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GASTERACANTHA DORIAE. Sim. 
Syn- ; 1877. Gasttracantna doriae, Sim-, Etudes Arach. X., Arach. Nouv. ou peu 
connus, in Ann, de la Soc. Ent. de France, 2* 
Sen, VIL, p. 233, pL 3, fig. 3. 
1879, „ harpax^ Camb., on some new and little known Spec, of 
Aran,, with remarks on the gen. Gasteracantha, 
in Proceed, of the Zool, Soc. of London, 1S79, p, 
284, pi. XXVI., fig. 9. 
1889-90. „ doriae^ Thor., Studi cet. IV., Vol. J, p. 57. 
Description of Plate 7 $ — <i, figure of spider natural size ; ^, eyes ; centre of 
web showing beginning of outer spiral- 
Snare seventeen inches diameter, constructed in a coifec-tree io Mr. Davidson's 
plantation on the mainland near Singapare. It had thirty rays which did not meet m 
the centre, but were joined by a circular thread. Outer spiral commences two inches 
out from, this central ring and makes twenty-six revolutions, The spider was sitting in 
the centre of the web, head downwards. It has also been found at Sarawak in Borneo. 
$ unknown. 
