4 Arachn. 
ARACHNJDA. 
former volumes of Zool. Rec.) and comprises a portion of the family 
Thomisides. 2 new genera are characterized, and out of 20 species 
described, 3 are new. 
Pavesi, Pietro. Le prime crociere del ‘‘Violante,” comandato dal 
Capitano-Armatoro Enrico D’Albortis. Risultati Aracnologici, 
pp. 407-429. Catalogo generale sistematico degli Aracnidi raccolti 
col “ Violante,” e descrizione di specie nuove o poco note, pp. 430-451. 
Ann. Mus. Genov, viii. 
3 species of Scorpiones, 53 of Araneidea, 3 of Phalangidea, and 1 of 
Acaridea are contained in this portion of the work. All (except 2, a 
Phalangid and an Acarid) are of known species. The Araneidea are 
comprised in 35 genera, belonging to 14 families. The localities in 
which the above were chiefly found are the various islands in the 
Mediterranean. 
. Gli Aracnidi Turchi. Atti Soc. Ital. xix. fasc. i. pp. (sep. 
copy) 1-27. 
European Turkey only (including the Ionian Islands and Greece) 
appears to be intended. 5 species of Scorpionides, 76 of Araneidea, 8 of 
Phalangidea, 3 of Solpugidea, 6 of Pseudo -Scorpiones, and 1 of Acaridea 
are recorded. The Araneidea are comprised in 11 families and 41 
genera, 
Simon, Eug^ine. llltude sur les Arachnides du Congo. Bull. Soc. Zool. 
Fr. i. pp. 12-15, 215-224. 
Refers to Thelyphonidea, Araneidea, Dinopides,and. Scorpionidea. One 
new genus and ten new species are characterized. 
Les Arachnides de France, iii. Contenant les Families des 
Attidce, Oxyopidce, et Lycosidai, Pp. 1-360, pis. viii.-xi. [pi. viii. 
belongs to vol. vii.] 
The general treatment is similar to that of the preceding volume (c/. 
Zool. Rec. xii. p. 242). 35 genera (of which 10 are new) are charac- 
terized: Attidce, 27, Oxyopidce, 1, Lycosidce, 7. The first of these 3 
families contains 136 species, 6 being new ; the second, 3 species, of which 
1 is new ; and the third, 81 species, of which 25 are new. The new 
genera Attidce, 9, Lycosidce, 1. The total number of species is 223, of 
which 32 are described as new. 
. Etudes Arachnologiques. 4“ Mdmoire. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) 
vi. pp. 57-91, pi. iii. 
Contains, vi., a revision of the European species of the group of 
Lycosa tarentula, Rossi (nine new species are described) ; vii,, descrip- 
tion of a new species of Ccclotes from France. 
Stecker, Anton. Die Entwickelung der Chthonius-Eier im Mutter- 
leibe, und die Bildung des Blastoderms. SB. bohm. Ges. 1876, 
Heft 3, pp. (sep. copy) 1-13, with woodcuts. 
The different phases of the development of the ova of Chthonius are 
