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Stratiomys hunteri. Captain P.P. King ma.n.u.scripts.

Obs. This insect has been named by Captain King after Mr. James Hunter, the surgeon of the Mermaid.

182. Asilus inglorius (n.s.) A. obscuro-luteus abdomine ad basin pilis flavis hirsuto, alis flavo-hyalinis apice obscurioribus, pedibus rufis geniculis tarsisque nigris.

183. Taba.n.u.s guttatus. Don. Ins. of New Holland.

184. Taba.n.u.s cinerescens (n.s.) T. cinereo-ferrugineus subtus albescens, alis hyalinis basin versus subluteis, abdomine linea media maculisque quatuor utrinque cinereis.

185. Pangonia roei. (n.s.) P. rostro brevi tota ferruginea nitida, abdomine subtus testaceo alis fulvo-hyalinis apice margineque exteriori saturatioribus fasciisque duabus mediis obscuris marginalibus.

Pangonia roei. Captain P.P. King ma.n.u.scripts.

Obs. This insect has been named after Lieutenant John S. Roe, R.N.; one of the a.s.sistant-surveyors of the expedition.

186. Anthrax prae-argentatus (n.s.) A. supra niger pilis flavescentibus tomentosus subtus albidus, ore albo, pedibus nigris, alis brunneo-hyalinis margine exteriori saturatioribus apice albis.

187. Anthrax bombyliformis (n.s.) A. nigro-bmnneus post-scutello ferrugineo, abdomine supra ad basin fulvo apice albo fasciaque media fusca, subtus albo pedibus atro-brunneis alis hyalinis basi margineque exteriori fuscis maculisque aliquot discoidalibus.

188. Musca splendida. Don. Ins. of New Holland.

Cla.s.s ARACHNIDA.

189. Nephila cunninghamii (n.s.) N. thorace sericeo cinereo, geniculis incra.s.satis pedibus nigro-fulvis, tibiarum primo et postremo pari flavo-annulatis.

Nephila cunninghamii. Captain P.P. King ma.n.u.scripts.

Named after Mr. Allan Cunningham, the botanist of the expedition.

Obs. The genus Nephila has been very properly separated from Epeira by Dr. Leach in the Zoological Miscellany.

190. Uloborus ca.n.u.s (n.s.) U. albescens thorace convexo, pedum pari secundo longiori, femoribus nigro-punctatis.

191. Linyphia deplanata (n.s.) L. rufo-testacea mandibulis pedibusque apicem versus nigris, thorace sub-circulari plano, pedum secundo pari longiori.

Obs. The princ.i.p.al difference of this spider from the genus Linyphia, as characterized by Latreille, consists in the circ.u.mstance of the two largest of the four middle eyes being the posterior ones. The palpi of the male are in this species each provided with a spiral screw resembling the tendril of a vine.

192. Thomisus morbillosus (n.s.) T. pedibus quatuor primis longioribus, cinereus thorace macula postica sublunari magna viridifusca, pedibus sub-geminatim fusco maculatis.

CIRRIPEDES.

Anatifera sulcata. Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825.

Pentalasmis sulcata, Leach.

Montague, Test. Brit.

RADIATA.

CENTRONIA.

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