, p. 232 (=?). 



1802. „ DELICATULA id., ibid. (=<5). 



1805. THOMISUS Diana id., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 30. 



1805. „ tricuspidatus id., ibid., p. 32. 



1805. „ DELICATULUS id. , ibid. 



182.. „ DIANA Hahn, Monogr. Aran., 2, Tab. Ill, fig. A. 



182.. „ Hermann id., ibid, fig. B. 



1831. „ Diana id.. Die Arachn., I, p. 31, Tab. IX, fig. 26. 



1870. Dlea tricuspidata Thor., On Eur. Spiel., p. 184. 



On Ar. tricuspidata Farr., see Walck., H. N. d. Ins. Apt., I, 

 p. 531. 



(Pag. 526.) Pachyptyla villosa. 



Minumena hirsuta (Walck.) 1825. 

 Syn.: 1825. Thomisus hirsutus Walck., Faune Franc., Arachn;, p. 85. 



Misumena villosa (Walck.) 1837. 

 Syn.: 1837. Thomisus villosus Walck.. H. N. d. Ins. Apt., I, p. 535. 



1838. „ hirtus C. Koch, Die Arachn., IV, p. 42, Tab. CXX, figg. 



275, 276. 



?184.. „ VILLOSUS Luc, Explor. de l'Alger., Anim. Artie, p. 192, 



PI. X, fig. 8. 



Those who wish for an example of how Walckenaer, in his H. 

 N. d. Ins. Apt., often proceeded in his quotations from other wri- 

 ters, may find a most instructive one in his account of his "Tho- 

 mise herisse, Thorn, villosus". His first citations (op. cit., I, p. 536) 



l) Bescbreib. nencr.. . ira Amurlande u. Ostsibirien gesainm. Aran., in Bull, 

 de l'Acad. d. Sc. de St.-Petersbourg, IV, p. 177; Melanges biolog. tires du Bull., 

 IV, I, p. 17. 



