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ARGIOPE AEMULA WALCK. 
1S41. Epaira acmula^ Walck., H, N.d. Ins. apt,, ii, p. iiS. 
1S57- „ (iir^'opes) stnaftii Dol, Bijdr., eel, loc, cit., p. 415. 
1859, , „ „ fd, Tweede Bijdr., cel., loc. sit., p. 30^ tab. IX., figs. 
2, 2a. 
1871, ArgMfie magmjiat^ L, Koch, Die Arachn. Austral., p. 27, plate 1 1, figs. 6— 6l>, 
1877. ,j aeffiu/tif 'J'hor, Studi, cet., I, Ragiii di Selebes, loc. cit., p. 564 (34), 
1S78. „ id. ibid., II, pages 29 and 295. 
iSSi. „ „ fd. il)id., Ill, page 63. 
1890- „ „ id. ibid J IV., vol. i, p. 94. 
Description of Plate 27 ? spider (mag) ; /j, natural size ; c, profile of spider ; 
f/, cephalothorax, underside ; eyes, ./ epigyne ; g, profile of bpigyne ; A, snare (reduced). 
Total length of liody, 16 ; cephalothorax^ 6^1^ ; breadth, ^ 'breadth in front, y;^ ; 
abdomen, 10^ ; breadth, 6)4 millim. I^s, i.— joj-:;;, 11.-30, iii.— 19, iv.— 30 mitlim. 
Patella + tibia, iv.— millim. (Thorell). 
A. uemu/tt, makes a snare of from 15 to 1 7 inches in diameter, suspended perpendicularly 
or at at! angle of 45*'. 
Rays 25—48 
Inner spiral ... ,,, 6—9 tunis 
Free zone ... ... i inch 
Outer spiral ... ... 25— 56 turns 
Spider sits in centre, head downwards, with its legs stretched out like the letter X. 
Under the legs white flocculated siJk was spun on the web, probably for concealment. 
When living this is a very beautiful spider, the colours being most brilliant. It has 
certainly the power (possessed by several other tropical spiders) of turning rjuite dark when 
disturbed. I imagine it is able to do so by raising and depressing the hairy covering of 
the body. 
In many of the species of Argio/n: the white cephalothorax and bands on the abdomen 
do not show white as long as the specimen is kept in spirits, but appear yellow. 
