208 ARACHNIDA. 
Borre, a. Preudhomme de. Anil. E. Belg. compt. rend. p. ii. 
1869-70. 
Communicates a note on the contested point how spiders project their 
lines in various directions without intervening- objects. A paper, ‘‘ How 
Spiders begin their snares/’ by B. J. Wilder, Am. Nat. ii. 1868, p. 214, was 
referred to as confirming the observations publislied two years since by 
M. Terby (Eleve de la Faculty des Sciences de Louvain), an analysis of 
whose work is given in Ann. E. Belg. St^ance de Nov. 1867, by M. le 
Dr. Breyer. 
Buckholz, R. Bemerkungen liber die Arten der Gattung 
Dermaleichus (Koch). Ver. L.-C. Ak. xxxv. pp. 1-56, 
" mit 7 Taf., 1870. 
Gives an analytical table of the species of Dermaleichus, and describes 
21 as new. 
Buller, Walter. On the Katipo, or venomous Spider of 
New Zealand. Tr. N. Z. Inst. 1870, iii. pp. 29-34. 
. Contains notes on the distribution &c. of the “ Katipo,” with a description 
of both sexes, and of the cocoon and eggs. Cases , of the Katipo’s bite are 
also detailed, with symptoms and medical treatment. 
Cambridge, O. P. Descriptions and sketches of two new 
species of Araneidea, with characters of a new genus. 
P. L. S. X. pp. 398-405, pi. xiv. 
Introduction contains observations on the systematic position of 4-eyed 
spiders, describes Miagrammopes, nov. gen., and questions the propriety of 
forming tribes solely characterized by the number of the eyes. 
— ' — . Monograph of the genus Idiops, including descriptions 
of several species new to science. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 101- 
108, pi. viii. ad partem. 
The identity of Idiops, Perty, with Acanthodon, Guerin, is pointed out, 
as well as the confusion of the former with S2)hasus by Walckenaer. The 
genus is characterized at length, and descriptions are given of 5 species, of 
which 3 are considered to be new. 
. Supplementary notice on the genus Idiops, P. Z. S. 
1870, pp. 152-157, pi. viii. ad partem. 
Contains descriptions of 3 new species additional to those described in the 
foregoing paper. 
. On some new genera and species of Araneidea. P. Z. S. 
1870, pp. 728-747, pi. xliv. 
Characterizes ten new genera and species of Drassides, Agelenides, Theri- 
dides, Epeirides, Thomisides, Myrmecides, and ? from Bombay, Natal, 
Ceylon, and Brazil. 
-. Notes on a collection of Arachnida made by J. K. Lord, 
Esq., in the peninsula of Sinai and on the African borders 
of the Red Sea. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 818-823, pi. 1. 
Records 19 species of Araneidea, of various families and genera (3 species 
being described as new), two species of Solpugidea and two of Scoipionidea. 
