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Bpcxra mccstaj Blackwall, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. vol. xvi. p. 94, 
and JE'. hlanda, Blackw. 1. c. p. 95, from the Cape Verde Islands j JEpeira tigi- 
Ians, Blackwall, I c. p. 342, from the Zambesi region. 
Epeira. The following new species are described by Keyserling : — From 
New Granada: jE. uxidceim-tuhcrcuhta, 1. c. p. 805, pi. 18. figs. 1 & 2; JF crassi- 
cauda, 1. c. p. 806, pi. 18. figs. 3 & 4 ; E. tumida, 1. c. p. 808, pi. 18. fig. 6-8 ; 
E. alhostriata, 1. c. p. 815, pi. 19. figs. 27 & 28 ; E. acuta, I. c. p. 816, pi. 18. 
figs. 13 & 14 ] E. vcnilioi, 1. c. p. 817, pi. 19. figs. 23 & 24 ; E vegcta, 1. c. p, 819, 
pi. 19. figs. 31-34 ; E. glohosa, 1. c. p. 820, pi. 18. figs. 19-21 j E. Uf'sina, I c. 
p. 822, pi. 19. figs. 3-5 ; E. guttata, 1. c. p. 823, pi. 18. figs. 17 & 18 j E. vcre- 
ctnida, I c. p. 824, pi. 19. figs. 14-10 ; E. meropes, 1. c. p. 825, pi. 19. figs. 6 & 7, 
and E. gracilis, 1. c. p. 820, pi. 19. figs. 29 & 30. From North America : E. ma- 
cula fa, 1. c. p. 827, pi. 18. figs. 24-27 (Baltimore) ; and E. formosa, 1. c. p. 828, 
pi. 19. figs. 17 & 18 (Mackenzie River). From Uruguay: E. truncata, 1. c. 
p. 807, pi. 19. figs. 21 & 22, and E. meridionalis, 1. c. p. 810, pi. 19. figs. 19 & 20. 
From Australia : E. grcpffii, 1. c. p. 811, pi. 19. figs. 12 & 13 (Wollongong), 
and E. trammarina, 1. c. p. 814, pi. 18. figs. 15 & 16 (New South Wales) ; 
also E. vu'idis, I. c. p. 812, pi. 18. figs. 11 & 12, from the Samoa Islands, and 
E. maritima, I, c. p. 8l3, pi. 18. figs. 22 & 23, from the Fiji Islands. 
Nephila grayii, Blackwall, t. c. p. 96, from the Cape Verde Islands j N. 
Jccgserlingii, Blackwall, 1. c. p. 343, and N. vemtsta, Blackw. 1. c. p. 345, from 
the Zambesi region. 
3fcta. Keyserling describes the following new species of this genus : — 3L 
insularis, I c. p. 830, pi. 20. figs. 8 & 9, and M. iuhcrculata, t c. p. 831, pi. 20. 
fig. 10, from the Samoa Islands ; M. pulchcrrima , 1. r. p. 832, pi. 20. figs. 4 & 6, 
31. nigro-vittata, 1. c. p. 833, pi. 20. figs. 1-3, and 31. argcntca, 1. c. p, 834, pi. 20. 
figs. 6 & 7, from New Granada. 
Tctragnatha jlumatilis, Keyserling, 1, c. p. 852, pi. 21. fig. 10, from the Mac- 
kenzie River; T. mexicana. Keys. l.c. p. 854, pi. 21. fig. 18, from Vera Cruz ; 
and T. hogotensis. Keys. ibid. pi. 21. fig. 5, from New Granada. 
Tctragnatha maculata, Blackwall, 1. c. p. 99, from the Cape Verde Islands. 
Eresus huho, Koch, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, Bd. xv. p. 878, from 
Algoa Bay. 
Phalangodcs quadrioculatus, Koch, /. c. p. 880, from Upolu (Samoa Islands). 
Vcsjovis dehilis, Koch, l.c. p. 881, from Mexico. 
PEDIPALPI. 
Van Hasselt discusses the question of the venomous powers of the Scorpions, 
w'hich he considers to have been much exaggerated by the earlier writers. 
From the reports of later travellers he shows that fatal effects are at least 
very rarely produced by the sting of the Scorpions, and concludes that ‘Ghey 
are not so bad as they look.” Tijdschr. voor Entom. 1865, pp. 100 Sc 101. 
.lulius Milde communicates some notes on the habits of Scmpius germ anus 
(Schiiff.) and S. italicus (Herbst) as observed by him at Meran. 
zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, Bd. xv. p. 962. 
