14 Araclin, 
ARACHNIDA. 
New Caledonia, but which is now found to be that of many individuals 
of this species. 
Nepliila laurince^ sp. n., Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genov, xvii. p. 142, Island 
of Ternate. N. maculata, Fabr., 1 1 synonyms quoted ; id. 1. c. pp. 146 
& 147. 
Nephilengys malaharensis^ Walck., = N. (^Epeira) ajiama, Walck., 
N. (E.) rhodosternum^ Dob, N. (E.) rivalata, Camb., and N. hofmanni, 
L. Koch ; id. 1. c. p. 156. 
Argiope conoinna^ p. 71, Wokan Island, Aru, A . pulchella^ note to p. 74, 
Maulmein (? = Nephila ornata^ Bl.), A. modesta, p. 75, Timor, id. 1. c. 
Ebcea hituberculata, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 60, Hatam, New Guinea. 
Herennia papuana, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 77, Pulo Faor, New Guinea. 
Fronous, g. n., distinguished by the large size of the hind-central pair 
of eyes, which are widely separated, and placed considerably above the 
other three pairs, for P. tubercuUfer, sp. n. ; Keyserling, Yerh. z.-b. Wien, 
XXX. p. 548, pi. xvi. fig. 1, Amable Maria, Peru. 
Wladimir Schinkevitsch has a short but comprehensive paper on the 
anatomy of Epeira ; on some points ho differs from Bertkau, Leydig, 
Plateau, and Claparede. Zool. Anz. iv. pp. 234 & 238. 
Epeira [?] radiosa, sp. n. (not described), H. C. McCook, P. Ac. Philad. 
1881, p. 163. The snare appears to be a compound of that of Epeira and 
Linyphia. It is described as of an irregular orbicular, or wheel, shape, 
drawn up in the middle so as to form ai hollow cone or funnel-shaped 
dome. The spiral lines are studded with viscid globules, as in the webs 
of other Epeirids. This snare is worked in the ordinary way, and also 
in the way described by Dr. B. G. Wilder, as peculiar to Tlyptiotes cavata, 
Hontz ; that is, by the sudden loosening of the slack portion (previously 
gathered up by the Spider) of a main line bearing upon the snare ; this 
operation (in both cases), no doubt, tending to confuse and entangle the 
Spider’s prey. The above modes of working (in respect both to E. radiosa 
and H. cavata) are fully described, and illustrated by figures. 
Epeira prcetrepida^ sp. n., Keyserling, 1. c. p. 549, pi. xvi. fig. 2, Georgia. 
E. hilaris, sp. n., Cambridge, P. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vi. p. 113, Newfound- 
land. E. dorice, p. 81, Pulo Faor, New Guinea, rani^ p. 93, Cape York, 
arfalciana, p. 96, Hatam, Mount Arfak, rhombocephala, p. 98, and ephip- 
piata, p. 101, Cape York, obesa^ p. 109, Cape York, Ramoi, New Guinea, 
quinque-guttata, p. 112, and gestroi^ p. 116, Ramoi, hulleri, p. 119, Yule, 
New Guinea, geminata^ p. 122, Hatam, spp. nn. : Thorell, Ann. Mus. 
Genov, xvii. E. cavatica, sp. n., E. lathyrina, sp. n., Holmberg, Period. 
Zool. Argent, i. p. 282, pi. vi. fig. 1, Argentine Republic [resembles 
E. patagiata^ Clk.]. E. lathyrina^ Holmberg, = E. ccerulea, Bertk., id. 
An. Soc. Arg. xi. p. 378, and also = E. montevidensis, Keys., id. Informe, 
&c., p. 127, Rio Negro. E solitudinis, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 122, pi. iii. fig. 2, 
Chacabuco (Province of Buenos Aires), Sierra Pichy-Mahuida, and 
Guamini. E. nox, Sim., = E. pilula, Thor., and E. laglaizii, Sim., == 
E. telura, Thor. : Simon, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) x. p. cxv. E. pecuensis, 
sp. n., Karsch, B. E. Z. xxv. p. 219, Peking. E. mossambicana, sp. n., 
P. Pavesi, Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi. p. 542. 
Zilla guttata^ p. 551, fig. 3, Amable Maria, Pern, and Z. guyanensis^ 
