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ARACIINIDA. 
the name was published, showing at a glance the evidence on which priority 
has been determined. This work is quite indispensable to the student of 
European spiders. 
Thorell, T. Aranese nonnullae Novje Hollandise descriptae. 
CEfv. Vet. Ak. 1870, No. 4, pp. 867-389. 
Characterizes two new genera, Ilemidoia and Voconia, fam. I'homisides, 
and ten species of these and other recognized genera. 
Wright, P. W. On the Katipo, a poisonous Spider of New 
Zealand. Tr. N. Z. Inst. ii. 1869, pp. 81-84. 
Details the effects of the bite of this spider (a species of Latrodectus) , and 
of the remedies used against it. 
ARANEIDEA. 
Tiieraphosides. 
Idiops, V&viy^ — Acanthodon, Guerin, Walck. ad part. 
Sphasus idiops, Walck., /wscws, Perty. O. P. Cambridge, P. Z. S. 
1870, pp. 101-103. 
Idiops kocfiii, Pebas, S. America, I. su/illatus, Swan River, W. Australia, 
and I. syriacus, Beirut, spp, nn. Id. loc. cit. pp. 103-107, pi. viii. figs. 1-3. 
Idiops meadii, Source of Nile, I. hlackwallii, Swan River, and I. thordli, S. 
Africa, spp. nn. Id. loc. cit. pp. 152-156, pi. viii. figs. 4-6. 
CEcobiides. 
Eugene Simon (M^m. Liege, 1870, p. ) rectifies an error with respect to 
the number of eyes of (Ecobius (Lucas) ; these, given by Lucas (Expl. Alg.) as 
0, are in reality 8 ; two small, triangular, or elongate, and having but little 
the appearance of eyes, overlooked hitherto by imeas [and others]. Conf. 
Thorell, Europ. Spid. part i. p. 112. 
(Ecobius maculatus, sp. n., Spain. Simon, 1. c. p. 
Simon also (1. c.) records and gives additional characters of (Ecobius domes- 
ticus (Lucas) and (Ecobius annulipes (id.) from Spain. 
Dysderides. 
Dysdera tessellata, sp. n., Cantone Ticino. Oanestrini and Pavesi, Arch. p. 
Zool. 1870, p. . 
Dysdera cognata, sp. n., Bukowina, Galicia. L. Koch, JB. Ges. Krakau, 
xii. p. 
Seyestria garhiglietti, sp. n., Liguria. Canestrini and Pavesi, 1. c. pp. 
Drassides. 
Drassus decorus, sp. n., Imcca : Blackwall, P. L. S. x. p. 421. — D. anglicus 
( S new to science), England, = Drassus lucifugus, Blackw., non Pythonissa 
lucifuga (C. Koch) nec D. lucifugus (Walck. ?). O. P. Cambridge, Tr. L. S. 
xxvii. p. 410, pi. 54. no. 12. 
