THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Arachn. 3 
[Karsch, F.] Mittheiliing iiber die von Herrn Dr. O. Finsch wahrend 
seiner polynesischen Reise gesammelten Myriopoden und Arachniden. 
SB. Nat. Fr. 1880, pp. 77-84. 
Records 19 species of Arachnida (1 Scorpionidea, 18 Araneidea), 10 
new, with characters of a new genus of Thomisidoi (Pcdinopiaiha). 
Koch, Ludwig. Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrie- 
ben und abgebildet. Part xxvi. pp. 1157-1212, pis. ci.-civ. Niirn- 
berg: 1880. 
This continuation of the work \_Cf. Zool. Rec. xvi. Arachn. p. 4] con- 
tains descriptions of 17 spp. nn. of Salticida;, and characterizes a new 
genus, Opisthoncus. 
Keyserling, Eugen [Graf] von. Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. Yerh. 
z.-b. Wien, xxix. pp. 293-349, pi. iv. 
36 species of various families and genera are described (3 genera and 
30 spp. new). 
. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Lateriqradcc. Niirnberg : 1880, pp. 
1-283, pis. i.-viii. 
Describes and records 154 species, belonging to 27 genera (6 genera and 
120 species new). 
MiGNiN, P. Les parasites et les maladies parasitaires, chez Thomme, les 
animaux domestiques, et les animaux sauvages avec lesquels ils 
peuvent etre en contact. Paris : 1880, pp. 1-440, with 63 woodcuts 
and 26 pis. 
Chap. V. pp. 109-439, is devoted to the A which consist wholly 
of Acaridea. [For details, see special part.] 
Mosciien, L. Aggiunto alia fauna Aracnologica del Trentino. Atti 
Soc. Pad. vi. pp. 28-31. 
Five known species of Araneidea, and one of Scorpiones are given as 
new to the fauna of the Trentino. A list is added (pp. 29 & 30) of Ara- 
neidea from Povereto, belonging to 54 known species, distributed among 
10 families and 28 genera. Four known species of Scorpiones are also 
recorded from the Trentino. 
Pavesi, Pietro. Studi sugli Aracnidi Africani. i. Aracnidi di Tunisia. 
Ann. Mus. Genov, xv. pp. 283-388. 
In the Introduction (pp. 283-296), various expeditions and other means by 
which materials have been obtained are mentioned. Africa is divided into 
five arachnological provinces — i. Mediterranean, extending nearly to the 
Tropic of Cancer, and including the Azores, Madeira, Canaries, and Cape 
de Yerde Islands ; ii. OWentoZ, or Central African ; iii. W estern African, 
extending from the Gambia to the Congo ; iv. The Southern, included by 
a line drawn from Kalahini to Limpopo, and comprising a portion of the 
eastern coast to the Mozambique ; v. Malagasic, the Lemur country, with 
Madagascar. The numerous existing works and papers on African 
Arachnida are noticed, and a list given. The object of the present work 
is stated to be to bring together all these materials, and present them on 
one plan and method in accordance with the above-mentioned zoological 
