araneidea. 
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Soc. xvii. p. 490, Labrador ; E. cupidinea^ $ , id» P. Z. S. 1875, p. 135, 
pi. XXV. fig. 3, New Caledonia : epp. nn. 
Uloborides. 
Cyllopodia cavata, Hentz ; “ The Triangle Spider.” B. G. Wilder, 
Popular Science Monthly Mag., April, 1875, pp. 1-15, with woodcuts 
(sop. copy), describes the mode of making its snare, and of using it 
when made. The mode of entrapping its prey is curious ; the spider 
sits, with the thread, on which the whole of its three-cornered web 
hangs, drawn tight, and held with the claws of its fore^tarsi, leaving 
plenty of slack line behind ; as soon as a fly gets into the web, the. line 
is suddenly let go with a jerk, which serves to entangle it ; this is re- 
peated by again hauling in the slack, tightening the line, and letting it 
go, until the fly is well entangled. 
Thomisides. 
Thomisua hilarulus, p. 252, Nice, and T. citrinellus^ p. 253, Spanish 
Pyrenees, spp. nn., Eugene Simon, Arachn. de France, ii. 
Misumena vinsoni, T. Thorell, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 146, Madagascar; M. 
xanthogaster, L. Koch, Arachn. Austr. p. 597, pi. xlvii. fig. 1, N. S. Wales ; 
31. hicolor, E. Simon, Arachn. de France, ii. p. 246, pi. vii. fig. 2, Corsica : 
spp. nn. 
Dicea ornata, ^ ^ T. Thorell, Hor. Ent. Ross. xi. p. 94, Sarepta ; D. 
variahilis, p. 578, pi. xliv. fig. 7, Rockhampton and Port Mack ay, Z). m- 
secta^ p. 579, pi. xlv. fig. 1, Rockhampton, D. rosea, p. 581, pi. xlv. fig. 2, 
Sydney, D. punctipes, p. 583, fig. 3, Rockhampton, D. hcematodactyla, 
p; 584, fig. 4, and D. tenuis, p. 586, fig. 5, Port Mackay, D. mollis, p. 587, 
fig. 6, Rockhampton, D. alho-limhata, p. 588, pi. xlvi. fig. 1, New Zealand, 
D. olivacea, p. 589, fig. 2, King George’s Sound, D. dimidiata, p. 591, 
fig. 3, Brisbane, D. punctata, p. 592, fig. 4, Rockhampton and Sydney, 
D. hlanda, p. 594, fig. 5, Australia, D. plumheoy p. 595, fig. 6, Shelley’s 
Flag, near Goulbourn, Australia, L. Koch, Arachn. Austr. ; spp. nn. 
Synema, g. n., = Dicea, Thor., pt., type, Aranea glohosa, Fabr. ; E. 
Simon, 1. c. pp. 201 & 202. 
Runcinia, g. n ., = Thomisus, C. Koch, pt., type, T. lateralis, C. Koch ; 
id. 1. c. pp. 254 & 255. 
Hericeus, g. n., = Thomisus, auett., pt., and Pachyptila, sub-g., E. 
Sim., type, T. Mrsutus, Walck. ; id. 1. c. pp. 203-206. 
Pistius, g. n., = Thomisus, auett., pt., type, T. truncatus, Pallas ; id. 
1. c. pp. 257 & 258. 
Iledana valida, sp. n., L. Koch, Arachn. Austr. p. 599, pi. xlvii. fig. 2, 
Sydney. 
Tmarus, g. n., = 3Ionastes, Luc., pt. type, 31. piochardi, Sim. ; E. 
Simon, 1. c. pp. 260 & 261 ; also T. stellio, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 264, Pro- 
vence. 
Tharpyna munda, p. 600, pi xlvii. fig. 3, and T. hirsuta, p. 602, fig. 4, 
spp. nn., L. Koch, Arachn. Austr., Sydney. 
Xysticus corsicus, p. 157, Corsica, X. gallicus, p. 158, Fontainebleau, A. 
