18 Arachn. 
ARACHNIDA. 
Tarentula, Sund. The question is discussed as to the propriety of 
retaining “ Tarentula ” as a genus of Spiders, since Fabricius gave it 
to the group now known as Pliri/nus, pp. 382 & 383, also in a note to 
p. 383, other objections by E. Simon and L. Koth to “ Tarentula” are 
noticed ; Thorell, 1. c, 2\ 2 ^oliostoma, C. L. Koch, Keys., described 
from Rio Negro, p. 160, and 7\ mcesta, described and figured from Buenos 
Aires, Rio Colorado, and Las Conchas, p, 161, pi. iv. fig. 12, Holmberg, 
luforme, &c. 
Leon Becker, CR. Ent. Belg. xxiii. pp. clv.-clviii., observes upon 
Tarentula narhonnensis^ Latr., from the South of France, as well as on a 
species (unnamed) from America. His remarks refer chiefly to the 
habit of forming a cylindrical tubular nest in the earth, above which is 
raised a chimiioy-liko fortress, or rampart, of smjill sticks and other 
debris. This is of far greater size and ingenuity in its construction in 
the American than in the European species. 
Tarentula nidifex^ p. 396, figs. 1-3, 7 & 8, Virginian shores of Potomac, 
and T. x>ihii, p. 399, figs. 4-6, Brooklyn, U. S. A., spp. un., George Marx, 
Am. Nat. xv. figs. 4-6. 
Trahea j ugorum, sp, n., Simon, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. 1881, p. 83, St. Martin 
Lantosque, Alpes Mari times. 
Lycosa tarentula, Latr. V. Bergsu gives particulars of nest and habits 
observed on the Roman Campagna. The entrance to the tubular nest is 
covered with grass and leaves woven into an arched covering ; he remarks 
also on the bite of the Tarentula, and the means used for its cure. Cf. 
Nature, Nov. 25, 1881, and Zool. (3) v. p. 29. 
Trochosa jndcliella,-^^. 317, Fly River, New Guinea, and T. timorensis 
p. 379, Island of Timor, spp. nn., Thorell, 1. c. 
Anoteropsis jjapuana, sp. n., Thorell, 1. c. p. 374, Hatam, New Guinea. 
OXYOPID^. 
Oxyopes Iceyserlingi, p. 390, Ramoi & Sorong, 0. papuanus, p. 395, 
Andai, New Guinea, Wokan Island, Aru, and Cape York, 0. liilaris, 
p. 402, Island of Timor, and 0. brevis, p. 404, Wokan, Thorell, Ann. 
Mus. Genov, xvii. : spp. nn. 
Salticid^. 
Leptorchestes fornasinii, sp. n.,P. Pavesi, Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi. p. 554, 
Inhambane, Mozambique. 
Synemosyna lugens, sp. n., Thorell, op. cit. xvii. p. 406, Ternate. 
Pliyale roburiformis, sp. n., Holmberg, Period. Zool. Argent, i. p. 293, 
pi. vi. fig. 4, Buenos Aires. 
Evoplirys sutrix, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 296, pi. i. fig. 5, Buenos Aires. 
Diolenius amplecteyis, p. 412, Wokan Island, Aru, and Ramoi, lugubris, 
p. 414, Ramoi, armatissimus, p. 417, venustus, p. 421, and vittatus, p. 423, 
Ternate, albo-maculatus, p. 418, Ramoi, and bifasciatus, p. 425, Kei 
Island, spp. nn., Thorell, 1. c. D. jyhrynoides, Walck., described and 
figured from Australia, Koch, Die Arachn. p. 1240, pi. cvi. fig. 4. 
Discocnemius, g. n., p. 428, closely allied to Diolenius, Thor., and still 
