218 ARGYOPIDiE. 



bury). India : Tinnevelly (Baiber), Trivandrum (Ferguson), Oota- 

 camund (Hampson), Kanara (Millet), Debra Dun (Oldham), 

 Darjiling (Bendy). Burma: Tbarravtaddy, Tounghoo, Eangoon, 

 Tenasseriin, &v. (Oates 6r Fea) ; Mergui (Anderson). Nicobar 

 Islands ; thence eastwards to China and Australia. 



Fig. 68. — Nephila metadata, J, nat. size. 



226. Nephila kuhlii, Boleschall, Verh. Nat. Vereen. Nederland. Indie, 

 v. no. 5, p. 27, t. ix, fig. 7, 1859. 



$ . Distinguishable from N. maculata by having the legs red with 

 the exception of the patellae, protarsi, tarsi, and the extremities of 

 the femora and tibiae, which are black ; abdomen more uniformly 

 coloured. 



Total length up to about 40 mm. 



Loc. N. India: Darjiling (Bendy). Burma: Bhamo (Fea). 

 Thence eastwards to Celebes. 



227. Nephila imperialis, Boleschall, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, 

 xiii, p. 413, 1857 (Epeiia); Thorell, Spiders of Burma, p. 159, 

 1895, with synonymy (Nephila). 



$ . Resembling N. maculata in size and length of legs ; the legs 

 and palpi, including the coxae, not so black, the sternum with 

 lateral yellow spots, and the abdomen less boldly striped and 

 spotted. Sternum with a large conical tubercle behind labium. 



Total length 26 to 42 mm. 



Boc. Burma : Eangoon and Tharrawaddy (Oates). Also occurs 

 in the Indo- and Austro-Malayan areas. 



228. Nephila clavata, L. Koch, Verh. z.-h. Ges. Wien, xxvii, p. 741, 



1877 : limbata, Thorell, Ann. Mus. Genova,xxxix, p. 335, 1898. 



$ . Smaller than the preceding species. Colour : carapace w ith 

 yellow patch behind head and yellow border ; sternum with median 

 yellow band ; anterior legs with yellow band round femora and 

 tibia?, rest of the femora yellowish brown, palpi black at tip; 

 abdomen black below, varied with yellow lines and spots, with a 



