8 Arachn, arachnida (1878). 
of a wafer-lid, i.e.^ its covering over the orifice of the nest, instead of 
fitting into it like a cork.] 
The Recorder, tom. cit. pp. 281-287, remarks on the various Trap-door 
nests described and figured by Gillies, op. cit. viii. pp. 222-2G2, pis. vi.-viii. 
The conclusion is come to that there are several species of Trap-door 
Spider in New Zealand, though the examples as yet met with appear to 
belong to one only. A curious fact (related by Gillies, 1. c., and not 
previously recorded), viz., the occurrence of nests hermetically sealed 
upon the outside, but with the Spider alive inside, is referred to (p. 284) 
as confirmed by subsequent observations of Gillies. 
Cteniza sauvagii^ Rossi. The nest, with its lid, described from Corsica. 
The habit of this Spider, to cover the outside of the lid with mosse^ and 
lichens for purpose of the concealment, is noticed, but this purpose is 
said to be thwarted by the Spider not always selecting such mosses and 
lichens as grow immediately near the nest, to which attention is conse- 
quently drawn. L. Becker, CR. Ent. Belg. xxi. p. ccxxiv. 
A typus piceus, Sulz. Branched tubes of this Spider are described, but 
their purpose is unknown. O. P. Cambridge, Ann. N. H. (5) i. pp. 106 Sc 
107. 
Eurypelma mollicomum., Auss. ; E. von Keyserling, Verb. z.-b. Wien, 
xxvii. p. 612, pi. xiv. fig. 28, Uruguay. 
Sericopelma breyeri, sp. n., L. Becker, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxi. p. 77, 
pi. ii. fig. 1, Mexico [cf. also tom. cit. p. 81, on the subgenus Sericopelma, 
Auss.]. 
Metriopelma, g. n., id. tom. cit. C. R. p. cclvi. Allied to Sericopelma, 
Lasiodora, and Eurypelma, Auss. ; dilfering from the first by the want 
of a femoral tuft on the fourth pair of legs, and the much wider separa- 
tion of the anterior median eyes. For S. hreyeri, above recorded. 
Ilarpactira elevata, sp. n., Karsch, MB. Ak. Berl. 1878, p. 316, Mozam- 
bique. 
Ischnocolus alticeps, p. 609, and I. parvus, p. 611, E. von Keyserling, 
1. c., spp. nn., Uruguay. 
Idiommata schomhurgki, sp. n., Karsch, Z. ges. Naturw. (3) iii. p. 820, 
Adelaide. 
Leptopelma dubia, sp. n., Karsch, MB. Ak. Berl. 1878, p. 314, pi. i. 
fig. 1, Mozambique. 
Arbanitis gilliesi, sp. n., O. P. Cambridge (as Nemesia), Tr. N. Z. Inst. 
X. p. 284, pi. X., Oamaru, New Zealand. 
Misgolas, g. n., Karsch, Z. ges. Naturw. (3) iii. p. 821. Near Arbanitis, 
Jj. Koch ; for M. rapax, sp. n., N. S. Wales. 
Hermeas, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 823. Also near Arbanitis-, for H. crispus, 
sp. n.. Van Diemen s Land. 
Accatyma, g. n., L. Koch, Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxvii. p. 760. For A. 
roretzi, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 761, pi. xvi. figs. 23-25, Japan. 
(Ecobiid.®. 
Uroctea compactilis, sp. n., L. Koch, Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxvii. p. 749, 
pi. XV. fig. 11, Japan. 
