ARGIOPE VERSICOLOR. DoL 
1859. Epdra versicolor^ DoL, Tweede Bijdr., cet, loc, sit., p, 31, tab. IX, fig. 10 ? ) 
1871. Argfope succimfat L. Koch., Die Arachn, Austral, L p. 35 (= 9 ). 
1 88 1. „ „ Thor,, Studi,, cet., III., p. 74, note(=$), 
1890, „ „ id., ibid., IV., Vol I,, p, 96. 
Description of iMatt' 28 ? . — n, spider magnified ; ^, natural si;4e ; profile ; t£, ccpha- 
lothorax underside ; eyes ; / epigyne ; do. from behind ; profile. 
Total length, io]4 \ cephalothorax, 4 ; l>readth, 4 ; do. in front, 2 ; abdomen, 7 ; 
breadth, 6 millim. Legs, i. — 21, ii.— 9^, iii. — ijj iv. ? millim. 
I have not observed this spider living, but Doleschall says "It is elegantly coloured 
and spotted." '* A scries of bands across the abdomen of different colours— first carmine, 
then silver, then lemon, then black." " When the ? is distended witli eggs, these bands 
are not so evident." " I^egs reddish Irrown colour, but young specimens have dark rings." 
