4 AracJm. 
AKACHNIDA. 
provinces. The Arachnids recorded from Tunis are — Scorpwmdea, 5 
species; Solpugidea (Solifugoi^ anct.), 4; Phalangidea {Opiliones, auct.), 
4; Araneidca, 96 (2 genera and 10 species new) ; and Acaridea^ 5. At 
the end of the paper these results are compared with the faunae of other 
adjacent regions, whence it appears that the arachnological fauna of 
Tunis bears very close relation to those of Algeria and Italy. 
Simon, Eugene. Etudes Arachnologiques. 11® Memoire. xvii. Arach- 
nides recueilles aux environs de Pekin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) x. 
pp. 97-128, pi. iii. 
Contains a record of 36 species of Araneidea (2 genera and 23 species 
new), 1 of Scorpionidea (new), and 1 of Phalangidea (new). 9 of the 
known species of A raneidea are identical with European species, 2 others 
being doubtful, while some others again are closely allied to European 
forms which they appear to replace. 
. Materiaux pour servir a une faune Arachnologique de la Nouvelle 
Caledonie. CR. Ent. Belg. xxiii. pp. clxiv.-clxxv. 
37 species of Araneidea (2 genera and 18 species new), 2 of Scorpiones^ 
1 of Pseudoscorpiones (new), and 1 of Phalangidea (new), are recorded or 
described. 
. Arachnides nouveaux de France, d’Espagne, et d’Algerie. Premier 
M6moire. Pull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iv. [1879], pp. 251-263. 
13 new species of Araneidea^ 1 of Pseudoscorpiones (^Chernetes, auct.), 
and 1 of Phalangidea {Opiliones, auct.), are described from various parts 
of France. 
Taczanowski, Ladislas. Les Arandides du P4rou Central (suite). 
Hor. Ent. Ross. xv. pp. 102-136, pis. i. & ii. [_Cf. Zool. Rec. xvi. 
Arachn. p. 6.] 
Describes or records 31 species of Epeiridce and Gasteracanthidce ; 2 
genera and 21 species, chiefly of the latter, new. 
T ASCII F.NBEiiG, E. L. Praktische Insekten-kuude. Bremen : 1879-80. 
Part V. pp. 134-164, includes the Arachnida^ under the heading of 
“ Fliigellose Crliederfiisser, mit welchen der Mensch in Gleicherweise, wie 
mit den vorher auf gefiihrter Insekten, in niihere Beriihrung kommt.’ ’ 
Descriptions, life-history, and habitat are given of various well-known 
species of Acaridea, Araneidea^ and Pseudoscorpiones. 
Anton Stecker (MT. african. Ges. ii. pp. 78-80) refers to some 
Arachnids observed at Sokna (Tripoli), and notices a case of protective 
resemblance in the nest of an JEpeira covered with debris and the elytra 
of beetles, &c. 
Li^on Becker (CR. Ent. Belg. xxiii. pp. xii.-xiv.) gives a list of 
68 known species of Araneidea, distributed among 8 families and 31 
genera, 1 of Pseudoscorpiones, and 1 of Scorpiones, collected in Hungary 
by Horvath. This list is in continuation of several others (/. c. 
1878-79). Also (pp. cxxxix.-cxlii.) a list of Arachnida found at P«>r- 
querolles, France. Araneidea, 13 families and 96 species ; Scorpiones, 
