216 AKGYOPIDJE. 



a. Anterior end of abdomen conically elevated . . A.fastigata, p. 216. 



b. Anterior end of abdomen not conically elevated. 

 a 1 . Posterior end of abdomen conically pro- 

 duced A. celebesiana, p. 216. 



b l . Posterior end of abdomen not conically pro- 

 duced. 



a 2 . Tibia of 4th leg- plumose A. tessellata, p. 216. 



b 2 . Tibia of 4th leg not plumose A. ventralis, p. 216. 



221. Argyroepeira fastigata, Simon, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vii, 



July 1877, p. 79, t. hi, fig. 10 : elegans, ThoreU, Ann. Mm. Genova, 

 x, p. 416, 1877, Oct.-Dec. (Meta). 



Carapace and legs pale, the latter banded with dark stripes ; 

 tibia of 4th pair thickly hairy in its distal half. Lateral eyes 

 widely separated from medians. Abdomen with its fore part 

 elevated into a conical prominence ; posterior extremity forming 

 an obtuse angle above the spinners. Male minute. 



Total length (?) 8 mm. 



Loe. Ceylon : Trincomali (Terbury). Burma : Tavoy (Moti 

 Ram), Shwegoo Myo (Fea), Tharrawaddy and Eangoon (Oates). 

 Also Philippine Islands, Celebes, &c. 



222. Argyroepeira tessellata, ThoreU, Ann. Mm. Genova, xxv, 



p. 135, 1887. 



§ . Nearly allied to the preceding, but with the anterior ex- 

 tremity of the abdomen rouoded, not elevated ; the lateral eyes 

 not so far from the medians ; and the ventral surface of the 

 abdomen dark, with a pair of clearly defined silver bands. 



Total length 9 mm. 



Loc. Burma : Shwegoo Myo (Fea) ; Tenasserim (Oates). 



223. Argyroepeira celebesiana, Wakk. Ins. Apt. ii, p. 222, 1837 : 



decorata, Elackwall, A. M. N. H. (3) xiv, p. 44, 1864 (Tetra- 

 gnatha) : angustata, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxviii, pt. 2, p 241, 

 t. xx, fig. 7, 1869 (Nephila). 



Lateral eyes still nearer to the medians than in A. tessellata ; 

 colouring of ventral surface of abdomen as in the latter. Anterior 

 extremity of abdomen low as in A. tessellata, but furnished with 

 two low shoulder-tubercles ; posterior end of abdomen produced 

 into a conical caudal process. 



Total length 8-10 mm. 



Loc. Ceylon (Sarasin, Cambridge). India : Ootacamund (llamp- 

 son); Poona Ghats (Wroughton) ; Calcutta (Stoliczka). Burma: 

 Bhamo (Fea); Tharrawaddy, Eangoon (Oates). Eastwards as far 

 as Celebes, &c. 



224. Argyroepeira ventralis, ThoreU, Ann. Mm. Genova, x, p. 423, 



1877 (Meta). 



Allied to A. tessellata, but with the eyes of the posterior line 



