IN NEW BRITAIN, THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, LOYALTY ISLANDS, ETC. 



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List of the species obtained in the Solomon Islands : — 



SCORPIONES. 



Hormurus australasiae. 



„ karschii. 

 Archisometrus perfidus. 



Pedipalpi. 



Thelyphonus leucurus, sp. n. 

 Araneae. 



Gasteracantha signifer. 

 Linus alticeps, sp. n. 



List of the species obtained in the Loyalty Islands and the Isle of Pines : — 



SCORPIONES. 



Hormurus australasiae. 

 Araneae. 



Nephila venosa. 

 „ insularis. 



Argiope aetherea. 



„ protensa. 

 Cyrtophora cylindroides. 



„ moluccensis. 

 Gasteracantha westringii. 

 Lathrodectus hasseltii. 



Order. SCORPIONES. 



Family. Scorpionidae. 



Genus. Hormurus, Thor. 

 Hormurus australasiae (Fabr.). 



Syst. Ent., p. 399, 1775. 



Loc. New Britain; Rubiana, New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, and Mare, 

 Lifu and Uvea in the Loyalty Islands. 



Ranges from the Polynesian Islands westwards as far as Burma. 



Hormurus karschii, Keyserling. 



Die Arachniden Australiens 1885, p. 31, PI. Ill, Fig. 3. 

 Loc. Rubiana, New Georgia (Solomon Islands). 



Recorded from New Guinea where the species appears to be not uncommon. 



Family. Buthidae. 

 Genus. Archisometrus, Kraep. 



Archisometrus perfidus (Keyserling). 



Isometrus perfidus, Keyserling, Die Arachn. Australiens 1885, p. 15, PI. II, Fig. 2. 



Loc. Rubiana, New Georgia (Solomon Islands). Hitherto known only from the 

 Fiji Islands. 



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