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ST. HELENA. 
web. It is described, and a beautiful figure of it given, by Mr. 
Cambridge in “ Proceed. Zool. Soc. ” Nov. 1869. 
Theridion, Walck. 
T. punieum, Lucas. 
T. fulvolunulatum, Lucas. — Botb tbis and the last species are 
found also in Algeria. 
T. tepidariorum, C. Koch.— A small slender, brown Spider, 
found in gardens on the high land, on the aloe leaves, &c., appa- 
rently without much web. The egg cases are spherical, about a 
quarter of an inch in diameter, light-brown in colour, and much 
resembling leather. It is a widely dispersed species, indigenous to 
Great Britain, and is found in Brazil as well as Ceylon. 
Latrodectus, Walck. 
L. erebus, Savig. — I found but one of this Spider in the 
Island. It is also found in Egypt. — “ Sav. Araclin. de lEirynte ” 
pi. 3, f. 9. 
Linyphia, Latr. 
L. leprosa, Ohl. (Z. confusa, Carobr., “Trans. Linn. Soc. ,” xxvii. 
p. 429, pi. 65, No. 21, a, b, c, Z/> ff). — A common Spider at St. 
Helena, and a native of Great Britain. 
*L. albimaculata, Carnbr. — A native Spider, but so rare that I 
obtained only one specimen, and that latterly. It is described 
1 roceed. Zool. Soc., Mar. 1873, p. 219, from which the following is 
taken : — “ The abdomen is of ordinary form, very convex above, and 
projecting over the base ot the cephalothorax ; the ground-colour is 
of a dark leadenish hue, marked with black patches and markings, 
the sides and upper surface being pretty thickly and rather symme- 
trically covered with bright white cretaceous spots ; some of these 
form slightly oblique lines on the hinder points of the sides, and 
others a sort of horizontal cincture on either side of the forehalf ; 
others, again, form a broken horizontal band along the lower part of 
each side. I he general character and disposition of the abdominal 
markings bear a near resemblance to that of L. leprosa (Ohl.) ; but 
the markings and colours of the cephalothorax distinguish it from 
that species at a glance.” 
X L. trifididens, Cambr — Another native Spider, of which a full 
