2 Arachn, 
ARACHNIDA. 
females of E. dimaherinus^ Oliv., although differing remarkably in 
colour. The views of various Araneologists on the sj’^stematic position of 
Eresiis are discussed ; and the conclusion is come to, that it forms a 
separate family most nearly allied to Amaurobius. 
Blackwall, John. A List of Spiders captured in the Seychelle 
Islands by Professor E. Percival Wright, M.D., F.L.S., with descrip- 
tions of species supposed to bo new to Arachnologists. Notes nn<l 
Preface by the llev. O. P. Cambridge, M.A., O.M.Z.S. P. 11. Irish 
Ac. (2) iii. (sep. copy) pp. 1-22, pis. i. & ii. 
Describes and records 23 species of various families and genera ; IG 
species being considered new to soienco. Blackwall’s MS. (written 
several years before publication) was submitted to the Recorder for 
revision ; this is carried out, wherever considered necessary, by notes 
(within brackets), added to the original descriptions, which are thus 
untouched. 
Bradley, H. H. B. Araneides of the Chevert Expedition. Part ii. 
P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. pp. 115-120. 
Eleven species, belonging to several families, are recorded, 4 species 
and 1 genus (of the family Scytodldw) being described as new. 
Brady, George Stewardson. Notes on Freshwater Mites. P. Z. S. 
1877, pp. 24-27, pis. iii. & iv. 
Describes 5 species of two families, 4 species as well as 1 genus being new. 
Butler, A. G. Account of the Zoological Collection made during the 
visit of H.M.S. ‘Petercl ’ to the Galapagos Islands. Arachnida and 
Myrlojioda. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 75-77, pi. xiii. 
Records and describes 1 species of Scorjnonuhe, and 6 of Araneidea j 
4 of the latter, belonging to throe families, being new to science. 
Cambridge, O. P. On the Spiders of Scotland. Ent. x. pp. 154-159, 
174-181. 
Contains a review of all the work hitherto done in respect to Scotch 
Araneology, with a list of species ; the localities are added, wdth the 
names of the collectors of each species. 9 families are represented, 
Dysderidee^ Dvasddee^ Dictynidcc^ Ageleiiidw^ llieridiidcG^ Epeiridee, 
Thomisidee, Lycomhv, SaUicuhe, comprising 53 genera, and numbering 
213 species, of which however 102 are contained in 3 genera of TherUUidiG^ 
viz,, Neriene 37, Walchmeara 28, and Linyphla 37. 
1 On some Spiders collected by the Rev. George Brown in Duke of 
York Island, New Britain, and New Ireland. P. Z. S. 1877, 
pp. 283-287. 
Records 4 species belonging to the families Epeiridee, Gasteracan- 
ihidee, and Thomisidm^ 2 of the species being described as new to science. 
1 - . On some new species of Araneidea^ with characters of two new 
genera, and some remarks on the families Podoj^hthalmides and 
Dinopides. Tom. cit. pp. 557-578, pis. Ivi. & Ivii. 
Describes 12 spp. nn., belonging to 6 families of Araneidea, Gaster- 
acanthidee, Cryptothelidce, Eripidee, Podophthalmidcc, Dlnopidce, and Salti^ 
