10 Aracltn . 
AKACHNIDA. 
UitQUHAiiT, A. T. Protective Resemblances among New Zealand 
Spiders. N. Z. J. Sci. i. pp. 230 & 231. 
The author remarks that “ although Spiders are more or less conspicu- 
ous when resting on their webs, yet when they occur on foliage, amongst 
twigs or on rocks or loose earth, there is always a general similarity of 
coloration between them and their surroundings. 5 ’ Numerous instances 
are pointed out. 
Theraphosid^. 
Braun, M., refers to the habits and feeding on mice of two species of 
this family in the Zoological Institute of the University of Wurzburg. 
Zool. Gart. xxiii. pp. 37b & 377. 
Liphistius desuitor , Schiodte, figured and described from Sumatra; the 
male new to science : Yan Hasselt, Midden-Sumatra, iv. pt. 11a, p. 38, 
pi. iii. figs. 1-3. 
Catadysas , Hentz, is a Drassid, not a Theraphosid ; E. L. Holmberg, 
Bol. Ac. Arg. iv. p. 153. 
Mecicobothrium, g. n. [appears to be allied to Macrothele , Auss.], placed 
in a new family, Mecicobothrioidce ; for M. thorelli , sp. n., E. L. Holmberg, 
l. c. p. 162, pi. i., Tandil, south of the province of Buenos Aires. [The 
structure of the digital joint and palpal organs is peculiar, but this 
would scarcely necessitate a separate family for its reception.] 
Nemesia brauni , sp. n., L. Koch, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxxi. p. 642, pi. xx. 
fig. 21, Balearic Isles. 
FlLISTATIDyE (= UrOCTEOIDAO. 
Filistata jiutu, Canibr., == F. testacea , Eatr. [?] ; E. Simon, Ann. Mus. 
Genov, xviii. p. 243. 
Dysderidaj. 
Dysdera mordax, sp. n., L. Koch, Yerh. z.-b. Wien, xxxi. p. 640,. pi. xx. 
fig. 20, Balearic Isles. D. dentichelis , p. 207, and D. spinicrus , p. 209, 
Lebanon, D. leprieuri , p. 209, Bordj-Menael, D. aciculata, p. 210, Bou- 
Saada, D. lucidipes, p. 211, Gery ville, D. vesciculifera , p. 212, Biskra, 
D. nubila , p. 213, Corsica, D. provincial is, p. 214, lie de Porquerolles, 
D. lantosqnensis, p. 215, Alpes Maritimes, Saint Martin Lantosque, D. 
fervida , p. 216, Provence and Corsica, D. cribrata , p. 217, Hautes-, Basses-, 
and Maritime Alps, D. scabricula , p. 217, Yar, Sainte Baume, D. 
rudis , p. 218, Yar, Hyeres, D. fuscipes, p. 219, Morbihan, Plouharnel, 
Gironde, Arcachon, Portugal, Douro, D. fiavitarsis , p. 220, Biscaye, 
Galdames, Pyrenees, Col de Pajares, D. sanguinipes , p. 221, Corsica, 
Bonifacio, Algeria, Egypt, D. iguava , p. 222, Corsica, D. inccquipes, 
p. 222, Corsica and Islands of Lavesi, D. drassoides , p. 223, Alps, 
Pyrenees, and mountains in North Spain, spp. nn. ; E. Simon, Ann. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. (6) ii. 
Harpactes crassipalpis , p. 224, Syria, H. corticalis and If. muscicola , 
