CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE OF PArUAN ARACHNIDA — RAINBOW. 1 1 1 
Obs. An exceedingly interesting species, and the only one 
obtained by Mr. Froggatt, when out with the Geographical 
Society's Expedition to New Guinea in 1885. Previously only 
six species were known, and of these, four were from Australia, 
one from New Caledonia, and one from Western Tropical Africa. 
The Australian species are : — Menneus despiciens , Camb., M. 
uni/asciata , L. Koch, M . angulata , and M. superciliosa , Thorell, 
and of these only one, M. uni/asciata has been found so far south 
as Sydney. All the Australian species have been described under 
the generic name of Avella (Cambr.). 
Log . Fly River (British New Guinea). 
Family Ps ecu ridas. 
Genus Psechrus, Thorell, 
Psechrus argentatus , Dolesch. 
Log, Fly River (British New Guinea). 
Second section ARANEJE VERiE ECRIBELLATiE. 
Family Theridiid^e. 
Genus Latrodectus, Walck. 
Latrodectus scelio , Thorell., var. indica , E. Simon. 
Loc. Fly River and St. Joseph’s River (British New Guinea). 
Family ArgiopiDjE. 
Subfamily T et r a gnath i NiE. 
Genus Tetragnatha, Latr. 
Tetragnatha rubriventris , Dolesch. 
Loc. St. Joseph’s River ( British New Guinea). 
Tetragnatha mandibulata , Walck. 
Loc. Kiriwina Island (Trobriand), and Louisiade Archipelago. 
Genus Argyroepeira, Emer. 
Argyroepeira celebesiana , Walck. 
llab. British New Guinea, St. Joseph’s River. 
Argyroepeira grata , Guer. 
Ilab. British New Guinea, St. Joseph’s River. 
Subfamily N epiiilin^e. 
Genus Nephila, Leach . 
Nephila maculata , Fab. 
Loc. St. Joseph’s River, Kiriwina Island (Trobriand), En- 
gineers’ Group (N.E. Coast), and Samarai (Dinner Island), 
British New Guinea. 
Nephila maculata , Fab., var. pencillum , Dolesch. 
Loc . St. Joseph’s River and Fly River (British New Guinea). 
