8 Arachn. 
ARACHNIDA. 
degree the original affinity of the Araneidea with the other groups of 
Arachnida, and with the Insecta. 
E. Bergroth, C. B. Ent. Belg. (3) p. x. mentions 21 species of known 
Spiders found between Tobolsk and Obdorsk, in Siberia. 
Landois, H. Conservirungs-mothodon der Spinnen. JB. zool. Sect, 
westf. Ver. 1881, pp. 42 & 43. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
THERAPHOSIDiE. 
Homceomma stradlingi, sp. ri., 0. P. Cambridge, P. Z. S. 1881, p. G82, 
pi. lx., Brazil. 
Stenoterommata, g. n. (nearly allied to Cyrtauchenius and Bolostromus), 
p. 125, for S. pratensis, sp. n., p. 126 ; E. Holmberg, An. Soc. Arg. xi., 
Argentine Republic. 
Aiisserei'ia, g. n. (near Pachyloscelis), p. IQd, tov A. insignis, sp. n. ; 
id. 1. c. p. 171, Argentine Republic. 
Eurypelma dcuringi, sp. n., id. in Informe oficial, &c. (title supra), 
p. 147, pi. iii. fig. 8, Pampa Mesopotamia, Rio Negro. E. duponti, Becker, 
figui’ed ; L. Becker, C. R. Ent. Belg. xxv. pi. ii. fig. 1. 
Thelecorus, g. n. Allied to Ischnothele, Auss., and Aname, Auss., for 
T. rutenl)ergi\ E. Karsch, Abh. Ver. Brem. vii. p. 196, pi. xii. fig. c, 
Madagascar. 
Cyrtauchenius vittatus, p. 7, C. luridus, p. 8, C. latastii, p. 9, C. dayen- 
sis and C. hedeli, p. 10, E. Simon, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. 1881, spp. nn., Algeria. 
Atypus coriaceus, sp. n., id. /. c. p. 11, Algeria. 
Conothele doleschalli, sp. n., T. Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genov, xvii. p. 237, 
New Guinea and Cape York. 
Cethegus, g. n. Allied to Ixalus, L. Koch (specially distinguished by 
the tarsal claws being armed with only a single row of teeth), and some- 
what like Migas, L. Koch, for C. Itigubris, sp. n. ; Thorell, 1. c. p. 241, 
Cape York. 
Idiommata fuliginea, p. 243, Cape York, variata, p. 246, and annulipes, 
p. 248, Yule island. New Guinea, spp. nn., id. 1. c. 
Phrictus validus, p. 250, Katau, New Guinea, and strenuus,p. 253, Cape 
York, spp. nn., id. 1. c. 
Nemesia fodiens, Th., minutely redescribed ; A. Carruccio, Bull. Ent. 
Ital. iii. [1871] pp. 55-66, pi. i. figs. 6-9 and pi. ii. figs. 1-9. 
Stromatopelnia^ g. n. Near Hapalopus, Auss., and Phrictus, L. Koch, 
for S. alicapillatum, sp. n., F. Karsch, B. E. Z. xxv. p. 218, Accra, Gold 
Coast. 
N. eleanora, Cambr. A cavity was discovered in the wall of a tube of 
this species about an inch long, partly separated from it by a silken fila- 
ment, and placed about an inch or an inch and a half below the lower 
door. The cavity was filled with the husks of small rod ants, and sup- 
posed to be a “ storehouse or larder.” M. L. F. White, Sci. Goss. 1881, 
p. 68. [Probably it was only a receptacle for the disposal of the rejecta- 
menta of the Spider’s food.] 
