158 atypidjE. 



Family ATYPID^. 



Coxa of palp furnished with large maxillary process. Spinning- 

 mamillce 6 in number. Carapace very broad in front, with 

 median conical ocular tubercle. Mandible very large, without 

 rastellum. Sternum with anterior sigilla not forming a groove at 

 the base of the labium. Legs weakly spined, furnished with 3 

 claws. Spine of palpal organ in male protected by a secondary 

 outgrowth from the bulb. 



Distribution. Palsearctic Region from Ireland to Japan ; 

 Oriental Region from Burma to Java ; Sonoran Region of North 

 America. 



Synopsis of Indian Genera. 



Maxillae short, eyes close together Atypus, p. 158. 



Maxillse long, eyes scattered Calommata, p. 159. 



Genus ATYPUS, Latreille. 



Atypus, Latr. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxiv. p. 133, 1804 ; Simon, Hist. 

 Nat. Araign. i, p. 198, 1892. 



Ocular area tolerably compact ; the tubercle low ; clypeus nar- 

 row. Maxillce relatively short and stout, with inner edge straight. 

 Labium not separated by a groove from the sternum, narrower at 

 apex than at base. Posterior mamilla three- or four-joiuted. 



Type, A. piceus, Sulzer ; Central and Western Europe. 



Distribution. Central and Southern countries of the Palaearctic 

 Region from Ireland to Japan ; North America ; Burma and 

 Java. 



Habits. The spiders of this genus dig burrows, line them with 

 silk, and continue the silk above the surface of the ground in the 

 form of a long tube, with a small aperture at its extremity. 



129. Atypus dorsualis, Thordl, Ann. Mus. Genova. xxsvii, p. 186, 

 1897. 



5. Colour yellowish black ; sides of abdomen darker. Carapace 

 as long as patella, tibia, and protarsus of 1st and 4th legs ; eyes of 

 anterior line subequal, posterior laterals almost as large as the 

 anterior laterals ; anterior medians separated by a space, which is 

 greater than their diameter, nearer to the anterior laterals ; lateral 

 eyes in contact. Legs without spines. 



Measurements in mm. — Total length 17*5, carapace 6*5, palpus 

 5-5, 1st leg i:5, 2nd 11-5, 3rd 10-5, 4th 13-5. 



Loc. Burma : Yado, in the mountains of Karennee (Feci). 



